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Blue, a 23-window VW Samba parked on a vineyard road under a stormy sky
Vol. 01 · Splitscreen Dream · Australia

Still the best front in motoring.

A small, hand-picked Australian collection of vintage VW Splitscreen Kombis. The five restored ones are road-ready. The six project ones are honest starting points. All of them looked after personally by Ray.

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01.
Featured this volume
The Westfalia SO23.
02.
The collection
Five restored. Road-ready.
1961 Westfalia SO23 side profile, red and white two-tone
★ Concours
No. 01 / Vol. 01

Westfalia SO23.

YEAR · 1961 BODY · Subhatch DRIVE · RHD
See the SO23 →
Blue, 23-window Samba, turquoise and cream two-tone at a vineyard
Restored
No. 02 / Vol. 01

Blue.

BODY · 23-window Samba STYLE · Two-tone STATUS · Available
See Blue →
Priority 1963 restored Splitscreen
Restored
No. 03 / Vol. 01

Priority '63.

YEAR · 1963 SPEC · Build-to-spec
See Priority →
Bob, sage green and cream two-tone Splitscreen
Restored
No. 04 / Vol. 01

Bob.

SPEC · Driver grade STATUS · Available
See Bob →
1974 Bay Camper
Adjacent · Bay
No. 05 / Vol. 01

'74 Bay Camper.

YEAR · 1974 BODY · Bay window
See the Bay →
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03.
The approach
Found. Inspected. Restored. Driven.

Ray finds them.
The right ones
get kept.
the rest stay honest.

Ray Founder · Splitscreen Dream
  1. Sourced across continents.

    Buses come in from South Africa, Namibia, Germany · wherever the dry climates, original owners, and complete cars still are. Sourcing is where the work starts, not where it ends.

  2. Inspected before everything else.

    Every bus gets a thorough mechanical and structural inspection before it joins the collection. Tinworm, accident history, drive-train condition · the grade gets stamped before the polishing rag comes out.

  3. Restored, or kept honest.

    Two tracks. No middle. Either the bus earns a full restoration · Concours-grade, period-correct, mechanically rebuilt · or it stays honest as a project bus, sold as it is, with everything we know about it on the table.

  4. Driven before listed.

    Every restored bus gets driven before it gets photographed and listed. Anything that rattles, leaks, or sulks gets sorted. Listings only go up when the bus would pass a road trip start-to-finish.

04.
Anatomy of an icon
Why these buses, specifically.
Run

1950 to 1967. The full Type 2 T1 era. After 1967 the split was gone, replaced by the one-piece Bay Window screen.

0years of T1
a long run
Engine

Air-cooled flat-four, rear-mounted. The unhurried mechanical heart of every Splitscreen · simple, serviceable, surprisingly competent.

0cc flat-four
slow on purpose
Worth saving

Five restored, road-ready. Six project starting points. Every one personally inspected and graded before it enters the collection.

0buses in stock
small on purpose
The detail

Front V-seam, round headlights, rounded fenders, chrome bumper, V-emblem. The silhouette that built modern camping culture.

V-front
unmistakable
05.
The projects
Six honest starting points.

For builders, restorers, and the people who want the project to be the point. Each one is photographed, graded, and sold honestly · with everything we know about it on the table.

Sourced ZA Kathu project Splitscreen
P-01 · Kathu, Northern Cape

Kathu.

ProjectReady to start
Sourced NA Namibian Crew Cab project
P-02 · Namibian Crew Cab

Namibian Crew Cab.

Crew CabRare config
Project Mango project Splitscreen
P-03 · Mango

Mango.

Body-onAvailable
1958 · DE German 1958 project Splitscreen
P-04 · German build

German '58.

1958Early run
1958 · Crew Cab 1958 Crew Cab project Splitscreen
P-05 · '58 Crew Cab variant

1958 Crew Cab.

1958Crew Cab
Project Vermaak project Splitscreen
P-06 · Vermaak

Vermaak.

ProjectDriver base
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Speak to Ray.

0432 824 050 AU
welthagenray@gmail.com

First-time enquiry, technical question about a specific bus, or after-hours message · phone, message or email all land with Ray directly. We look forward to being part of your Splitscreen journey.

Phone / SMS
0432 824 050
First-time enquiries. Available most days, AU East-coast hours.
Email
Best for detailed enquiries with specific bus and budget.
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In-person inspections welcomed. Arranged by phone.