Grateful Dead & VW

[Bendango]

I just loved that this bus was in the background of this Facebook message.

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I want a real garage.

WANTED - [WTB] 55-62 Bus Thin Lip Package Tray SWR

Getting Used - SWR 60 westy copy built by vw ( apparently )
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=320866

[Glenn]

First time was February 1969 with Janis at the Filmore East.

Last time was last year at Citifield.

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Glenn
74 Beetle Specs | 74 Beetle Restoration | 2180cc Engine
"You may not get what you pay for, but you always pay for what you get"

Member #1009

#BlueSquare

עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי

[Willin]

Right On! The guy in the foreground is sparking' one up! Why not!

Boise, mid 80's
Telluride

There is a Helena, MT band, 710 Ashbury. Saw them a few weeks ago at Pine Creek Lodge, in the Paradise valley. Drove over and camped in the bus. "And a kind hippy girl shared my bed" My wife.
"The bus came by, and I got on...."
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73 bus. Org. 1700 with dual Weber 40 idfs, bus header with Empi qp muffler, CB magnaspark 2 " ready to run kit".

[ALLWAGONS]

and we wonder why our kids have issues and our students are shitty
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I'd be UNSTOPPABLE if not for Law Enforcement and PHYSICS.

I recycle old cars and parts, other than when I rot, that's as Green as I am going to get.

Thanks to my Tesla driving neighbors, I feel more relaxed driving my SUBURBAN and old VW's.

Everything sounds good on paper!

[Lind]

I have been listening to the dead since '72. Started going to shows in '89 at RFK in DC, last saw the Grateful Dead in '95 in Portland, Oregon. Got into buses in '92 when I bought my first car, a '66 21 window deluxe bus. I would walk the parking lots at dead shows checking out all the buses. There were generally more bays than splits, but still plenty of split buses. Never saw a barndoor on tour. I drove my '61 mango bus to 13 dead shows. I still drive it today.
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Wanted:
Idaho VW license plate frames or other dealership items.
VWoA literature and early dealership or distributor literature/pictures/information
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[KTPhil]

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Current Fleet:
- '71 Fastback
- '69 Westfalia
Retired:
- '67 Beetle
- '65 Beetle (x2)
- '65 Bus
- '71 Squareback

[tasb]

I grew up in the Grateful Dead era but knew nothing about them beyond recognizing the DH name. To illustrate my ignorance:

Standing around a campfire at a Buses By the Bridge camp out I cracked what I intended to be a joke. I stated that I had been to several concerts but had never made it into the venue. When I was asked why, I continued that I stayed in the parking lot and stole parts off of Buses. Need I say that my punch line had an impact? They were ready to throw me into the bon fire. It took some fast talking and a hasty exit to get out of that sit e ation! Later I learned that having parts go missing while at a concert was fairly common- oops.
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Roads Scholar
1957 Kombi low mileage 36 hp governor equipped M 178 Slow Drag Winner 2014, 2015, 2018

1965 hardtop Deluxe Microbus owned since 1990 M 620 factory 12 v 1500cc

1961 (October)Single Cab- Road Trip Workhorse

Member# 2059

[Glenn]