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sled
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Cat spiders are wonderful around here, they keep the mosquito and no-see-um flies to a minimum....the more cat spiders the better.
now brown recluse on the other hand, they can all go die.
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Philo Beddoe
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Cat spiders are wonderful around here, they keep the mosquito and no-see-um flies to a minimum....the more cat spiders the better.
now brown recluse on the other hand, they can all go die. |
Yeah, I agree. I just mean they look wicked... |
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blitzkrieg59
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Location: Davenport, Iowa
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| is the bg/swr 23 in Iowa a pressed bumper bus without any doubt? |
I've been to see the swr 23 in Iowa but I'm not sure whether it was a pressed bumper bus for sure or not. I don't recall it having any bumpers and at the time I didn't really know what to look for -- I just knew it was a pretty rare bus that was fairly messed up.
It might take a few months but, if I get a chance to go back out there I will come back with a copy of the m-code plate.
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sled
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you wont find an m-code plate. look for the VIN in the engine bay. You may also be able to tell by the bolt pattern on the front frame rails.
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Outkast
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Its not a 15 or 23 but first thing I saw when I found it was the bumpers had to have it 
When I got it they were in bad shape Needed straightening
Cleaned up good
Out getting used
Great thread
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jeremyrockjock
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Location: Richmond, Verjinya
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| you wont find an m-code plate. look for the VIN in the engine bay. You may also be able to tell by the bolt pattern on the front frame rails. |
True dat.
Also my vin is 378649 and the body # is 350 something so I wonder if the Iowa bus later than August since it body number is 354 something
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vwboop
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We're gonna miss it 
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gatorwyatt
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this is my 1/56 deluxe back when i found it in micanopy florida just south of gainesville florida...
the bus is still undone due to some other models getting in the way but i have made small amounts of progress on it.
it came from colorado and was driving when it was parked in florida.supposidly was used by a newspaper company for some kind of reason and was lived in by the po to me.he parked it next to a wood deck and lived in it and did lots of drugs and women.it had a wood burning stove that you can see the smoke stack hole still.
i have had love/hate relationship with this bus since 94...
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jeremyrockjock
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I would show that bus some lovin.
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Mango Juice
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Thank's for kindly deleting the non pressed bumper deluxes from this thread 
Here is a recent forest find pressed bumper samba  ....I spotted this one in the gallery...I like the color combo....refreshing!!
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Long-roofs
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mightymouse
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Thank's for kindly deleting the non pressed bumper deluxes from this thread
Here is a recent forest find pressed bumper samba ....I spotted this one in the gallery...I like the color combo....refreshing!!
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who found that. thats dope.
Crazy as it is, i really dig that color combo. may as well run it that way. better than 98% of them being swr/cb.
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hugheseum
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is it a pg/sg og samba?
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sled
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naa its blue, there are a few shots of it in the gallery that have come up recently.
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aah57
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when did the body # stop being pressed into the bulkhead and the plates start? Also when this changed is that the last of pressed bumpers?
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Alan Brase
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Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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| sled wrote: |
| you wont find an m-code plate. look for the VIN in the engine bay. You may also be able to tell by the bolt pattern on the front frame rails. |
True dat.
Also my vin is 378649 and the body # is 350 something so I wonder if the Iowa bus later than August since it body number is 354 something |
I find it a little odd that this got so much discussion last fall and no one asked me.
Recently been spending more time on the bay list trying to ressurect a bay dormobile.
After looking at the charts again I now realize my samba is a SEPT 58 built.
Yes, it has pressed bumpers. I sorta thought there were pics in the gallery. If not I'll add them. Definitely original paint on the bumpers.
VIN is 384,595
Last August 58 is 379,407.
Last September 58 is 388,976.
Mine is titled as a 58 by Iowa, but WTF does that mean. (I have a 60 Corvette titled as a 61. ) Apparently there was no such thing as a MCO back then.
BTW, anyone nosy enough to look under my bus will be truly perplexed.
It had a bottom clip from a June 63 bus. 1141488. Horrible to purists, perhaps, but the work was done in 1985 and it's no longer breaking in half. Plus it gets the bigger 63 brakes.
Oh, this thing has an AMAG tag, too. A little strange aluminum thing.
Al
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Alan Brase
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See above
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Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
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80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home
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twinwindows
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Nice thread! Pics of my deluxe.
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mightymouse
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^^^ is that an entire NOS bus?
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jeremyrockjock
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I love the bus but I don't care for the stance and the wheels.
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