TheSamba.com :: View topic - Who still has their 1 owner bought new by them Split Bus?

Wed Feb 09, 2011 5:31 am

zuhaelter_82 wrote: Even though our Grandfather gave us his bus, he still drives it around and I consider it his until the day he passes.

now that is cool.

Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:31 am

vw7266 wrote: don.ville wrote: There was a bus like this at Bulli 2010 if my memory serves me right.
Close to the "front of the line" against the grass in the parking lot.
It had a sign with some owner/family history I think.

Anyone else remember?

I remember a guy with a blue single cab that was his dads? he was selling bed slats out of the back of it?

Ken Hippensteel out of North Georgia 57' single cab that his parents bought new. Ken has a picture of himself as a kid in front of the truck that he dislpays at shows, which is pretty cool. Really nice single cab that has won multiple 1st place trophys at shows in the southeast. I will see if I can find a pic.

Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:51 am

zuhaelter_82 wrote: Even though our Grandfather gave us his bus, he still drives it around and I consider it his until the day he passes.

That picture speaks volumes.
Thanks for posting that.
I have tears in my eyes.
So lovely....

Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:55 am

that pic is samba front page fact material. respect.

Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:14 am

I saw an original condition tin-top '67 westy at OCTO a few years back. It was the owner's first OCTO meet and he brought along two buddies. When he mentioned that he was the original owner I said, "That's cool!" To which he replied, "No, it's not that cool...it means that I'm really old." :D

Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:24 am

JacsWagen wrote: that pic is samba front page fact material. respect.

x2. That picture speaks volumes. Thank you for sharing

Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:37 am

Somebody link the Seattle grandmother's SO-42.

Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:37 am

BarryL wrote: Somebody link the Seattle grandmother's SO-42.

Here's the thread.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=430404

Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:42 am

WideFive wrote: Local "old guy" Ken still has his... He's not afraid of computers or anything else! Amazing dude and Bus!

Ken's words/pix....

1963 Single Cab bought new by my dad from Rippel Motor, Lorain. I personally handed the salesman a check for $ 2340.00 and drove it home

Giving it a bath Summer 1967

Hauling the Honda 90 to Put-in Bay in 1967

Ken was 17 when he drove that truck home. It replaced a Fire Engine Red 57 single that his dad bought.

Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:22 pm

This is a picture of my dads 57. This was his first SC and the one I first learned to drive on. This picture was taken about 5 years ago at the Columbus, OH COVVC show. It now belongs to a gentleman named David Shepard from the Columbus area and I understand it is undergoing a complete restoration.

I would love to contact him if anyone knows of him.

Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:59 pm

Here is Ken Hippensteel's SC. Really sweet bus and he is a super nice guy:

The picture in front is him and his brother standing in front of it when they were little.... 8)

Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:52 am

WideFive wrote: Local "old guy" Ken still has his... He's not afraid of computers or anything else! Amazing dude and Bus!
Dam fine nice bus too. Saw it in person. I need to get up that way more often.
Ken's words/pix....

1963 Single Cab bought new by my dad from Rippel Motor, Lorain. I personally handed the salesman a check for $ 2340.00 and drove it home

Giving it a bath Summer 1967

Hauling the Honda 90 to Put-in Bay in 1967

Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:29 am

oarse wrote: BarryL wrote: Somebody link the Seattle grandmother's SO-42.

Here's the thread.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=430404

This is one cool story, great thread. Only grannies keep their shiz this nice and clean over the years. Looks like she made some custom curtains for it to back in the day. These two pictures give me chills. That interior is so choice! I can smell it from here. Lovin the radio delete plate, no music needed, just listen to the tunes of the motor, rattles and bumps and good conversation.

Simply awesome. 8)

Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:47 am

That is one very special bus and lady.

Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:27 am

ToolBox wrote: WideFive wrote: Local "old guy" Ken still has his... He's not afraid of computers or anything else! Amazing dude and Bus!

Ken's words/pix....

1963 Single Cab bought new by my dad from Rippel Motor, Lorain. I personally handed the salesman a check for $ 2340.00 and drove it home

Giving it a bath Summer 1967

Hauling the Honda 90 to Put-in Bay in 1967

Ken was 17 when he drove that truck home. It replaced a Fire Engine Red 57 single that his dad bought.
Curious about the different license plates in 1967? And what happened to the antenna?

Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:56 am

Now all the OO are 6 years older than when the thread started..

Im going to put the "TOASTER" into the cue as an 'all in the family" Split...

Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:35 am

rennie wrote: Curious about the different license plates in 1967? And what happened to the antenna? Ya, weird that the bus is wearing one plate in one pic... then another plate just eight digits away.
It's not owned by anybody in this thread... so, I doubt we'll know anything more about the antenna... besides that is was removed.

Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:44 am

Abscate wrote: Im going to put the "TOASTER" into the cue as an 'all in the family" Split...
Thanks Steve.

It is true; I don't fully qualify (as our family being "first" owners).

My grandparents (gone since the early 1970's) were the second owners of our 1967, buying it from their neighbor in 1969 (after their first bus was in an accident).

My parents took it over in the early '70's, and then I started driving it in 1987.

Heck; thanks to my grandparents, my Triple-A card says that I have been a member since 1950 (20 years before I was born).

Kathy in "The Toaster" July 4th, 2014:

Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:26 pm

My father-in-law (on the far right) bought the bus brand-new in 1962. Traded an MGA in for it. It's been in the family ever-since.

This is a photo of he and I last year at a local car show. He is so proud to point to old pictures of he and the bus and tell everyone who wants to listen all the stories he has about it. :D

Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:17 pm

That's what this thread is looking for! Nice.