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Stocknazi
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This Nov '61 Bus was rescued from the foothills of Nor Cal on Labor Day weekend.
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That is a nice find. |
Perfect canidate for a walk-through conversion.
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58 Westfalia cabinet knobs (3 needed), roof rack, and (7) privy tent poles (silver painted).
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vw7266
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Location: the point, ohio
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| where did the front seats go? those would be about perfect for my dune buggy project! |
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joescoolcustoms
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Location: West By God Virginia
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Out running around in Southern Ohio and spotted this a few days ago.
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Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone |
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Ohio_Style
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Location: You'll never leave Sparta alive, Ohio
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vw7266
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Out running around in Southern Ohio and spotted this a few days ago.
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Did u pick it up joe i saw u gotna few buggies |
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joescoolcustoms
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Location: West By God Virginia
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No Brad, just the buggy's.
The guy I got the buggy's off of picked up a stash of a early convert T1, 2 more T1's, 3 T2's, (all splits) and 3 buggy's.
That panel is rough, but can still be saved. He has already stripped the SCab down to it's bones and awaiting on metal to rebuild. I did not get to see the third T2, he had not went to pick it up yet.
All originally from Mississippi and brought to OH.
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Bad News Racing 2018 NORRA 1000 3rd in Class
Best Day Ever Racing 2022 NORRA 1000 2nd in Class and first All Female team to complete the race
Everyone is gifted. Some just do not open the package.
Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone |
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tjewett
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Location: Rome, PA
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'66 & '67 found in the woods |
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aa390392
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How long were they lost for?  great rescue!
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tjewett
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Location: Rome, PA
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| Uhhh, they were literally in a "hippie" camp for at least 35 years. No seats in them but otherwise fairly complete. |
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AC Mack
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Joined: October 11, 2007
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Location: Redwood Highway Caught in the Devils Bargain
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 2:10 pm Post subject: Mango Walk Thur |
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Another Res find. Mango walk thur. As found.
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after some clean up .
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Ragtop
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Location: Rio Rancho New Mexico
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 6:15 pm Post subject: Re: Mango Walk Thur |
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Another Res find. Mango walk thur. As found. |
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66ratrod
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Location: Tallahassee FL (insert funny comment here)
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Little teaser from my Veterans day find.
More info once it's dug out.
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mtnbus
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 7:22 pm Post subject: deelux |
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| great find !! |
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Kommercial
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Location: San Tan Valley, Arizona
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I thought I might have a new find to report- a guy at work tells me;
"hey you lookin for more buses? I found one of those bus trucks like you got, the pickup trucks! It's white on the top and has a big V shape on the front, and the bottom of the V is green, just like yours! Been sittin forever! Sittin right next to an old blue and white ford blah blah blah"
I whip out my phone and track it down on google maps in front of him on street view, using his location description before he can walk away. "You mean this??? That's a bay window, and also not a truck" I said.
"No no no" he corrected me. "That is the house, but that isn't the truck I saw! I'll check it out again on my way home".
The next day he comes in all apologetic, and starts blaming the sun that was in his eyes, and he was half asleep, and there is a blue tarp on it now making it look like a truck. And he has no idea why he thought it was green with a V. lol.
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shane morgan
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| Hey Tracy, I seen you scored them two buses that were for sale on the Scranton, PA Craigslist. Where the other buses splits or baywindows? |
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dawerks
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^ I thought I would wind up with a Bay window as well, but...
So some guy randomly emails says he has a bus for sale and sends me a picture.
So, yeah. What am I supposed to do? His directions are super vague, and about 10 hours driving time away, in the middle of nowhere. RIGHT. I talk to him a bit more and he seems serious and not just trolling me and I have nothing better to do, so I set off on my journey. Expecting the worst (a 20 hour round tripper) but I wound up with a nice object!
As I was smiling ear to ear (I won't get into the 8 hours of loading it from a really tricky location), I got pulled over. Whee! Didn't even bother me. The BC RCMP guy was a little put off by me agreeing to everything that he didn't even give me a fine. But he had to tow my truck and trailer because of some tight British Columbia Dot restrictions. Alberta is more redneck I guess (my truck is a beast, it has a winch hanging off the deck and it probably is the ugliest truck in oil boom town Alberta, but I saves my money for buses!).
They towed me to a yard and the tow guy was nice enough to drop me off at a hotel. It was a bit worrying to leave my nice treasure trove in some random town yard, but the cop said he would personally check on it! In the morning, I got things sorted out and headed home.
Don't know what the plan for it is yet.
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Spitty1974
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^ I thought I would wind up with a Bay window as well, but...
So some guy randomly emails says he has a bus for sale and sends me a picture.
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Wow, nice bus! Nice to have it fall into your lap as well. Well worth the long drive and overnight ordeal. |
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ricosworld
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 11:51 am Post subject: |
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Great find that's what dreams are made of.. and piles of money.
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srfndoc
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| Killer find, congrats! |
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