TheSamba.com :: View topic - Auction in Ohio - new business opportunity

Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:36 am

http://www.sheridanteam.com/estate_auction_detail.php?ID=392191

October 8th
Xenia, OH

Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:43 am

someone please buy that

I wonder if the cops would pull you over a lot?

Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:55 pm

I may go check it out. Did anyone read their terms? LOL!

Terms: Cash, checks or MC/VISA w/positive ID. 3% convenience fee on credit card purchases. Sales Tax. Lunch

Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:04 pm

Localboy should hop right on this!!! :lol:

Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:14 pm

Ian wrote: someone please buy that

I wonder if the cops would pull you over a lot?

If you could video the police chase you would have video gold.

Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:17 am

emersonbiggins wrote: http://www.sheridanteam.com/estate_auction_detail.php?ID=392191

October 8th
Xenia, OH
sweet donut bus

Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:13 pm

emersonbiggins wrote:

That is so cool.
I wonder what it will go for.
MMMMMMMMMMM. Donuts =P~

Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:22 pm

See you all there, I'm leaving for Ohio shortly actually.

Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:26 pm

im only 40 mins away.. but im also BROKE! lol

Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:33 pm

Some one needs to go and check thisout and give us an update one what it is....it is East of the continental divide.

Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:33 pm

2 days before it's gone.

Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:14 am

my friends going to it.. ill keep you guys updated.

Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:51 am

sold for $23,000

Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:03 pm

I was at the auction today. Sold for $22,000 to a local enthusiast. A great addition to his collection.

What an incredible time capsule to say the least! Here is the background on the bus.

A gentleman owned some Dairy Queens in the Xenia, Ohio area years ago. In 1960, he decided to invest in a franchise known as the Rolling Donut Company, a portable donut and coffee outfit. A specialized 'roach coach' so to speak. And having a VW Bus was part of the plan. So he bought a brand new 1960 VW Bus and had it outfitted with the Rolling Donut Company signage and equipment.

The owner then hired an individual to drive the bus from Xenia to the GM Factories in Dayton to sell coffee and donuts to the factory workers. This they did from 1960 to 1965. Until the owner found out his employee was skimming cash from him. The owner fired the employeee and was so upset by this, he parked the bus in his garage and never used it again. And the bus has stayed in that garage ever since!

Here are a couple of pics from today's auction.

Check out the odo reading: 9975 miles!

Texaco oil change sticker on driver's door. 3 qts at 6454 miles on 11/15/1966

Original paperwork including the purchase receipt. Sold new at R.B. Kuhn Motors in Fairborn, Ohio.

Price of car: $1995.00
Freight: 58.78
Acceptance procedure: 25.00
SK618C Paint: 49.00
M199 Swivel Seat: 68.55
Subtotal: 2196.33
Sales Tax: 65.89
Title Fee and Gas: 6.95
TOTAL SALES PRICE: $2269.17

Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:18 pm

So was there any donut machinery still in the bus? Or for sale at the auction?

I bet it had a little Belshaw Donut Machine in it once. They're pretty neat little machines:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgE4I3b8ieE

You could clean up at shows with fresh donuts and hot coffee at 6am.

Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:31 pm

No, none of the donut equipment was included or even at the auction. Didn't get the story behind where the equipment went to.

A little machine like that would be perfect in this bus.

Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:52 pm

one of most favorite stops at the Del Mar Fair in San Diego was the mini-donuts! every year i'd go by to see Dixie and the girls, usually a couple of times. they run a very similar machine.

Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:56 pm

air2h2o wrote: No, none of the donut equipment was included or even at the auction. Didn't get the story behind where the equipment went to.

A little machine like that would be perfect in this bus.

I'll about guarantee you that's what was in there. They've been around forever. My grandfather owned one in the 1930's. He took it to county fairs.

Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:29 pm

dang... i didnt think ohio would bid it up that high!! i bet its going to the taj ma garage in dayton!

Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:18 pm

Swivelseat!!