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velvetgreen
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Joined: August 17, 2004
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Location: Canada
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 Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2025 8:13 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| ^^ Congrats on that rare beast and 20 year quest. Slider, ice pick handles and innie vents , and seemingly dry original paint turquoise bus(assuming my eyes are working). That's a lot of checkboxes.. |
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Ragtop
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Joined: November 23, 2003
Posts: 635
Location: Rio Rancho New Mexico
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| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2025 8:01 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Long-roofs wrote: |
| Wow, 20 years. Lucky you got it if it went to CL. |
Ya Long story short it was a Shock to hear he died. |
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Ragtop
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Joined: November 23, 2003
Posts: 635
Location: Rio Rancho New Mexico
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| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2025 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| OKIE DOKIE wrote: |
| CL I did not even know that was still a thing. Congratulations on the bus. |
Thanks,I still look for deals on CL  |
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Ragtop
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Joined: November 23, 2003
Posts: 635
Location: Rio Rancho New Mexico
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| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2025 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| velvetgreen wrote: |
| ^^ Congrats on that rare beast and 20 year quest. Slider, ice pick handles and innie vents , and seemingly dry original paint turquoise bus(assuming my eyes are working). That's a lot of checkboxes.. |
Thanks, pretty happy with it. Needs the nose and windshield removed and installed properly,someone riveted them on. Besides that its really solid |
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karl h
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Joined: October 10, 2005
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Location: austria
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House
Minutia Militia
Joined: June 13, 2001
Posts: 1896
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2025 3:49 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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EverettB 
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Joined: April 11, 2000
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Location: Phoenix 602
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BarryL
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Joined: November 01, 2004
Posts: 15078
Location: Casa de Oro, California
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:30 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Huge cargo access for one Paperboy's route load drop off. |
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Ragtop
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Joined: November 23, 2003
Posts: 635
Location: Rio Rancho New Mexico
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2025 7:38 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| icepick handles slider? i though sliders were just a 66/67 thing? |
From Sept. 1, 1963:
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So are there any small hatch Slider door buses or only large hatch ? |
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von_hansel
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Joined: June 12, 2006
Posts: 785
Location: Inland Empire
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 7:49 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Great find! Love the look of it.
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| So are there any small hatch Slider door buses or only large hatch ? |
There's a prototype photo of a '62 slider that Clara posted in the past.
Progressive Refinement states that the slider became available as mcode 161 on 16Apr63. However, I have found numerous errors in PR when it comes to dates like the first day of Ruby Red or thin lip dog legs.
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| von_hansel is still so hot right now |
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Ragtop
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Joined: November 23, 2003
Posts: 635
Location: Rio Rancho New Mexico
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 8:28 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| von_hansel wrote: |
Great find! Love the look of it.
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| So are there any small hatch Slider door buses or only large hatch ? |
There's a prototype photo of a '62 slider that Clara posted in the past.
Progressive Refinement states that the slider became available as mcode 161 on 16Apr63. However, I have found numerous errors in PR when it comes to dates like the first day of Ruby Red or thin lip dog legs. |
Thanks. I thought it was 4/63. Would be awesome to see pics of a small hatch slider |
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mtnbus
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Joined: July 01, 2007
Posts: 770
Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2025 7:55 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Wow! Lots of great finds here in the last few pages |
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mandraks
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Joined: November 28, 2004
Posts: 7104
Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2025 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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i used to have a 64 slider. the sliding door came off the rail at the bottom very easy. I got good at catching it before it hit the ground and putting it back up. Definitely seems to work better on the bays. sold it quickly for one with regular doors. so much quieter. and you can mount stuff to the doors.
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'53 3-Fold Oval, L35 Metallic Blue, looking for a narrow hatch panel |
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Malokin Martin
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Joined: August 19, 2007
Posts: 3254
Location: E-burg
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 2:01 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Ragtop wrote: |
Its getting a new nose and front floor, the rest is pretty rust free
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Leave the nose. Take the cannoli. |
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icekoffee
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Joined: March 14, 2005
Posts: 1242
Location: DeSoto, Missouri
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 11:19 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Friday after work I took this empty trailer up to Wisconsin. Saturday I loaded this February 1956 Dove Blue (under respray) Kombi and brought it home. Guess I have a home for those BBT pressed bumpers I bought last month. The bus was last licensed 50 years ago in 1975 and stored since.
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1953 Zwitter
1956 Dove Blue Kombi
1956 Oval Rag
1958 Patina Beetle EJ25
1959 23 Window
1961 Rag Beetle
1961 Kombi
1963 Doubleturd
1964 Lifted Mouse Grey Standard
1965 Standard Walkthru
1967 21 Window
1968 Double Bubble
1970 Beetle
1973 Beetle
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ddutch
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Joined: June 17, 2020
Posts: 202
Location: Nederland
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 4:09 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| The interior paint of your bus looks amazingly good! Nice score. |
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BarryL
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Joined: November 01, 2004
Posts: 15078
Location: Casa de Oro, California
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 6:34 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| A definite time-capsule. Way to score. |
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icekoffee
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Joined: March 14, 2005
Posts: 1242
Location: DeSoto, Missouri
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 6:11 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| ddutch wrote: |
| The interior paint of your bus looks amazingly good! Nice score. |
I had to see how easily I could get to that dove blue on the outside. Takes some scrubbing but not bad
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1953 Zwitter
1956 Dove Blue Kombi
1956 Oval Rag
1958 Patina Beetle EJ25
1959 23 Window
1961 Rag Beetle
1961 Kombi
1963 Doubleturd
1964 Lifted Mouse Grey Standard
1965 Standard Walkthru
1967 21 Window
1968 Double Bubble
1970 Beetle
1973 Beetle
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mtnbus
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Joined: July 01, 2007
Posts: 770
Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| total awesomeness ! |
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liflx_s75
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Joined: August 09, 2022
Posts: 12
Location: Naples, New York
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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I have my first bus. It was sitting in a field since 1979. It originally was a Nevada car, but it was used in Rochester NY year around for 5 years. Apparently never covered. I will keep it from getting worse, but I currently am putting all my energy and money in making my 63 beetle better. Still this crusty bus will in some way be an adventure, it will look cool in my yard. I don't plan on cutting it up. And it has some serious rust in door pillars, but that drivers side panel has no dents. The roof was perfect, but all along the gutter its seriously rust through. The motor will be checked out it was taken out and left inside covered.. so its rodent city in the tin. Hopefully the case and important stuff didn't get corroded badly. Not expecting much, but it turns. Supposedly was freshly rebuilt before retirement.. but then why retired?
If interested I will post more photos, especially when it's rolling and that red paint is off the original paint.
It's going make me wish for a road worthy van even more now.
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2025 50 years with my 1963 Beetle! |
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