Good eye Don! that item turns out to be a manifold governor- unique to the 64-67 bus with the 1500cc option... I did manage to find a few pics of 1200 flat tops online.
Kirk, I was thinking my glass guy would not be able to match the profile easily... he can however have a custom cut and tempered window done on a 2 week turn around- I am dropping off the factory glass info sheets to him on Tuesday.
Lyndon you had me blowing up the original pics on my computer and looking close at the carb- it appears to be a 30 series from what I can read. It looks as if there is a pressure gauge right below the distributor where the oil pressure line goes out!!? that and the 6V/ 12v (?) generator have me scratching my head while scanning over the zoomed in image I noticed the top right of the fan shroud has a rubbed off area with a M51 stamp!!! ( code for a vw 1192cc )
I am starting to wonder if this was one of the custom builds that CN Tel. put together??
Lyndon do you know if all of the accessory heater machines had the extra external fuel tank that I have seen on a few machines, or did they tap into the engine fuel system for some of them?
I really need to get this thing in the shop