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PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Industrial-style crank handle - that is strange but maybe it was easier to use.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

at least you have it safe now. real life has interfered quite well in my plans the last couple years now.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the story! Just wondering; what are you plans with it? Do you have experience with old VW's?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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!

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:01 pm    Post subject: 54 school bus Reply with quote

As far as I know, the woman that had the bus was the school bus driver
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Time to talk with the school re: old pictures????
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"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.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awesome find, Glad it's safe now! Think we'll see it in almonte in the spring?!?!
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 5:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

looks so cool ,great find !
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 4:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2015 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sold and on its way to California. ....
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 5:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Sold and on its way to California. ....

Please ask the new owner to bring it to the O.C.T.O. meet this June! Cool
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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


I think it said Offer or "40" on it, at least it did when I saw it.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 12:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Man two of those in my driveway and my property value would be doubled!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 7:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The bus is sold to me! The bus goes to The Netherlands
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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The bus is sold to me! The bus goes to The Netherlands


Congratulations!
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