MY first bus how about yours

[Stoney Hawk]

my first split bus was the infamous Diedrich coffee bus

[peaceful warrior]

[P-Dub]

Here is my first bus from 1991:

That's right, bamboo rear bumper and front over riders. The bus had serious east coast rust, it had a Rhode Island dealer sticker on the rear hatch. It was sold to an SV2s member in San Diego in 1999.

[ricekooker]

Here's mine... 57 panel from Canada (2900 mile trip to pick it up)

[amishman]

First VW I have owned and still own it. No plans to ever sell it since it is my 1st.

tj

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tj (the Amishman)

Come visit my web site!
http://www.vwhippie.com

[ekimikem]

My first split bus in 1991 '63 standard, cost $200.

[VWAdam]

My first "bus" was a '74, however my first split was my '67 13 window. It had been sitting engineless for 20 years when I bought it in Dec 2004 for $500, it was running at the end of April '05 and I started driving it regularly that June. I was 19, and it was far from my first VW, but it was the first that I ever really tore into and really had to work on and figure stuff out for myself. I was very proud of myself when I got it driving. Driving that Bus that summer was probably the most fun I've had in a VW so far.
The Bus and I the night that it first ran.

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All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.

'59 Euro Beetle ragtop
'63 Standard Microbus

Come to my show! www.volksjam.com

Looking for badge/sticker/frame from Western Motors in Great Falls, Montana

[Brian_1952]

Mine was a 58 DD
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(20-024785)Ambulance (20-037784)truck (20-035850)panel
(20-035778)kombi
WANTED 52 parts and NOS sheet-metal

[silkyimpala]

(could use those) it been interesting seeing peoples first rides

this is what im working on now. should be done for rama

[The Gnome]

My first bus was a 1969 Riviera camper back around '97 but my first split bus was a 1960 Westy. I sold it off to Europe back around '03 and wish I still had it. Most of the interior wood & paint was OG and it had the wash basin with hose, pump and water tank stuff, original child cot, tent poles but no tent, ambulance fans, clam shell lights. I converted it over to IRS and it had a nice rebuilt 1600 single port motor which made it a great daily driver for a few years. I still kick myself for getting rid of it.

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1957 Dove Blue DD Panel (OG paint)

[Long-roofs]

Bought my first bus in '90, here it is in '91...stinger, and lowered with redux boxes. The roof clip install was my welding class project.

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I have been on a treadmill drinking vodka, maybe more than once.

"No, I do not own a bleepin' leaf blower"

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[roberto]

66 so42 bought it in 2000 locally. traded my 80 4x4 toyota, and $800. still have it will probably never sell it.

[zozo]

First and only.

[bugboy63]

my first and only - '65 westy - the day i bought it ... and drove it home ... after it sat for a year.

[vwtony2]

my first and present bus!! I have had a couple in between but this is the one I will not part with!! Hearing people talk about the one that they should of never sold is the main reason I'll hold onto this one....
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[rjonas]

My first bus: 1959 Mango Standard no export code.
Bought in Columbia, MO in 2003 but it spent most of it's life in So. CA

After welding in some repair panels I sold it to a friend because I found a deluxe in 2006.

Friend lost interest in 2007 and I bought it back.
Wife screamed about the money and I had no where to keep it so I sold it
on the samba to an apparent flipper who quickly painted it, and sold it for a profit.
Should have kept it as I could have been driving it by now.
Wish I knew where it ended up.

But I still have lots of rust work to do on the deluxe. I guess the 59 was my "practice" bus.

Should have spent the summer working on my 65 deluxe but a "Fat Chick" got in the way.

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1979 Type-2 Westfalia “Sandy”
1973 Type-181 Thing "Velma"
1956 Type-1 Beetle Patina Project “Rosie”

www.azbusclub.org

[Outkast]

Lots more hair some bad ideas duel sunroofs teal green Lowered though one of the first ones in B.C. Canada

on about number 8 for split buses
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Sometimes your better off being a lurker

57 kombi


" f!@#k"Cancer

[Das Dragon]

My first bus was and still is a '61 Westy that was in sad shape but it didn't need any heavy rust repair, app. 1998:

Been driving/camping the heck out of it for 7 years now all over the south west:

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Rest In Peace HamburgerBrad, we will never forget you!



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DB3 said:
"Awesome!!!
*********'s constant over-estimation of his own importance never ceases to amaze me."

With *****, "Bullshit Happens"!

[vwboop]

Not a split. My first bus was a 75 Westy that took me all over....including two trips down the Baja (from Canada). This bus, and the places it took me, are what got me hooked on VW's. Soon after I bought a 65 Westy (which I recently purchased back from the guy I sold it to over 20 years ago), and a 55 23 window (the seat from it can be seen facing back in the 75 westy...yes, 6 legs). Stopped counting after 40 busses owned. That's me (with hair) at the front

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"Love and good roads"

[arthurnugen]

My first and only bus, happy to be enjoying life again after years in North Idaho:

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