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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

nice purchase, Florian!
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought that was the barndoor from the rotting back to earth thread. Now with the story i know it is. It looks a little rustier than when these photos were taken.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hummm yes.
Maybe those photos are a bit old...

But the rear is still pretty good.
Where it's VERY rusty is the cab area, but anyway... with that crash it needed a full front clip anyway ! Rolling Eyes

Nothing unfixable Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What an amazing find! Cool Seems fitting that it was rescued on the 60th anniversary year of when it was brought to Canada for the CNE.

You do realize there is a Canadian Vintage VW export tax. Payable to your friends here in Canada.... we accept beer... Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Trevor P wrote:
You do realize there is a Canadian Vintage VW export tax. Payable to your friends here in Canada.... we accept beer... Wink


Hehe... No problem i will pay them in HO 2013 Wink Wink Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Now all we have to do is find the other 11 cars. Laughing Shocked
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

so are we saying this is the dlx in the CNE display?
unless the one unspecified bus in the list of 12 was a second deluxe?
pretty cool.

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oh i see two 24As are listed at the top, so 20-029 862 also must be a dlx
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so 6 BDs imported...5 on show that we can see...where was the other DLX? also at the show? in the foyer?
can see 5 beetles too...1 missing

you'd have thought the CNE archive dept would have some more detailed pics (of individual cars)
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lazaa wrote:
We are the 10th of July today !
A good day for an uptade of this thread

I contacted recently the archive department of the CNE and they sent me 4 pictures of the VOLKSWAGEN area during the CNE 1952.
Those pictures have been taken the 6th of september 1952... Thought you will like them :

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EverettB wrote:
So anyone own these Buses?
I don't see any of them in the registry at http://barndoor.dk


It's not in the registry but yes, one of those busses has survived (not very well i have to admit)... Very Happy
I will open a Built thread in the next weeks/months when i will begin to work on it (needs LOTS of work and parts), so you will know more about it.

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Cheers,
Florian


OMG, AMAZING PHOTOS!! So cool to see VW Canada Ltd. History like this.
Thanks for posting this! Cheers

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fall of 1953

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:11 pm    Post subject: Canadian Dealer Reply with quote

Found this in my August of '53 canadian single cab. Does anybody have any info on this dealer? dated 4/53

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GeoffP wrote:
Fall of 1953


Great pics, thanks for sharing!!
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

contacted both Pete's autobody shops in the Toroto'ish area, neither in Brampton and they have no knowledge of having anything to do with VW. Worth a shot!
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GeoffP wrote:
Fall of 1953

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In the first and fourth pic it looks like an ambulance in the background. Cool pics.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Pete's Auto Body and Sales in Brampton Reply with quote

I took a look through http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/canada_dealers_on1.php for the Ontario dealerships where Brampton in located in and was unable to find anything.

That location would have been seriously out in the middle of nowhere 50 years ago. Judging by the name it must have been a very small dealership that evidently did bodywork on the side.

Perhaps google maps might shed some light on it. Very good score to find literature like that in your truck all these years later.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 3:04 pm    Post subject: Re: VW of Canada 1952 Buses Reply with quote

Hmm.... i see stuff for sale. This one going to market Florian?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 3:04 pm    Post subject: Re: VW of Canada 1952 Buses Reply with quote

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1953152
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:56 am    Post subject: Re: VW of Canada 1952 Buses Reply with quote

No it won't, sorry
I'll do my best to keep that one Idea
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