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Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:33 pm

velvetgreen wrote: Happy to report the dude is still alive and well and is living in Indiana driving a tow truck. Not sure what became of his lady friend

Am I looking at a real person? Or is this "the handler" from the next Quinton Terrintino move? :shock: :lol:

Tue Mar 17, 2020 5:49 pm

Da TOW'D wrote: AS350driver wrote: Lind wrote: j.pickens wrote: stale air wrote:
This photo fascinates me.
There is so much to deconstruct.

WTF is the dude pointing at?
Check out the fresnel lens stuck to the rear window.
Of course, the hippy chick.
What is she looking at?
She's looking at the guy's right hand.
OMG! Why is he holding the bus ashtray?!?!

There are many other things of note...
She is all like "that is a shiny deluxe ash tray you got there"
He is all like "it goes in there, hop in and I'll show you how it goes in"

Wonder what he’s pointing to in the corner of the glass?

That bus, with all the tail lights it has, probably never, ever got rear ended.

I had to laugh when I saw that Fresnel lens .
I had one on my '56 deluxe on the corner window between the jail bars and glass.
I looked over at my bus one day and saw it was full of blue smoke. The lens had focused the suns rays on to my Navy Pea Coat- and was smoldering-- real wool and what a nasty smell -

What do you think it is?

Tue Mar 17, 2020 6:24 pm

kind of reminds me of this sticker:
https://powell-peralta.com/powell-peralta-mike-mcgill-skull-snake-sticker-single

Tue Mar 17, 2020 6:43 pm

It's the burnt part of his curtains where the fresnel lens focused the suns rays and set them on fire. :D

Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:41 am

some swedish photos by Yngve Hellstrom

Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:46 am

a nice action shot, credit herr Aberg, norrlandsbild/sundsvalsmuseum

Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:36 am

Humbeek Belgium 1961

Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:27 am

stale air wrote:

Hot!

and maybe its just an old photo but those look like black plates but that number sequence (111 aaa) would be a blue and yellow plate in California.

Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:32 am

crofty wrote: stale air wrote:

Hot!

and maybe its just an old photo but those look like black plates but that number sequence (111 aaa) would be a blue and yellow plate in California.

Yeah, i think they are blue and yellows, and that its just a crappy pic.

Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:32 am

Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:54 am

never did the bib overall thing, but i was a hot mess in my work overalls :)

Thu Mar 19, 2020 4:28 pm

Thu Mar 19, 2020 4:28 pm

Fri Mar 20, 2020 3:12 am

Stretched singlecab.

Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:36 am

EverettB wrote:

No no no...we need to stay six feet apart.....noi said 6 feet,not 60 feet.!
Where the hell is going!

Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:53 am

j.pickens wrote: stale air wrote:
This photo fascinates me.
There is so much to deconstruct.

WTF is the dude pointing at?
Check out the fresnel lens stuck to the rear window.
Of course, the hippy chick.
What is she looking at?
She's looking at the guy's right hand.
OMG! Why is he holding the bus ashtray?!?!

There are many other things of note...
EverettB wrote: I'm wondering what year it is since it looks like a Turquoise Bus but has a center brakelight decklid and it looks like a later engine but the rear apron is clearly smashed for the side-exit exhaust

So it must be 57 or earlier?

To continue the deconstruction:

Yes, '55 to '57 Deluxe.
Maybe painted white/Turkis, or is it all white?
Original paint or repainted?
Engine replaced? Wrong exhaust ?

So many questions.

Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:35 pm

MrPolak wrote:

What do you think it is?
I think it’s a head shot of Maynard G. Krebs 8)

Fri Mar 20, 2020 6:39 pm

Lone Wolf ?

Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:04 pm

EverettB wrote:

Schleicher K7 Rhönadler? Schleicher made the ASK 16 motor glider with a four cylinder direct drive engine design based upon the VW air-cooled engine. It used a single magneto ignition, a wet sump, and produced 67 hp at 3600 rpm.

Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:38 pm

Damn, I think you nailed it.