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Sat Dec 21, 2019 8:21 am

Yes, 59-60 Euro Kombi

Tue Dec 24, 2019 7:21 am

found these over in the VAN forum:

epowell wrote: My Dad bought his in Sweden while over there on a sabbatical in the 60's... on his way back he drove it all around the UK, and then had it shipped to NYC (got it broken into the first night in NYC and lost all his new audio equipment), then drove it across the continent to BC where he continued to drive it for years. We made many trips to California in it to visit family.

This pic is from Bakersfield in the late 60's.

E1 wrote: Our '65 Splitty somewhere in Wisconsin, either Door County or in the SE, around 1967. We went to 44 states, mostly in this "Old Red Traveler" and a few in a teal-white '67, by the time I was 10.

Edit: might be 1968, the trailer is my Grandparents' and their new Chevy (partly visible) was I think a '68.

The Herculean kid that looks like Fabio is me, the other my brother. ( :oops: )

Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:48 am

Wed Dec 25, 2019 5:45 pm

Early '59 Mango Bus with Silver White ribbed bumpers

Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:24 pm

Ha! Benny Hill drove a VW bus 8)

Thu Dec 26, 2019 7:52 pm

Fri Dec 27, 2019 11:42 am

EverettB wrote: stale air wrote:

Seriously huge tent
Wow! Never seen that before.

Fri Dec 27, 2019 1:39 pm

dms wrote: EverettB wrote: stale air wrote:

Seriously huge tent
Wow! Never seen that before.

Penthouse! 8)

Fri Dec 27, 2019 2:59 pm

1966 bus bought for $200 in the late seventies - pop riveted, bondoed, house painted, etc. I used to strip the trim as it rusted there first. This one lasted for about 5 years before it corroded (due to driving in salt). This photo was from 1981 when we were skiing in Quebec. We would leave a catalytic (white gas) heater running inside the bus while we were out so it was warm when we got back.

Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:48 pm

While not a bus, it is German, with reduction boxes and a Westfalia body

Sun Dec 29, 2019 4:28 am

didn't know westfalia made mogs...there you go (new samba fact no.3582!)

Sun Dec 29, 2019 8:06 am

thom wrote: While not a bus, it is German, with reduction boxes and a Westfalia body

“Dumping” chemicals? :?

Sun Dec 29, 2019 9:13 am

pyrOman wrote: thom wrote: While not a bus, it is German, with reduction boxes and a Westfalia body

“Dumping” chemicals? :?

Or pigs piss? :shock:

Sun Dec 29, 2019 9:21 am

We seem to be losing focus, again.... 8)

Sun Dec 29, 2019 5:03 pm

Sun Dec 29, 2019 11:27 pm

Mon Dec 30, 2019 9:29 am

thom wrote:

I'm starting to fall in love with the Unimog. I'm diggin' those "crotch-coolers"!

Bill

Mon Dec 30, 2019 10:26 am

BulliBill wrote: thom wrote:

I'm starting to fall in love with the Unimog. I'm diggin' those "crotch-coolers"!

They are virtually identical to those on early bugs

Tue Dec 31, 2019 9:20 am

Wed Jan 01, 2020 12:16 am

Then...

Now..

My bus in Joshua Tree National Park in the early 70s. Back then, JTNP was still a National Monument. The lady I bought the bus from had owned the bus with her late husband since 1969. It's still happily living in Joshua Tree!