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Sat Dec 26, 2020 3:11 pm

From a PATHE' Documentary. Pay off at 3:20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-xZ7HzTXP0

Mon Dec 28, 2020 9:20 pm

My brother and my mom, circa 1984, with his mouse gray '64. KAN 853 was towed to a salvage yard when my brother semi-abandoned it. My little sister paid to get it out and drove it for years. She sold it when the brakes went out to a crackhead couple who had it parked, covered in pine needles, for years. The bus moved away when they left Los Osos. Wonder who has it now?

Tue Dec 29, 2020 12:53 am

That’s cool and sad at the same time. Thank you for making the picture real.
Jack Staggs

Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:58 am

Looks like the socks in sandals look is not only worn by German tourists :D

suebug wrote:

My brother and my mom, circa 1984, with his mouse gray '64. KAN 853 was towed to a salvage yard when my brother semi-abandoned it. My little sister paid to get it out and drove it for years. She sold it when the brakes went out to a crackhead couple who had it parked, covered in pine needles, for years. The bus moved away when they left Los Osos. Wonder who has it now?

Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:43 am

Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:02 am

^ ^ "Eichamt" is the government bureau of measurements and standards. W license plate and plate color is probably Vienna, Austria (W is Wien, how Vienna is spelled in German; pronounced "Veen"). Eichamt would sound like "I shumpt".

Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:42 pm

Basel (Swiss)

Mon Jan 04, 2021 2:46 pm

adriano wrote:
Basel (Swiss)

Early powered LP VW? It doesn't quite look like a notchback, but maybe it is?

Mon Jan 04, 2021 4:09 pm

Looks like a Volvo with four cream cans in the trunk.

Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:22 pm

Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:05 am

cdennisg wrote: Looks like a Volvo with four cream cans in the trunk.

yep, Volvo 122 Amazon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Amazon

Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:21 am

mandraks wrote: cdennisg wrote: Looks like a Volvo with four cream cans in the trunk.

yep, Volvo 122 Amazon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Amazon

Up here in the frozen north the 122 models that were built in Halifax were called 122S Canadian
I have one
Hank

Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:02 pm

stale air wrote:
The flat rear tire and snow on the sunroof make me sad... :cry:

Wed Jan 06, 2021 2:18 pm

Clara wrote: Looks like the seat at the card table by the '60 deluxe is out of the sunroof standard.
14 years of salt rust in the northeast.

stale air wrote:

Commune members seated at a card table in front of Montague Farm Commune, dogs inthe foreground and Volkswagen microbus behind (Susan Mareneck, far right), ca. 1974

stale air wrote:

Capulet goes to Montegue. De'ja' Vu. I see you.

Wed Jan 06, 2021 2:34 pm

My friend in Arlington sent me another photo of his 1960 Standard in 1969.

What he said:
"When I first moved to Washington in June 1969, I bought a 1960 VW bus with 3 windows on each side. I did the interior, had it painted and drove it for 6 months as it was breaking down faster than I could put it back together including the master cylinder and the transaxle. Purchase price $300. Sold it for $1150 to a girl named Ducky who drove it to Mexico. Never saw her or it again. Fun times...".

Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:58 pm

Nice buggy whip. Ill see you on the other side of the dune. :wink:

Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:23 pm

notchboy wrote: Nice buggy whip. Ill see you on the other side of the dune. :wink:
And CB antenna, "Breaker One Nine, Good Buddy".

Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:25 am

It was a '67 panel Turkis - This is the day I bought it. Brunswick, GA 1974 - I sold it in Santa Barbara in '76 when I ran out of money. I have been trying to get a response from the GA Dept of Motor Vehicles to see if I can get the VIN# to try and trace it down.

Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:01 pm

^^ That Turkis looks a lot like Velvet Green

Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:32 am