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vdubxs
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awreed
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| Good lord! That picture of your bus on fire made me want to cry. What caused the fire? |
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vdubxs
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| Good lord! That picture of your bus on fire made me want to cry. What caused the fire? |
Unfortunately I have no idea, bus had been running great up until that point as well! I had just filled up with fuel, jumped back in, turned the key and heard what sounded a bit like a back fire? Looked behind and saw smoke and some flames! 
Got the extinguishers on it with a guy from the garage but no effect. He helped me push it off the forecourt away from the petrol pumps and we carried on with the extinguishers but no joy, the fire caught, and swept through the van whilst I just had to stand and watch as everything with me went up in flames! Absolutely gutted… 
At least no one was hurt, and now I have a ‘new’ bus to begin creating new more memories and experiences in! 
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Cali_Army_Guy
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| Placerville is only a couple hours from me. What past info were you looking for? Do you have a physical address? I'll go knock on his door like a creepy person if you want lol. |
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vdubxs
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| Placerville is only a couple hours from me. What past info were you looking for? Do you have a physical address? I'll go knock on his door like a creepy person if you want lol. |
Yeah, I've got the address details, just didn't want to upset anyone's privacy concerns or unleash a rash of stalkers  
Ideally wanted to find the original owner (apparently a VW mechanic who had it for 23 years?) so I could find out more of the buses history…
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vdubxs
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jspbtown
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Go old school.....a LETTER?
Yup..the good old fashion mail. They still do it ya know!
Give him your email or contact info and see what happens. |
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Buck Naked
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I live about 20 minutes from Placerville. I did a quick internet search of the name. If it's the same person, they live about 5 miles from my parents. I'd try writing a letter but if you need personal contact I might be able to help. PM me if needed
Shane
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vdubxs
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vdubxs
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coad 
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Thanks to help from Buck Naked (many, many thanks!  ), I’ve managed to get in contact with the previous owner and get some more details on the buses history! |
So tell, what did you learn? |
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vdubxs
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| Thanks to help from Buck Naked (many, many thanks! ), I’ve managed to get in contact with the previous owner and get some more details on the buses history! |
So tell, what did you learn? |
Just checking with the original owner at the moment if it’s cool to share, but if so, I’ll add some of its history and some older pics to my site http://www.vdubxs.com/
But safe to say that to the best of their knowledge, it’s been in this Diamond Springs, CA area for it’s entire life since being imported from Germany.
From the VW buses m-code plate I found out it was an early 1964 eight seater microbus, produced on October 11th 1963 (which makes it a 1964 model year as from 1957, the Volkswagen model years changed in August).
Colour upper part : L472 – Beige Grey
Color lower part : L53 – Sealing Wax Red
Interestingly the bus was originally picked up by first owner at the factory in Germany, and was meant for the US-market. Back in the day, Volkswagen had a Tourist Delivery Program where customers could buy a vehicle and pick it up direct from the factory. This often meant that US Army service personnel or tourists could make a small payment (in the 1960’s it was $10) that entitled them to have the VW they had bought shipped back to the United States at Volkswagens convenience on one of their factory transport ships!
- See more at: http://www.vdubxs.com/
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