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Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:22 pm

I posted a few old photos in the gallery.

Click here to see the BD gallery: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_cat.php?cat_id=1

My favorite is the BD with the sailplane flying above it. So which one of you guys owns the original photo?

Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:59 am

I wonder where you were on the vehicle owner ladder back then, is that family the equiverlant of the "escalade" owners today?

Basically how much of a rich poser were you to own a samba back then?

Sun Apr 03, 2005 1:36 am

i don't know if it's just me, but them old folk look legitimately rich

Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:55 am

I bet your rabbit is just waiting for the perfect opportunity to go rabid on your ass Brad... :lol:

Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:13 am

I remember those on eBay but I didn't win. Not sure who did.

I don't think a Deluxe was equivalent to an Escalade of today, probably more like a regular SUV.

Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:13 am

Anchovy,
One of your other photos has a barndoor with the word "Notsitz" on it.
Looked it up, and the translation is "Flap-up Seat".
Or folding seat, I guess.
Anyone have a clue about this?

Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:57 am

not sitz = emergency seat ?

I thought it was some sort of joke, like you could use the Barndoor decklid or the Barndoor engine compartment as some sort of extra seating if you were desperate

Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:18 am

Anchovy wrote:

Rich midgets.

Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:58 pm

EverettB wrote: not sitz = emergency seat ?

I thought it was some sort of joke, like you could use the Barndoor decklid or the Barndoor engine compartment as some sort of extra seating if you were desperate

...or maybe the joke is the engine compartment area is auxillary seating. I think they are saying "emergency seat" not "flap-up seat", but who knows....

Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:07 pm

Hey Jeff,

Here's a link to a thread on one of your posted photos.

Doug

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109233

Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:22 pm

dougrbutler wrote: Hey Jeff,

Here's a link to a thread on one of your posted photos.

Doug

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109233

Thanks for the heads-up Doug....I just picked up that photo on ebay. I hope to see more details when I get the hard copy. I want to see if I can make out what's written on the ballons and the box on the roof rack.

Tue May 17, 2005 11:03 pm

Another cool old photo:

Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:21 pm

Vintage photo I got from Germany:

Rear hatch, body bumpers, logos. Looks like a fat base mirror on the hinge.

Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:38 am

HamburgerBrad wrote: i don't know if it's just me, but them old folk look legitimately rich

No Sir. Back then everyone got dressed up! Even if you were going out to the department store. Just making a comment on their appareal. Back then even poor folks got decked out!

Jeff - Those are some bad ass post cards!

Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:02 pm

Just an old photo from Denmark in Early '51....

Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:43 am

Nice period photos.

He's a couple a mate found in a postcard fare last year. 'Gem Luxury Coaches', taken outside a B&B in Blackpool. The B&B is still there, shame the same can't be said for the bus though :(

Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:42 pm

Hey Mike1973,

I like the lady and the BD photo. Do you have a high resolution scan you can send or post. I am interested to see the headlight detail and the winged logo on the front.

Thanks,

Here's another one of my favorites:

Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:14 am

Anchovy wrote: Vintage photo I got from Germany:

Rear hatch, body bumpers, logos. Looks like a fat base mirror on the hinge.

Jeff- What's wierd about that Bus is that it is a "short upper rear vent" Bus which means it's earlier than mid 1951 but it has two reflectors which I thought started in mid 1952. It also has flat lensed bubbles which is ultra cool and if its a 1951 then those taillights are flat out impossible to find. Basically, that is probably one of the first 15,000 Buses ever made right there.

Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:33 am

BUCIOBATISTI wrote: It also has flat lensed bubbles which is ultra cool and if its a 1951 then those taillights are flat out impossible to find.

Not totally impossible to find (I assume you're talking flat glass lenses).

Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:36 am

BUCIOBATISTI wrote: Anchovy wrote: Vintage photo I got from Germany:

Rear hatch, body bumpers, logos. Looks like a fat base mirror on the hinge.

Jeff- What's wierd about that Bus is that it is a "short upper rear vent" Bus which means it's earlier than mid 1951 but it has two reflectors which I thought started in mid 1952. It also has flat lensed bubbles which is ultra cool and if its a 1951 then those taillights are flat out impossible to find. Basically, that is probably one of the first 15,000 Buses ever made right there.

Hey Brendan, I made those same observations. You can also see that the cargo door handle is removed and the deck lid either looks ajar or like it was poorly fixed. This may explain the "addition" of the second reflector. The brake light also looks like the block style rather than the smooth curved style lens. With the mirror mounted on the door hinge the bus has obviously been tampered with....POS!