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In The Beginning....
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After a failed start on an earlier bus, I decided I needed a better candidate for restoration. The earlier bus was a '65 Standard that had been hit very hard, long ago, in the right rear corner. It had been repaired but the the bus was bent. The entire right rear side had been replaced from the cargo doors back. The cargo doors and rear hatch would never close correctly and further inspection revealed that the "frame" was bent underneath. This bus was very rust free, so I parted it out.
After deciding to look for a new project, I started looking in the classifieds and on the 'net. After a couple of weeks of searching, a classified in the local paper caught my eye.
"1965 Bus, 13 window, orig. paint, all trim, no holes. No wrecks, no transaxle, no engine, needs title work"
The ad had my attention! I already had a garage full of parts from the earlier '65 and I had always wanted a Deluxe. It was even the same year as the bus I parted out. I saved everything from the earlier bus. So, no tranny, no engine, no problem! I called the number and made arrangements to see the bus that afternoon.
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Just like the ad said, no tranny, engine, or a few other parts! Actually, the bus was just as described. The day I called, the wife of the seller was home sick. She took the phone outside and gave me a very detailed description. The seller had been keeping this bus for a parts bus, but didn't have the heart to cut it up.
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There is rust under the "custom" luggage rack, in the bottoms of the window openings, cab and cargo floors, and along the drivers side body. All in all, it didn't look real bad. The body is pretty straight, all the deluxe trim was there, and most of the missing items I had saved from my earlier bus.
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A good example of what not to do. Although, it probably seemed like a good idea at the time, back in the '60's.
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The rear was pretty straight. While the corners would need some work, they weren't smashed. The hatch would have to go. It had been hit by something hard enough to dent the window channel and break the welds in the corner. Somehow the trim survived with only a slight bend, but it wasn't creased.
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Too bad I didn't find one of these. Maybe next time!
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