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floyd1969
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Location: Jersey Channel Islands.
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Joe and Ivy Swain who took their bus from Australia to England via Singapore,India , Pakistan,Iran ,they couldn't get into Iraq so went through Turkey instead then onto Greece , Italy,France , Belgium, Germany back to Belgium again then to England
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BarryL 
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Location: Casa de Oro, California
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Looks closely at this Bus, it has some nice features.  |
What are the cords running up from the paneling screws, two per window. What the heck its the humongous witch's cauldron? |
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sled
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Looks closely at this Bus, it has some nice features.
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three things i really like..
-hurst bumpers front and rear
-ambulance partition divider
-you can see how the headliner material was very much grey, not beige. that bus looks brand new with all those awesome features.
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cdennisg
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Location: Sandpoint, ID
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Appears to have a sunroof, too.
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EverettB
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Location: Phoenix Metro
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| BarryL wrote: |
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| Looks closely at this Bus, it has some nice features. |
What are the cords running up from the paneling screws, two per window. What the heck its the humongous witch's cauldron? |
I figured it was to hold curtains or shades for the windows.
sled and cdennisg caught all the features I had noticed.
This Bus would be a great find today!
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campingbox
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Location: Petaluma, CA
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| Looks closely at this Bus, it has some nice features. :) |
What are the cords running up from the paneling screws, two per window. What the heck its the humongous witch's cauldron? |
I figured it was to hold curtains or shades for the windows.
sled and cdennisg caught all the features I had noticed.
This Bus would be a great find today! |
I wonder if that's a vintage photo of the bus Bob Laporte found years ago?
Sunroof - ambulance partition - Hurst bumpers - there can't be too many with that combination out there. |
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EverettB
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| campingbox wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
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| EverettB wrote: |
| Looks closely at this Bus, it has some nice features. |
What are the cords running up from the paneling screws, two per window. What the heck its the humongous witch's cauldron? |
I figured it was to hold curtains or shades for the windows.
sled and cdennisg caught all the features I had noticed.
This Bus would be a great find today! |
I wonder if that's a vintage photo of the bus Bob Laporte found years ago?
Sunroof - ambulance partition - Hurst bumpers - there can't be too many with that combination out there. |
Holy... that would be neat
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sled
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fuck!! I missed the sunroof.
wow...mega bus.
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germanvw
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Location: Delaware County PA
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A co-worker picked this up for me at an antique mart over the weekend. It is dated 12/10/56 and there is a logo on the door ending in "Robin".
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Fish
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Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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| EverettB wrote: |
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| Looks closely at this Bus, it has some nice features. |
What are the cords running up from the paneling screws, two per window. What the heck its the humongous witch's cauldron? |
I figured it was to hold curtains or shades for the windows.
sled and cdennisg caught all the features I had noticed.
This Bus would be a great find today! |
My guess on the "witches cauldron" is some sort of ice box or cooler. At first it looks round, but you can see the short end of the rectrangrular box shape in the side window and door window. The other end fits nice up against the cab divider.
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borninabus
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Location: Arizona Highways
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WOW!
my thread has attained sticky status.
maybe if I wasn't so busy fixing all of your VWS I would have noticed sooner 
thank you so much to everyone who has contributed!
while my initial intent was to see some cool pics AND hear the stories that go with them, such as those submitted recently by fig, Red, tanhis and crukab and Zeitgeist.
i am more than happy to view (and see some of the comments on) the photos of unknown origins as well.
Blue Baron is welcome here any time 
please continue to post any vintage splitty photos you have.
love it!
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EverettB
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René R.
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For my sophomore year in college in 1967 I shared a 1959 21-window with my brother. We drove it from MA to KS, used it all year, and drove back again the next summer. I wish I knew what became of that bus. Or more to the point, I wish I still had it.
(edit: spelling)
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RHD Notch
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And the fact that it's actually a 23 window should make you want to know its whereabouts even more 
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Red Fau Veh
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That is killer! One of my favorite pics on here.
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cru62
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Gas at 32.9 and an attendant. Those were the days.
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René R.
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Not to mention, S&H Green Stamps. 
I realized my memory was slightly off. We didn't drive back to Massachusetts at the end of the school year. My brother got married right after graduation and stayed in Kansas with his new bride, and kept the bus. I flew home and never saw the bus again. For all I know it may be rotting away on an old farm today. |
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crukab
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A few other Shots:
My driveway, circa 1982 ish, '59 Singlecab, '65 Kombi, '63 Doublecab, and a '66 13 window, I was the Bus King of 19th St., Boulder Co..... 
1st ?? NEATO Show, 1986 ??
Spotted when driving in Nothern N.H. , circa 1985:
My 1981 ish Line up:
'73 Opel GT, '59 Singlecab, '63 Doublecab, 1969 Dodge Charger, the '56 Plymouth Savoy 2dr. would not start for the photo op.... 
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'66 Singlecab
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cdennisg
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Sun Valley, ID perchance?
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