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ToolBox
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Location: Detroit, where they don't jack parts off my ride in the parking lot of the 7-11
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Six people and towing a trailer, with a barndoor bus? They are not in a hurry.
This looks like the fifties, I don't think the freeways were even around yet. I bet they found people with horse drawn carts on the back roads. |
Where is the 6th? |
Holding the camera... |
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thom
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 1:37 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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79SuperVert
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 1:40 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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You can't rule out the possibility of a self - timer on the camera. Plenty of time for the photographer to press the shutter release and get into the picture.
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EeVeeWee
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Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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Here some repairs in the early eighties.
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Tyler 5447
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Location: Burns, WY
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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Here some repairs in the early eighties.
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I guess that is one way to do it. I wonder why the spare tire is hanging in the engine bay? |
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andre b
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:50 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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| i cant figure out what it is,,or was!no frame rails,,longer than normal too |
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trebus
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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| i cant figure out what it is,,or was!no frame rails,,longer than normal too |
Kemperink? |
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Tyler 5447
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:35 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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That's what it looks like to me comparing it to this pic in the gallery.
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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| i cant figure out what it is,,or was!no frame rails,,longer than normal too |
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From a few pages back while it's upright:
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My dad is doing an engine revision next to the highway in The Netherlands in the seventies. 
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EeVeeWee please post those pics in the Samba gallery so they don't dissappear in a few years.
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RHD Notch
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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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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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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EeVeeWee
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:09 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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[quote="busdaddy"]
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| i cant figure out what it is,,or was!no frame rails,,longer than normal too |
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From a few pages back while it's upright:
| EeVeeWee wrote: |
My dad is doing an engine revision next to the highway in The Netherlands in the seventies.
EeVeeWee please post those pics in the Samba gallery so they don't disappear in a few years. |
OK I will.
Do you mean this gallery?
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_cat.php?cat_id=9 |
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mandraks
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:28 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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special models is a good place
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andre b
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:32 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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| trebus wrote: |
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| i cant figure out what it is,,or was!no frame rails,,longer than normal too |
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awe,,yep! |
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williamM
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 8:08 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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Dad said "What are we going to do with the old plaid drapes?"  Mom answered "I've got an idea" 
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EeVeeWee
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:07 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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A bus from my neighbor, next to a milk factory in Weesp, The Netherlands.
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EverettB 
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RHD Notch
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:04 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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^^^^ Nice! I loves me a Roman Red '59 Chevy drop-top...
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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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EverettB
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Tyler 5447
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| Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 7:13 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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| Sweet pic. I wish we could see what the rest of the signage is on the open cargo door. |
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