TheSamba.com :: View topic - Just thought yall would like this*update*

Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:08 pm

Hey guys, i own a bay(don't stop reading just yet) but i love the barndoor and all its glory. Anyway, i was talking to a much much older lady at work the other day and she said she owned one in the early fifties. :shock: I asked her details and she said, "oh it had the smallest taillights i've ever senn on a car, and a huge engine lid(held up hands about the size of a barndoor lid, she said it was a neat flattish green, i showed her mango and she said it was that on top with beige on bottom, does thatall fit to be a barndoor? paint wise and all? btw she traded it partial on a brand new chevy in 1957 :lol:

Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:59 am

Could have been a Standard like this.

Ask her if she has any pics of it.

Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:07 pm

scvw wrote: Could have been a Standard like this.

Ask her if she has any pics of it.

she said she does and to keep asking her til she finds them :D

Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:01 pm

So new update (haha i feel like a vw detective) she said that she got married at 16 in 1951, she preceded to buy the bus in at age 17 in 1952, confirming it was a barndoor bus, she said she now remembers it was palm green and beige

Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:57 am

That Color combo not available pre 55 !
maybe she remembers a stone grey for a greenish tint or repainted after 55.

Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:26 pm

maybe it was the bus on the right? traces of palm green are visible above the beltline.

it wasn't all that uncommon for a car to get painted an updated color from the color it was delivered in. the bus on the right is a 53 so her memory could be slightly off...ever so slightly

Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:05 pm

we'll have to see ill keep yall updated she said shes lookin for the pic

Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:11 am

I'm guessing she'll find the pic, it will be black and white, and this will become a 10 page study of that picture dissecting all possible scenarios of what colors it may/may not be. I can't wait! :D

Fri Oct 12, 2012 11:03 pm

So the ladies has looked and looked, but no pic so far :( but! I've jogged her memory some, and she said it had a pod, no dash, and just a bar in front the passenger! She said her and her husband bought it brand new in 1955 and in 57 traded it in on a 57 chevy in petersburg, va