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&Dan
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| Jiminy Christmas- that's fantastic! Top-notch detective work, there. |
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Fish
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Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Great story so far. I'm on the edge on my seat, so to speak. Plus I'm relearning about the space program. Thank you for pursuing this story. I think it has made more than just bus people remember and smile. 
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EverettB 
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BarryL
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| &Dan wrote: |
| Jiminy Christmas- that's fantastic! Top-notch detective work, there. |
Does it even qualify as a vintage photo? I'll try to figure out how to replace the pictures with the higher res ones. If I can't should I post the same pictures again in higher res? Only difference is you can read what is by the owl and most of the chalk or white paint stuff. The rack is pretty rad also.
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| Great story so far. I'm on the edge on my seat, so to speak. Plus I'm relearning about the space program. Thank you for pursuing this story. I think it has made more than just bus people remember and smile. |
Still don't know the date, ha. I picture those people connecting to their own kind in the space field. My friend's dad and my dad were deep into space work. |
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&Dan
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Does it even qualify as a vintage photo? I'll try to figure out how to replace the pictures with the higher res ones. If I can't should I post the same pictures again in higher res? |
Yes and yes- even a tangential connection to the space program makes the matter historically significant. Plus it's just a cool-as-Hell story. |
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BarryL
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| ... should I post the same pictures again in higher res? |
Yes... |
Higher resolution original scans of AIAA bus photos.
I like the rack. |
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&Dan
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| "My God! It's full of stars!" |
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RHD Notch
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1962 Standard. Peruvian Central Highway in 1967.
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| I am at the point where I hardly want to own anything that isn't original paint. |
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| I have some other projects I'd like to finish first and I want to drive this bus while I'm working on those to help stay motivated. |
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EverettB
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silvertonguedevil
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Not sure if these have been posted somewhere on here before but I ran across them on the internet so...
The only info given was "Nantucket, July 1964"
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silvertonguedevil
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And then this one I happened upon on a friend of mine's Facebook album. When I asked her about it, she told me that this was her grandparents and their bus. The little girl is her aunt.
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RHD Notch
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Weird cross hatch on the cargo door panels? |
Very nice photo. Is that a green bus? Looks new...and no beltline pinstripe. The vents are pinstriped though. "Baujahr" is model year...
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| I have some other projects I'd like to finish first and I want to drive this bus while I'm working on those to help stay motivated. |
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EverettB
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Weird cross hatch on the cargo door panels? |
Very nice photo. Is that a green bus? Looks new...and no beltline pinstripe. The vents are pinstriped though. "Baujahr" is model year... |
Yes, I thought it was a 1956 Sand Green / Palm Green Bus.
I missed the fact that it did not have pinstriping.
I do not see pinstriping on the vents?
The hubcap emblems also look unpainted, although that could be the lighting
Weird...
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RHD Notch
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Weird cross hatch on the cargo door panels? |
Very nice photo. Is that a green bus? Looks new...and no beltline pinstripe. The vents are pinstriped though. "Baujahr" is model year... |
Yes, I thought it was a 1956 Sand Green / Palm Green Bus.
I missed the fact that it did not have pinstriping.
I do not see pinstriping on the vents?
The hubcap emblems also look unpainted, although that could be the lighting
Weird... |
After looking closer, I don't think the vents are pinstriped. The actual opening of the vent gives the illusion of a pinstripe. At first glance they had a deluxe vent trim kind of look on my monitor.
The hubcaps look unpainted to me also...
Is this a factory photo?
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| I am at the point where I hardly want to own anything that isn't original paint. |
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| I have some other projects I'd like to finish first and I want to drive this bus while I'm working on those to help stay motivated. |
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EverettB
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Weird cross hatch on the cargo door panels? |
Very nice photo. Is that a green bus? Looks new...and no beltline pinstripe. The vents are pinstriped though. "Baujahr" is model year... |
Yes, I thought it was a 1956 Sand Green / Palm Green Bus.
I missed the fact that it did not have pinstriping.
I do not see pinstriping on the vents?
The hubcap emblems also look unpainted, although that could be the lighting
Weird... |
After looking closer, I don't think the vents are pinstriped. The actual opening of the vent gives the illusion of a pinstripe. At first glance they had a deluxe vent trim kind of look on my monitor.
The hubcaps look unpainted to me also...
Is this a factory photo? |
I am not sure of the source but it does look like a typical VW Press Photo
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RHD Notch
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L.H. Strong Volkswagen Dealership, Salt Lake City, UT. 1955
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floyd1969
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L.H. Strong Volkswagen Dealership, Salt Lake City, UT. 1955 |
. Nice logos and those signs on the roofs are awesome . Great pic! |
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Clara
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L.H. Strong Volkswagen Dealership, Salt Lake City, UT. 1955 |
. Nice logos and those signs on the roofs are awesome . Great pic! |
That is the dealership Greg's yellow October 1955 westy was sold from.
Thanks for posting. Do you have any more or larger pics?
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RHD Notch
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L.H. Strong Volkswagen Dealership, Salt Lake City, UT. 1955 |
. Nice logos and those signs on the roofs are awesome . Great pic! |
That is the dealership Greg's yellow October 1955 westy was sold from.
Thanks for posting. Do you have any more or larger pics?
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That's cool Clara!
I found this one additional pic that I also listed in the 55-67 Kombi Gallery...These are the only sizes I have.
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| I am at the point where I hardly want to own anything that isn't original paint. |
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velvetgreen
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| ^^^^^^^ that pic is cool- looks like "Volkswagen Camper" is lettered in above the belt line on the back drivers side |
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