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chrissev2 Samba Member
Joined: March 03, 2012 Posts: 246 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:17 am Post subject: |
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Trevor P wrote: |
Wow nice score! Amazing it survived as well as it did considering it has lived in the rust belt of Canada all these years. More pics to come I hope! |
That bus is probably from one of the Northern Ontario "sand towns" where they don't use salt. I have a 1980 rabbit from up there. The cars are in amazing shape. Basically they get two months worth of short summer and the rest of the time it is freezing, no salt means no rust and very minimal water damage, because it is below freezing most of the time. _________________ 1986 westfalia auto 1.9TD
2023 VW Atlas 3.6 VR6 Highline
2019 Golf Wagon 4 motion
1978 Volkswagen super beetle convertible
1992 Eurovan 2.5 5spd westfalia |
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ron-the-turtle Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2014 Posts: 11 Location: ontario
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry about all the delays posting pics and info about the bus. I had great intentions of getting it running and stopping on its own but sometimes the best intentions are beat out by life. The bus is now on the back burner, but at least ill tell the story as I know it and post some additional pics. The bus was used as a school bus from new till 1969 when it was replaced with another larger van. Apparently, the driver was a woman and when it was retired, it was left at her farm where it stayed till a cousin of mine picked it up for scrap. He called me and asked if I thought it was worth anything or should he just scrap it. By the time of this call and me getting there to see it, no more than 1 hr. he was getting calls from people from all over offering to buy it. Some creative haggling and way more money than I wanted to pay, and it was on its way to my shop.
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69734 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Basketcase Samba Member
Joined: August 10, 2011 Posts: 636 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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at least you have it safe now. real life has interfered quite well in my plans the last couple years now. _________________ '72 Karmann Ghia Coupe (the Boss's) |
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1960Turkis Samba Member
Joined: October 15, 2014 Posts: 51 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:17 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the story! Just wondering; what are you plans with it? Do you have experience with old VW's? |
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BulliBill Samba Member
Joined: July 09, 2004 Posts: 4561 Location: St Charles, MO
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:24 am Post subject: |
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Holy Shit!!! That's cool! Congratulations on finding that time capsule! Did the woman who had it drive it? Was she the school Bus driver? Nice score!
Bill Bowman _________________ I'm looking for these license plate frames for my fleet:
Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton
Thanks for any help! |
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ron-the-turtle Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2014 Posts: 11 Location: ontario
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:01 pm Post subject: 54 school bus |
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As far as I know, the woman that had the bus was the school bus driver |
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katastrophenshutzwagen Samba Member
Joined: September 18, 2005 Posts: 282 Location: barnstaple uk
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:19 am Post subject: |
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Time to talk with the school re: old pictures???? |
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chrissev2 Samba Member
Joined: March 03, 2012 Posts: 246 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:16 am Post subject: |
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"He called me and asked if I thought it was worth anything or should he just scrap it." - I wonder if he knows what he's got there. That is a valuable van. Bidding for that would go up quite quickly and would involve international bidders. _________________ 1986 westfalia auto 1.9TD
2023 VW Atlas 3.6 VR6 Highline
2019 Golf Wagon 4 motion
1978 Volkswagen super beetle convertible
1992 Eurovan 2.5 5spd westfalia |
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MOX Samba Member
Joined: December 12, 2006 Posts: 879 Location: OTTAWA
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome find, Glad it's safe now! Think we'll see it in almonte in the spring?!?! _________________ if you can't bring it back in one piece, at least bring back all the pieces |
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School Bus 63 Samba Member
Joined: January 20, 2015 Posts: 35 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 5:59 am Post subject: |
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looks so cool ,great find ! |
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63dub Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2006 Posts: 37 Location: upper tantallon n.s
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 4:47 am Post subject: |
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Ron knows nothing about old Vw's or what he has there,But he's the owner of Vw restorations in Ottawa Canada.....figure it out.....I know he has been offered huge money and turned it down...questions answered? |
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63dub Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2006 Posts: 37 Location: upper tantallon n.s
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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Sold and on its way to California. .... |
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Shoyrtt Samba Member
Joined: August 21, 2010 Posts: 1007 Location: Redlands, CA
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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63dub wrote: |
Sold and on its way to California. .... |
Please ask the new owner to bring it to the O.C.T.O. meet this June! |
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63dub Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2006 Posts: 37 Location: upper tantallon n.s
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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banana split Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2002 Posts: 1069 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Canada
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:52 am Post subject: |
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I just saw this pop up in the classifieds with "sale pending" on it. Does anyone know what the asking price was?
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1819492 _________________ My Beetles :
1951 Crotch Cooler 11G Split Ragtop
1953 Zwitter
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69734 Location: Phoenix Metro
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scrivyscriv Samba Electrician
Joined: October 04, 2011 Posts: 2918 Location: Memphis
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Vwagon55 Samba Member
Joined: August 05, 2015 Posts: 11
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 7:22 am Post subject: |
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The bus is sold to me! The bus goes to The Netherlands |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69734 Location: Phoenix Metro
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