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thom
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Joined: October 12, 2000
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Location: Sacramento
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| has this bus been given an official nickname yet? |
El Fjordito ... |
It's not dead, it's pining... pining for the fjords!
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1956 Single Cab
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1957 23-Window Deluxe
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///Mink
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Joined: May 03, 2000
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Location: Fair Oaks, CA
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| thom wrote: |
It's not dead, it's pining... pining for the fjords! |
e's not pinin', e's passed on! |
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thom
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Joined: October 12, 2000
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Location: Sacramento
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| thom wrote: |
It's not dead, it's pining... pining for the fjords! |
e's not pinin', e's passed on! |
Beautiful plumage!
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1956 Single Cab
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2Pack
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Joined: September 20, 2005
Posts: 807
Location: Virginia
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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The greabox is out. It could have been worse behind it. Still some steel left 
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This picture made me wonder: what does this bus smell like? |
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VolksFire
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Location: NorCal
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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these pics make me excited  lol
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Semper_Dad
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Joined: May 14, 2005
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Location: Indiana
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| has this bus been given an official nickname yet? |
El Fjordito ... |
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The "Ufda bus" it's a Norwegian thing,...... |
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Glenn A
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:32 am Post subject: |
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| The "Ufda bus" it's a Norwegian thing,...... |
LoL ! Yup that about sums it up !
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| In all my years, I have never given one thought about a blow up doll's feelings, until today......I feel sorry for it. |
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Morten Lund
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Location: Norway
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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A picture of the samba taken a few years before it was dumped.
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Morten Lund
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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And one taken when it was still resting in the lake. Check the semaphore !
Unfortunately the pictures under water didn't turn out very well.
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psychosquirrel
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Joined: January 19, 2003
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| Cool! |
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///Mink
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Location: Fair Oaks, CA
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Oh man, that "pre-dunk" picture is painful to see.  |
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obus 
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Location: just off Garden State Parkway Exit 81
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jimmy4
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Location: Toronto Canada
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is that a trabant sitting next to the benz.... ?
that should've been in the lake instead..... |
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vwboop
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Location: Langley, BC
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I wish Kombisutra found it. A driveout thread would have been awesome!! 
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busdaddy
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Joined: February 12, 2004
Posts: 51123
Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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| I wish Kombisutra found it. A driveout thread would have been awesome!! |
No doubt, repair it in place and drive it out of the lake with a snorkel! All work performed without SCUBA equipment, free diving, no mask and a wrench clutched between his teeth 
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SurfCityRacing
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Joined: September 12, 2007
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Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I wish Kombisutra found it. A driveout thread would have been awesome!! |
Kombisutra is much more nautical these days, he'd probably be waaaay into it. Oh and could you delete that before pic, I'd hate for baby Jesus to see it and shed a tear.
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Rain's Westy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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A picture of the samba taken a few years before it was dumped.
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interesting... it had already lost its jail bars, rear seat, (middle seat??) bumper trim ,etc when it was still being driven. With all of that stuff missing it was a worthless bus and needed to be dunked...
I wonder if the guy has any of that stuff in the barn still???
What year did the bus become fish habitat?? |
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Morten Lund
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Location: Norway
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:48 am Post subject: |
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is that a trabant sitting next to the benz.... ?
that should've been in the lake instead..... |
I think it's a british Ford, and maybe it is !! |
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Morten Lund
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Location: Norway
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:53 am Post subject: |
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interesting... it had already lost its jail bars, rear seat, (middle seat??) bumper trim ,etc when it was still being driven. With all of that stuff missing it was a worthless bus and needed to be dunked...
I wonder if the guy has any of that stuff in the barn still???
What year did the bus become fish habitat?? |
I asked for the missing stuff - it was gone before the last owner bought the car. The car was dumped about 1974. |
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Glenn A
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:37 am Post subject: |
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Those exhaust cut outs tell the tail . Any idea of what year those pictures where taken ?
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