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Tue May 10, 2016 5:11 am

hitest wrote: Tim MacDonald wrote: Even had a empty trailer and cash in hand but it was a no go

Not giving away any treasure hunting secrets- but your problem may be revealed in this picture... Many of you know what I'm talking about. :wink:

I bet he has the Vw emblem hangin in his garage to remind him that he needs to get around to restoring it... That's my guess but I'm not a very experienced bus hunter 🤔

Tue May 10, 2016 6:41 am

So who wants to go rescue this guy:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1925649

That's almost close to me . . . but a bigger commitment than I can make at this time.

Tue May 10, 2016 12:34 pm

decreed_it wrote: So who wants to go rescue this guy:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1925649

That's almost close to me . . . but a bigger commitment than I can make at this time.

I made my offer - it is 3 hours from me. A local (and Samba member) will get it I bet.

I need more yard art!

Tue May 10, 2016 6:08 pm

crukab wrote: Yea, and I feel like the biggest dipshit in the world, page 1 of that thread, 2007, me saying "why bother going to J.Chipps, it's aLL GONE" and a page later, 2013 Slugbug saying he cleared out a trailer full o' parts... ](*,) #-o
It just goes to show ya, if someone says-"Nah, all that stuff is gone", it is best to go check yourself.. :oops:

I live 10 miles from that place, and have all my life. I knew every nook and cranny, my dad bought his VW parts from John and I continued the tradition. John wouldn't sell to just anyone, and I know several who were escorted off with a shotgun after being found 'uninvited'.

Before the farm sold and the new owner auctioned everything off, I removed about 5 truck and trailer loads of stuff. What I left behind for Dan(slugbus) was hardly worth parting in my books. That said it was one of the best ever, period. 5 barndoors, 5 356 porsches, tons of ovals, a few split bugs. I just returned a '54 oval with 17K og miles from out of there to John Chipps daughter a few weeks ago. If you drove by today you would never know there was ever VWs there. Its now a corn field.

Wed May 11, 2016 6:08 am

buseric wrote: crukab wrote: Yea, and I feel like the biggest dipshit in the world, page 1 of that thread, 2007, me saying "why bother going to J.Chipps, it's aLL GONE" and a page later, 2013 Slugbug saying he cleared out a trailer full o' parts... ](*,) #-o
It just goes to show ya, if someone says-"Nah, all that stuff is gone", it is best to go check yourself.. :oops:

I live 10 miles from that place, and have all my life. I knew every nook and cranny, my dad bought his VW parts from John and I continued the tradition. John wouldn't sell to just anyone, and I know several who were escorted off with a shotgun after being found 'uninvited'.

Before the farm sold and the new owner auctioned everything off, I removed about 5 truck and trailer loads of stuff. What I left behind for Dan(slugbus) was hardly worth parting in my books. That said it was one of the best ever, period. 5 barndoors, 5 356 porsches, tons of ovals, a few split bugs. I just returned a '54 oval with 17K og miles from out of there to John Chipps daughter a few weeks ago. If you drove by today you would never know there was ever VWs there. Its now a corn field.

Paul Harvey wrote: And now you know... the rest of the story!

:P

Wed May 11, 2016 8:20 am

Sh*tBird wrote: decreed_it wrote: So who wants to go rescue this guy:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1925649

That's almost close to me . . . but a bigger commitment than I can make at this time.

I made my offer - it is 3 hours from me. A local (and Samba member) will get it I bet.

I need more yard art!

The idea of hoarding destroying buses IMO is really dependent on climate.
In the woods in Georgia, or in the woods in W WA the cars stay damp and do rust out. Trees drop stuff in the rain gutters and it composts.

In a dry area, leaving them in a field, they aren't really rotting. :wink:

Wed May 11, 2016 8:50 am

Wow interesting that they don't really rot in a dry field Clara. I know where my next bus is coming from with patina too!

Clara wrote: Sh*tBird wrote: decreed_it wrote: So who wants to go rescue this guy:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1925649

That's almost close to me . . . but a bigger commitment than I can make at this time.

I made my offer - it is 3 hours from me. A local (and Samba member) will get it I bet.

I need more yard art!

The idea of hoarding destroying buses IMO is really dependent on climate.
In the woods in Georgia, or in the woods in W WA the cars stay damp and do rust out. Trees drop stuff in the rain gutters and it composts.

In a dry area, leaving them in a field, they aren't really rotting. :wink:

Thu May 12, 2016 12:42 pm

Two years of texts and phone calls, finally got the green light last night. My tech loaded the rollback early this morning and brought this 67 so 42 back to its new home in Tahlequah.

Thu May 12, 2016 4:57 pm

I applaud your persistence. 8)

Thu May 12, 2016 6:32 pm

burnt?

Thu May 12, 2016 8:16 pm

obus wrote: burnt?
Chris B Critter

Thu May 12, 2016 9:30 pm

nice work!

Fri May 13, 2016 8:01 am

I just brought this Single home yesterday.. It was bought many years ago from a guy named Stillwell in Fernandina Beach FL. Anyone have any info on it? Yes, dogleg on the drivers side is wrong :D

Fri May 13, 2016 8:34 am

very cool, love the 3rd brake light lid.

Looks much better than it should

Fri May 13, 2016 8:54 am

Yes very cool, what year 58-59?

mandraks wrote: very cool, love the 3rd brake light lid.

Looks much better than it should

Fri May 13, 2016 9:29 am

LAGrunthaner wrote: Yes very cool, what year 58-59?

mandraks wrote: very cool, love the 3rd brake light lid.

Looks much better than it should

i vote for 56

Fri May 13, 2016 9:46 am

'56 sounds good.

Here's a few changes from Progressive Refinements & stuff about overhead vents...
If I misread anything... please advise.

(2.5 months of '58s w/eyebrow deck lid)
(29 days of pressed bumper '59s with high tail lights)

3-rib overhead vent

Smooth overhead vent

Fri May 13, 2016 9:47 am

20-143631 Aug55

Fri May 13, 2016 10:23 am

66 11w standard brought home. No idea how it didnt break in half during extraction or on the trailer home.

Fri May 13, 2016 11:22 am

Few years ago I met real cool vw guy @ an american hot rod car show. We hit it off well and kept in contact. I knew he had a bus he was working on so I always tried to buy it, tried to the point where it became more of a joke. I never thought he would sale it to me. Then yesterday he lost his cell phone and made post on facebook requesting everyone's cell number. I type'd in my phone number and jokingly asked if his bus was for sale. HE PRICED IT!!!
So I bought it.
1965 SWR, should have it running in a few hours, awesome week!

and on its way home to Tahlequah