What kind of bus is this?

It sounds like one of the weird thingws that came out of Brazil. I have seen one of these buses in person.
"Bart Bervoets" > wrote in message ...
> I picked up a bus 5to cheap to pass on) which looks kinda odd.
> The body looks like a split bus, but the windshield is a bay window.
> No sliding door, 2 doors that open to the outside.
> Little round windows in the back.
> Has a 1600 engine but the carb looks VERY old, round float chamber.
> According to the owner the bus was parked because of a hard start problem
> (carb dirty, or...?)
> The back door and engine compartment door are the same as from a fleetline.
> I have a very bad split with a reasonable nose, can i somehow convert this
> to a split or is this bus that rare that it's worth keeping?
>
> Bart Bervoets
>
>

Sounds like a Brazilian bubble/split. Got any pictures? I would not try to
convert it.
Andy
63 Camper

"Bart Bervoets" > wrote in message
...
> I picked up a bus 5to cheap to pass on) which looks kinda odd.
> The body looks like a split bus, but the windshield is a bay window.
> No sliding door, 2 doors that open to the outside.
> Little round windows in the back.
> Has a 1600 engine but the carb looks VERY old, round float chamber.
> According to the owner the bus was parked because of a hard start problem
> (carb dirty, or...?)
> The back door and engine compartment door are the same as from a
fleetline.
> I have a very bad split with a reasonable nose, can i somehow convert this
> to a split or is this bus that rare that it's worth keeping?
>
> Bart Bervoets
>
>

Bart Bervoets wrote:
> I picked up a bus 5to cheap to pass on) which looks kinda odd.
> The body looks like a split bus, but the windshield is a bay window.
> No sliding door, 2 doors that open to the outside.
> Little round windows in the back.
> Has a 1600 engine but the carb looks VERY old, round float chamber.
> According to the owner the bus was parked because of a hard start problem
> (carb dirty, or...?)
> The back door and engine compartment door are the same as from a fleetline.
> I have a very bad split with a reasonable nose, can i somehow convert this
> to a split or is this bus that rare that it's worth keeping?
>
> Bart Bervoets
>
>
See if you can get a picture up, you've piqued my interest!
-Kevin

Does it look like this one?

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifie....php?id=188449

"Bart Bervoets" > wrote in message ...
>I picked up a bus 5to cheap to pass on) which looks kinda odd.
> The body looks like a split bus, but the windshield is a bay window.
> No sliding door, 2 doors that open to the outside.
> Little round windows in the back.
> Has a 1600 engine but the carb looks VERY old, round float chamber.
> According to the owner the bus was parked because of a hard start problem
> (carb dirty, or...?)
> The back door and engine compartment door are the same as from a fleetline.
> I have a very bad split with a reasonable nose, can i somehow convert this
> to a split or is this bus that rare that it's worth keeping?
>
> Bart Bervoets
>
>