TheSamba.com :: View topic - Bay Window photos from the past

Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:24 pm

theizzardking wrote: is it weird to keep saying how much i dig this thread?

i just think i like seeing bays in their natural habitat and in their prime.

Me too!

Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:38 pm

I love this thread too, it makes me wish that I had some pics of mine in its prime!

Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:46 pm

I've showed this before.

My Father in his bus on Woodbine Street in Ridgewood, Queens in front of where my mother grew up in the early 70's:

My bus taken in the exact same spot (without knowing until later I had done it) shot from the opposite side about 2 years ago:

A little earlier, December 1968. This is on the Grand Central Parkway about 1/2 mile from LaGuardia Airport. The first 3 seconds you can see Shea Stadium

Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:00 pm

theizzardking wrote: is it weird to keep saying how much i dig this thread?

i just think i like seeing bays in their natural habitat and in their prime.

Nah man. I'm a very nostalgic person too. I was born in the wrong decade. It's awesome to see these personal pieces of history.

Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:25 pm

I just came across this photo of my Dad (RIP) and his 75 Westfalia. Must have been around 1985 or so. I remember it, but not clearly. Irony is he is greeting the same family dogs in my previous photo and on the same street. :lol:

Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:28 pm

Hey Stonefish... what year is that pic? Crystal clear!

Lovin' the thread as well.

Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:55 pm

patayres wrote: Hey Stonefish... what year is that pic? Crystal clear!

Lovin' the thread as well.

That is from the link two posts above Stonefish, so I am now confused whose family that is? The following is what is written in the link.

"A Kodachrome moment in November 1971, shortly after my sister and her family, newly transplanted from Diamond Bar in Southern California, moved into their new home in the Bahia section of Novato. I'm not quite sure how you'd describe the architectural style, but that was it in Bahia. Here I've captured my brother-in-law getting gardening advice from my father, who's hauled us up from Larkspur in our 1966 Rambler Classic wagon. The other vehicle I'm sure needs no introduction. My nephew Dave, age six, strolls out into the cul-de-sac. Antennas at the left are for San Francisco radio station KCBS"

BTW, I know this is off topic in that it's a Splittie, but this is my Dad with his 64 Subhatch Camper during the summer of 1964. He drove the whole family (2 adults, 4 kids, and a large German Shepherd) in a circuit from Los Angeles thru the Northern states to Michigan and back thru the Central and Southwestern states. I had great show and tell stories for first grade....Just thought I would throw it in as it's the VW that got me hooked! :D :D

Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:24 pm

I am loving this thread. Keep 'em coming. =D>

Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:18 pm

Not my family.... just a sweet pix that was found here, a great site for vintage photos! Make sure you view them in full size.

http://www.shorpy.com/

Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:41 pm

The photo's from the 70s though it's a split... story about that Bus that turned up 30 some years later:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125790137076542665.html

Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:43 pm

chabanais wrote: The photo's from the 70s though it's a split... story about that Bus that turned up 30 some years later:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125790137076542665.html

Did she ever get it back?

Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:47 pm

I don't think so.

Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:47 am

Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:08 am

I am so thankful for auto focus... :lol: :lol:
Every photo my mother ever took is blurry and has her finger in the lense.

Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:15 pm

panic_fan wrote:

That is exactly the way I remember the 70's. :lol: :roll: :lol:

Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:07 am

Mountain Minstrel wrote: panic_fan wrote:
That is exactly the way I remember the 70's. :lol: :roll: :lol:

ROTFLMAO! :lol: :lol:

Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:45 pm

Awesome topic!!

Here's an amazing story with lots of vintage picts:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=318687&highlight=kermit
(The "Vintage" part dosen't start till the top of Page 3 but the whole topic is worth reading)

Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:00 pm

From http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com

Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:41 pm

sbomm wrote: From http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com

forgot the caption "Jerry decided to pitch the tent a little early", and Mom has noticed.... :lol:

Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:46 pm

ROFL!!