LARGE 30CM LONG VINTAGE VW STYLE SLIT WINDOW SAMBA BUS WITH SURFBOARDS TIN METAL CAMPER

A WONDERFUL OLD VW STYLE SAMBA BUS TIN METAL CAMPER WITH COOL SURFBOARDS ON ROOF. IT HAS A CLASSIC SPLIT FRONT WINDOW WITH A TOTAL COUNT OF 11 WINDOWS. HAND MADE AND HAND PAINTED. IT IS DUSTY AND WAS A LOVED DISPLAY ITEM OF A BABY BOOMER I LEFT IT LIKE THAT EVEN WITH THE ADDED EXTRA ALKIEN HEAD ON THE ROOF.
 
SIZE: 30CM LONG 17CM HIGH 14CM WIDE
 
CONDITION: DUSTY WITH SIGNS OF AGE I KEPT IT LIKE THAT. STRUCTURALLY GOOD WITH WHEELS TURNING AND ALL STILL IN TACT.
 
INTERESTING SAMBA VW BUS FACTS:
The Volkswagen Type 2 is a transporter microbus introduced in 1950 by the German carmnaker Volkswagen as its second car model besides the Beetle. Known officially (depending on body type) as the Transporter, Kombi or Microbus, or, informally, as the Volkswagen Station Wagon (US), Bus (also US), Camper (UK) or Bulli (Germany), it was given the factory designation Type 2 as it followed and was initially derived from Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 (Beetle). 
The first generation of the Volkswagen Type 2 with the split windshield informally called the Microbus, Splitscreen, or Splittie among modern fans, was produced from 8 March 1950 through the end of the 1967 model year. The early versions of the T1 until 1955 were often called the "Barndoor" owing to the enormous rear engine cover.
The Volkswagen "Samba", officially the Kleinbus Sonderausführung (small bus, special version) and marketed as the Microbus Deluxe and Sunroof Deluxe in the United States, was the most luxurious version of the T1. Volkswagen started producing Sambas in 1951. The precise origin of the Samba nickname is unclear: some sources refer to "samba cars", special train cars for dancing used by the German Bundesbahn in the 1950s.
In the US Volkswagen vans were informally identified by the window count. From a 11 window model to later 21 windows including eight high windows in the roof. The top 23 window variant also had curved windows in the rear corners.
The Samba had bi-parting doors in lieu of a sliding door, and could be ordered with a large fabric sunroof. Volkswagen advertised the Samba for making tourist trips through the Alps.  Standard paint finishes on the Samba were two-tone, usually with the upper bodywork in white. The lower bodywork carried a contrasting color, the areas separated by a decorative strip. When Volkswagen started producing the successor of the T1 (the T2) the company also stopped producing the Samba, ending the Samba and the concept of a van with such a high window count.
 
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