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Blue Baron
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RockStock
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:49 am Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses |
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Early Barndoor Standard crawling up the drive in first gear
Unsure of the country/plates
Stunning backdrop
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appears to be an A- something (A- U, A-M, A -W ?) American occupation zone, German pre 1955 plate.
Spruce trees are getting really sparse around the ridge so this must be around 1400meters+ ( or 5000ft) elevation. that does NOT rule out the Schwarzwald (Black Forrest), where the highest summits are around 1500 meters and bald. (and NOT part of the Alps).
Breathtakingly beautiful shot !
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Blue Baron
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RockStock
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:10 am Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses |
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^The Smith Family Deluxe, posted on p5
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^^Thank you for the insightful extra info as always, Guenter
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This ice cool photo has been doing the rounds, but has not been featured on this thread
Hotel Krone, Oberperfuss, near Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
1960s
Porsche 356 gathering
Six Sambas! At least two signwritten, Der Lecher
What a moment to have been there
Der Lecher buses were featured on p5
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...p;start=80
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'der lecher' bus(es)
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^^according to my info only A/B goes that high for the second number sequence so I reckon it's 536-539 Regensburg Stadt and in range of the mountains...
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djfordmanjack
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Great info, where did you find that ?
Regensburg is closer to the Alps (ca100km) than to the Schwarzwald (ca300km).
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| ^^according to my info only A/B goes that high for the second number sequence so I reckon it's 536-539 Regensburg Stadt and in range of the mountains... |
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info was from this site, it's a pdf
http://up.picr.de/6184465snf.pdf
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RockStock
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These Barndoors are pictured outside the Autohaus Buchwinkler VW Dealership (tbc), which still exists.
It is located in Berchtesgaden, south east Germany in the Bavarian Alps right on the Austrian border.
Hitler’s bolt-hole, The Eagle’s Nest, is just 4km away.
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| Berchtesgaden is a German town in the Bavarian Alps on the Austrian border. South of town, Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest retreat, the Kehlsteinhaus, has a restaurant with alpine views. The Dokumentation Obersalzberg museum chronicles the Nazi era. Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden illuminates the salt mine’s 500-year history. Lifts lead to Obersalzberg and Rossfeld ski areas. To the south, trails cross Berchtesgaden National Park |
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The Buchwinkler dealership is active on FB
They have posted some cool vintage VW pictures on there
Barndoor tow truck, converted in-house by Buchwinkler
Virtually all the 56/57 Oval colours…
Apparently the Mercedes 540K cab B is super valuable today
K plate = Carinthia, Austria
356s and a Gullwing
Delalership location…wonder if the view looks towards The Eagle’s Nest
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Is the DLX in the background really a BD ? appears to have a post 55 fresh air roof. What's interesting is, that it has additional knee height trim, much in the fashion of Kohlruss coachbuilds. Wonder if it was a factory DLX having only the trim added or a full coach build. Kohlruss facility was in Salzburg, which is not far away at all (25km).
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I’m not sure on the Deluxe, but I thought it looked slab-fronted.
Sign-written too.
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I posted this screen shot into the "Old movies with Split busses" thread: German movie "Der schoenste Tag meines Lebens" (1957); translated "The nicest day in my life".
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 6:03 am Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses |
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Cool. Do they appear for long?
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| Rocks, I don't think so; the bus on the road is just on the road. I "think" the main characters were on the yellow big tour bus, so it was the center of the driving action. |
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Knowing the kind of ski equipment back then, that skiier has some major gonads.
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