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Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:37 am

Everett was there. Gerg was there. 10th anniversary for octo show...

Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:32 am

ok all...
The show was Great despite the wind... I have posted some photos on our site

Http://Keepitstock.com/pictures.html

And been playing with a video feed from my Cell phone

Http://qik.com/vtobusman

Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:37 am

Great show. Perfect weather all weekend.

There may have been less swappers? I scored some nice parts for my Buses though. A couple other people told me they found some parts they needed too.

Thinking about parts, someone had a decent and complete set of Safaris for $1300, one frame was NOS with NOS rubber. Not sure what they sold for but they were gone later in the day. I saw an NOS Deluxe clock for $800(!). Saw NOS link pins, a bunch of pedal pans, lots of bumpers, lots of small trinkets.

I saw one '67 Bus sell at the show. There was a nice Single Cab there in the high 9s, not sure if it sold or not.

I barely took any photos because I talking to so many people but here are some photos in the Gallery

Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:22 pm

There was a guy at the OCTO show who purchased all my Hot VWs magazines and never picked them up. If you are that guy P.M. me and let me know if you want the magazines shipped or what you want done with them.

Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:03 pm

Here's a link to some pictures that I took:
http://s221.photobucket.com/albums/dd117/werksberg/Events/

Cool times and many old friends that I have not seen in many years stopped by to say "hello, we thought you might have been dead...."! LOL

Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:48 pm

EverettB wrote: Great show. Perfect weather all weekend.

There may have been less swappers? I scored some nice parts for my Buses though. A couple other people told me they found some parts they needed too.

Thinking about parts, someone had a decent and complete set of Safaris for $1300, one frame was NOS with NOS rubber. Not sure what they sold for but they were gone later in the day. I saw an NOS Deluxe clock for $800(!). Saw NOS link pins, a bunch of pedal pans, lots of bumpers, lots of small trinkets.

I saw one '67 Bus sell at the show. There was a nice Single Cab there in the high 9s, not sure if it sold or not.

I barely took any photos because I talking to so many people but here are some photos in the Gallery

I scored some nice NOS parts for one of my buses as well :D

If you are referring to my stock 56 Dove Blue single cab, it did not sell because I parked it when I arrived, put up the sign and walked away to hang in the swaps all day. Future note to self, hang around and answer questions if you want to wheel and deal...

Its still for local sale except its now in the low 9's and negotiable. Maybe Pomona or Irwindale it will find a good home.

All in all, another great OCTO !!!

Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:19 pm

OCTO was great, as some stated there were a lot of good parts at good prices for a change. I found lots of trinkets I needed.
Weather was great, people were awesome, always good seeing old friends there and a shit load of nice buses.

Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:58 am

I was a little late showing up. Saw Bill May and Brad. Didn't get to talk much with either, I'll have to make up for that later. Chatted with Stan & Steve briefly, and Ronnie too.

Saw some SBS brethren also - met Ember for the first time also.

Time to pull the tranny out of the SC - Passenger seatbelt working as a shifter lock for 4th gear is just too dam ghetto! LOL

I was digging this bus:

Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:01 am

Aiko wrote: EverettB wrote: Great show. Perfect weather all weekend.

There may have been less swappers? I scored some nice parts for my Buses though. A couple other people told me they found some parts they needed too.

Thinking about parts, someone had a decent and complete set of Safaris for $1300, one frame was NOS with NOS rubber. Not sure what they sold for but they were gone later in the day. I saw an NOS Deluxe clock for $800(!). Saw NOS link pins, a bunch of pedal pans, lots of bumpers, lots of small trinkets.

I saw one '67 Bus sell at the show. There was a nice Single Cab there in the high 9s, not sure if it sold or not.

I barely took any photos because I talking to so many people but here are some photos in the Gallery

I scored some nice NOS parts for one of my buses as well :D

If you are referring to my stock 56 Dove Blue single cab, it did not sell because I parked it when I arrived, put up the sign and walked away to hang in the swaps all day. Future note to self, hang around and answer questions if you want to wheel and deal...

Its still for local sale except its now in the low 9's and negotiable. Maybe Pomona or Irwindale it will find a good home.

All in all, another great OCTO !!!

Was that t he one with the wood gates?
I took a shot of it just to get the number on the sign in case I hit the lotto LOL

Nice SC!

Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:39 am

No, mine was the 56 dove blue with original gates about 10 buses down from wood gate sc.

Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:46 am

Didn't make it! :(

Way bad since I've heard there was a phatchick transaxle for $200 which I could really use for the Plump Truck! :shock:

Same issue as Gerg's, 4th just doesn't want to stay put anymore! :evil:

Anyway, if said seller reads this and still has the tranny, "Hello!" Or if anyone else has contact info please let me know! :?

Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:02 am

pyrOman wrote: Didn't make it! :(

Way bad since I've heard there was a phatchick transaxle for $200 which I could really use for the Plump Truck! :shock:

Same issue as Gerg's, 4th just doesn't want to stay put anymore! :evil:

Anyway, if said seller reads this and still has the tranny, "Hello!" Or if anyone else has contact info please let me know! :?

it was a white 1968 that was cutup in pieces and all parts from body were on a trailer. it was about 4 spaces in from ronnies/splitpile big trailer.

Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:04 am

gerg wrote: Aiko wrote: EverettB wrote: Great show. Perfect weather all weekend.

There may have been less swappers? I scored some nice parts for my Buses though. A couple other people told me they found some parts they needed too.

Thinking about parts, someone had a decent and complete set of Safaris for $1300, one frame was NOS with NOS rubber. Not sure what they sold for but they were gone later in the day. I saw an NOS Deluxe clock for $800(!). Saw NOS link pins, a bunch of pedal pans, lots of bumpers, lots of small trinkets.

I saw one '67 Bus sell at the show. There was a nice Single Cab there in the high 9s, not sure if it sold or not.

I barely took any photos because I talking to so many people but here are some photos in the Gallery

I scored some nice NOS parts for one of my buses as well :D

If you are referring to my stock 56 Dove Blue single cab, it did not sell because I parked it when I arrived, put up the sign and walked away to hang in the swaps all day. Future note to self, hang around and answer questions if you want to wheel and deal...

Its still for local sale except its now in the low 9's and negotiable. Maybe Pomona or Irwindale it will find a good home.

All in all, another great OCTO !!!

Was that t he one with the wood gates?
I took a shot of it just to get the number on the sign in case I hit the lotto LOL

Nice SC!
Yes, I meant Aiko's Truck.

Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:05 am

bill may wrote: pyrOman wrote: Didn't make it! :(

Way bad since I've heard there was a phatchick transaxle for $200 which I could really use for the Plump Truck! :shock:

Same issue as Gerg's, 4th just doesn't want to stay put anymore! :evil:

Anyway, if said seller reads this and still has the tranny, "Hello!" Or if anyone else has contact info please let me know! :?

it was a white 1968 that was cutup in pieces and all parts from body were on a trailer. it was about 4 spaces in from ronnies/splitpile big trailer.
Yes, they had a lot of good Bay stuff on the trailer. Wasn't that Koch's? Or he was next to Koch.

Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:27 am

gerg wrote: I was a little late showing up. Saw Bill May and Brad. Didn't get to talk much with either, I'll have to make up for that later. Chatted with Stan & Steve briefly, and Ronnie too.

Saw some SBS brethren also - met Ember for the first time also.

Time to pull the tranny out of the SC - Passenger seatbelt working as a shifter lock for 4th gear is just too dam ghetto! LOL

aw man,Ember sent me the pattern to make the vinyl cover for the package tray. i could have thanked him in person.did you mount the trick horn button?

Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:44 am

A big THANK YOU to everyone for your continued support. Though a little windy, the weather worked in our favor. 8) The swap was a little light but there were still a lot of nice parts. I was even able to sell some of my own stash. :D Haven't done that in a while. The only hiccup we had was at the end when someone thought it would be a good idea to throw their HOT COALS into one of our CARD BOARD trash receptacles. :x The fire was quickly put out by the crew. Unfortunately, however, there will now be a new rule. :wink: Other than that it seemed a good time was had by all. Thanks again. We'll see you in February if not sooner. 8)

Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:54 am

EverettB wrote: bill may wrote: pyrOman wrote: Didn't make it! :(

Way bad since I've heard there was a phatchick transaxle for $200 which I could really use for the Plump Truck! :shock:

Same issue as Gerg's, 4th just doesn't want to stay put anymore! :evil:

Anyway, if said seller reads this and still has the tranny, "Hello!" Or if anyone else has contact info please let me know! :?

it was a white 1968 that was cutup in pieces and all parts from body were on a trailer. it was about 4 spaces in from ronnies/splitpile big trailer.
Yes, they had a lot of good Bay stuff on the trailer. Wasn't that Koch's? Or he was next to Koch.
Yes, parts on trailer were Koch's!
As always I had a good time at OCTO, will be at Pomona this week and Drag Days the following week! See ya there :wink:

Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:08 am

pyrOman wrote: Didn't make it! :(

Way bad since I've heard there was a phatchick transaxle for $200 which I could really use for the Plump Truck! :shock:

Same issue as Gerg's, 4th just doesn't want to stay put anymore! :evil:

Anyway, if said seller reads this and still has the tranny, "Hello!" Or if anyone else has contact info please let me know! :?

That was Kochs I believe, he was blowing stuff out CHEAP

Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:27 am

If it was Koch he is right up the street from me, if you call and get the trans I'll bring it with me to butterfield.

Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:36 pm

Skate wrote: If it was Koch he is right up the street from me, if you call and get the trans I'll bring it with me to butterfield.

According to Bill he was not the guy with the "cheap" tranny but it doesn't hurt to ask and whatever you can do will be really appreciated! 8)