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Monkeyspinner
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 Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject: My BD Singlecab when i first set eyes on it in 2003... |
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It had sat in the garage/stable/shed under a unfinished house in Portugal for around 20 years...
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scvw
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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Nice. I would love to have one like that.
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Monkeyspinner
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| scvw wrote: |
| Nice. I would love to have one like that. |
It's probably not quite as good as it looks on those pics, well the underside is almost perfect as far as rust goes but it's been on it's side as some point and is a bit mashed sown the R/H side along with a few other strange repairs... |
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49barndoor
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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Cool SC, some pics from back in the day 
Last edited by 49barndoor on Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:02 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Monkeyspinner
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| 49barndoor wrote: |
Cool SC, some pics from back in the day
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Where did you get that pic from? i take it it's one of mine but can't remember taking or posting it anywhere... i must dig out the whole album off from teh raod trip to go and get it off my external hard drive... |
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Monkeyspinner
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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sorry those pics... only the first one showed up the first time i looked.
they look like the ones the guy sent me through the post taken with a normal camera, i'm intruiged as to where you got them  |
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49barndoor
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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sorry those pics... only the first one showed up the first time i looked.
they look like the ones the guy sent me through the post taken with a normal camera, i'm intruiged as to where you got them |
You can find them in the gallery posted by http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11866 |
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Monkeyspinner
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Monkeyspinner wrote: |
sorry those pics... only the first one showed up the first time i looked.
they look like the ones the guy sent me through the post taken with a normal camera, i'm intruiged as to where you got them |
You can find them in the gallery posted by http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11866 |
Ah ok, i know who that is and i think i know who he got them off, i must have scanned them and sent them via email. was a quite a while ago  |
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49barndoor
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Monkeyspinner wrote: |
| 49barndoor wrote: |
Cool SC, some pics from back in the day
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Where did you get that pic from? i take it it's one of mine but can't remember taking or posting it anywhere... i must dig out the whole album off from teh raod trip to go and get it off my external hard drive... |
Road trip pics would be cool + some up to date pics of the beast |
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Monkeyspinner
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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| 49barndoor wrote: |
| Monkeyspinner wrote: |
| 49barndoor wrote: |
Cool SC, some pics from back in the day
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Where did you get that pic from? i take it it's one of mine but can't remember taking or posting it anywhere... i must dig out the whole album off from teh raod trip to go and get it off my external hard drive... |
Road trip pics would be cool + some up to date pics of the beast |
To be honest it doesn't look a lot different at the moment, maybe it has even more dust on it as it's been sitting in my Mum's car port since 05 with no engine or front brakes... |
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Monkeyspinner
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Actually here's the latest pic i have of it taken about a week ago when i dropped it down on to it's four wheels again after 3 years... soon it'll be heading to the workshop for some well overdue tinkering
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49barndoor
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Monkeyspinner wrote: |
| 49barndoor wrote: |
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| 49barndoor wrote: |
Cool SC, some pics from back in the day
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Where did you get that pic from? i take it it's one of mine but can't remember taking or posting it anywhere... i must dig out the whole album off from teh raod trip to go and get it off my external hard drive... |
Road trip pics would be cool + some up to date pics of the beast |
To be honest it doesn't look a lot different at the moment, maybe it has even more dust on it as it's been sitting in my Mum's car port since 05 with no engine or front brakes... |
I did have a look round it a few years back (pre05) I think it was vanfest and I thought it was well cool, one of the first BDs I had seen  And I have been in yer mothers carport |
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49barndoor
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Actually here's the latest pic i have of it taken about a week ago when i dropped it down on to it's four wheels again after 3 years... soon it'll be heading to the workshop for some well overdue tinkering
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Tis a great looking SC My kombi is also from Portugal and has the 80 on the rear |
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Monkeyspinner
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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Here it is in Sept 2003 so 3 months after it arrived back from Portugal. i'd just got it registered although i'd done a trip to Spa in August on the Portuguese plates...
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EverettB 
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Monkeyspinner
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| Looks great. I hope you saved that engine because t looks like it has all of the early 1954 stuff on it. |
Yep i sure have but it wasn't the original, it's a 25hp if i'm not mistaken(does that sound right?) the original was in bits with a hole in the sde of the crankcase, it looked like it had been sitting outside in the weeds longer than the bus had been sitting in that shed! I have all the original running gear, 16" wheels etc stored away with all the original running gear, engine etc from my 53 ragtop bug... i always keep that sort of stuff, you never know if you might want to put things back to stock in the future... |
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UZI
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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here's some shots i took at volksworld in 2004
from brighton breeze in 2003 as well
REALLY!
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Monkeyspinner
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:49 am Post subject: |
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here's some shots i took at volksworld in 2004
from brighton breeze in 2003 as well
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Thanks Uzi
That was when i gave Johnny a lift to the train station, my bus was a little(to say the least) mechanically neglected at the time... gears crunching, engine cutting out at junctions etc etc, it was embarrasing 
Ah back in the days when Barndoors were a rare sight at a VW show... and they were mostly dove blue
Always some wanna be getting in the shot
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UZI
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"oy shawl foight you faw yaw vahn!"
i shoulda kicked yer ass that night
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Monkeyspinner
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:21 am Post subject: |
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"oy shawl foight you faw yaw vahn!"
i shoulda kicked yer ass that night |
Hahaha i was waiting for that... mind you it was Ed that was drunk and offering to fight everyone that night not me
don't you have a photo of him looking worse for wear in the back of Andrew's brown 57? |
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