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Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:09 pm

damn.....that one is awesome,i hate panels but i can make an exception for that beast,any trades????????????????????????????

Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:18 am

Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:53 pm

I was told by the previous owner that this single was a parts runner for a shop in Tucson that dealt in Italian motorcycles and such:

Does anyone remember this from back when?

Matt

Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:33 pm

Heres mine
spotted it on here a couple of years back and had to have it.Its a 73 model previously owned by georges kant in brussels, i have since met the second and third owner at peppercorn meet here in the uk. hope you like it folks, i do.

Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:12 pm

beatnick wrote: Heres mine
spotted it on here a couple of years back and had to have it.Its a 73 model previously owned by georges kant in brussels, i have since met the second and third owner at peppercorn meet here in the uk. hope you like it folks, i do.

I can deff. appreciate that LOGO...lol...

Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:09 pm

Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:10 pm

UZI wrote:

bad ass awesome that its on the right coast now

Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:32 pm

UZI wrote:
All Aircooled Gathering this Sunday...

Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:55 am

that barndoor is very cool!!!

Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:23 am

Which barndoor?

This thing has "barn doors" all around.

Not quite the same charm as hand painted signwriting on an original split bus. :roll:

Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:21 am

Thought that was a shoddy picture i put up so have added some close ups for ya. Its written in french on one side and flemish on the other due to the belgians being a bit them and us and i guess georges didnt want to upset anyone.
nick

Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:13 pm

Hello from a fellow Beatnick :wink:

Took these when we met at last years Beachbuggin Nick. Here's the Flemish side....

I know it's a Bay, but this is some of the best signwritting I've ever seen on a bus 8) 8)

Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:24 pm

Thanks for that Mike
hows the hat hunting, i managed to get three this year.
See you at brighton????????
nick

Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:16 pm

splits only please

Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:22 pm

UZI wrote: splits only please

Noted.
I think Beatnicks bus deserves mention here though, as the signwriting applied to his bus in the early '70's is so traditional it amost looks out of place. Even though it's a newer model bus, it's a superb example of the style of signwriting employed in the '50's and '60's.

Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:32 pm

you're right. it's very nice signwriting. it actually looks out of place on that bus. i think it's called an anachronism.

Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:36 am

Having been to belgium many times i came to the conclusion that they dont do modern, they did that in 1958 with the atomium and stopped there.I feel its a case of "if it aint broke dont fix it" syndrome,So why go new when old writing looks cool,and maybe georges kant had splits before with the same writing.Belgium is a great nostalgic place with a real feel for the past and lets hope it stays that way.
Sorry for putting pics in the split section anyway(bet you liked it tho)
Nick

Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:28 am

This is the Posh Chocolat bus. I logo'd it last year. Use it all year long for catering, deliveries, ect...Not an original logo bus. But it is mine and my business, serves me and my business well. This 61 is doing what it was built to do 47 years ago :wink:

Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:21 am

just spotted on the cool bus pics thread
tstracy39 wrote:

Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:30 am

candyman wrote: This is the Posh Chocolat bus. I logo'd it last year. Use it all year long for catering, deliveries, ect...Not an original logo bus. But it is mine and my business, serves me and my business well. This 61 is doing what it was built to do 47 years ago :wink:

That is nice to see. Well done.