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KWZ Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2004 Posts: 1341 Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:35 am Post subject: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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Any photos of cut wells are welcome here. If they're flared, even better. I have recently aquired a '65 deluxe with this fantastic custom feature, and have developed a sick fear fascination with butchered wheel wells. I wonder who has the oldest photo of a bus with cut wells.... (No Neil & Lind, I have not lost my mind. It's going to the body guy in three weeks to fix the butchering) The link below is the cancelled Egay auction for my new bus....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1965-21-window-Delu...dZViewItem |
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grumpyveedub Samba Member
Joined: March 17, 2004 Posts: 469 Location: Central Arkansas
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:43 am Post subject: |
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KWZ Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2004 Posts: 1341 Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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Nice. Bring it on. Actually, a vintage photo of someone actually cutting out wells would be hot. |
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Lohe Samba Member
Joined: June 26, 2007 Posts: 662 Location: Chandler, Az
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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Here are my flared wheel wells! I'm gonna keep those in a box and sell them for thousands some day!
Crap, I tried to rotate the pic in photobucket but I dont think it's working! |
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Clara Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2003 Posts: 12400
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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Gotta have the right wheels for it!
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Touch Nicks Thing Samba Member
Joined: May 21, 2003 Posts: 2029 Location: Alexandria, VA
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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This is sure to become my favorite thread. Great topic KWZ! I will post some pictures when I get home. |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69823 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Lohe Samba Member
Joined: June 26, 2007 Posts: 662 Location: Chandler, Az
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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Wow that's a beaut! Almost makes me want to find some scoops for my panel! |
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65 Deluxe Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2002 Posts: 589
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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Nice good straight cut.
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KWZ Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2004 Posts: 1341 Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Now that's variety. The "Keep on Truck'n" panel is my new favorite bus ever. |
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Lind Samba Member
Joined: November 06, 2000 Posts: 9915 Location: idaho
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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the thing that I think is ironic is when people fix wheel wells and lower their bus. lowered buses would be much easier for their drivers with hacked out wheel wells. (don't get me wrong, I would not recommend either lowering or hacking wheel wells. but if your bus already has cut wheel wells and you are lowering it, you might consider not fixing them until you get the good sense to raise it back up)
as for my contribution to this topic, we have my '62 doublecab. this one had the wheel wells cut just enough that you can put the tire straight on instead of slightly angling it inside the wheel well. they certainly put more effort into cutting the wheel wells than will ever be saved during tire instalation.
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DraginInk Samba Member
Joined: March 02, 2003 Posts: 1945 Location: Down By The River
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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Here's the Scream'n Eagle in Vegas weekend before last...
Does anybody know the history of this bus beyond Cory and Matt? Ronnie? Not to highjack... PM me with info if ya got. _________________ PHUCKANCER!!!
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Riff Raff Shivering Sambian
Joined: October 25, 2004 Posts: 3097 Location: Alberta
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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Good God! That bus is just so wrong on so many levels.
It is hard to imagine that people actually thought that was cool back in the day.
Chazwood still thinks it's cool now, with the shiny paint and all .
Tubbers - you paying attention to how what's considered cool one day is monstrously hideous when tastes change? _________________ The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge
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pyrOman Fire Master
Joined: July 21, 2003 Posts: 12408 Location: Over 2002 posts deleted!
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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Clara wrote: |
Gotta have the right wheels for it!
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And tires! I've always said that cut wheelwells look like ass unless they are properly filled with huge phat tires!
Even this following example calls for at least 12 inch wide hotrod type tires!
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powellscooter Samba Member
Joined: March 17, 2007 Posts: 589 Location: LAKE POWELL,AZ
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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I cant let this opportunity pass me by....
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P-Dub Samba Member
Joined: October 17, 2002 Posts: 1064 Location: Oh, hi!
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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This one has it all:
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TimGud Samba Member
Joined: March 03, 2002 Posts: 6459 Location: Rio Rico Arizona
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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My 60 singlecab complete with cut wheel wells flares and hippie pin striping.
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Douglas Denlinger Samba Member
Joined: May 23, 2003 Posts: 1382 Location: Arizona's version of the east coast
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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Two of my favorites
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derv Samba Member
Joined: October 12, 2005 Posts: 2600 Location: Oak Park (Chicago), IL
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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This is a great thread, but we have to be careful that the youth movement is not watching and listening to us and thinking that 70's bus porn is the new 2000's. _________________ Jack
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Touch Nicks Thing Samba Member
Joined: May 21, 2003 Posts: 2029 Location: Alexandria, VA
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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