Found on http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/car-culture/rescuing-1951-vw-barndoor-bus
For the other astonishing stories of VW vans that people went to great lengths to save:
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/1957-deluxe-vw-23-window-bus-pulled.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/not-too-far-gone-to-save-because-in.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/what-happened-to-bury-this-1950-vw-213.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/02/how-embarassing-i-accidentally-deleted.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/10/forest-find-kombi-and-great-effort-to.html