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TDCTDI
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| alman72 wrote: |
| she is a mossy one! |
If only I could get it to grow more.
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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Hey cdennisg, how are you doing? Its still got the trim holes & I found most of the trim in the van. It has most of the interior (for what that's worth), its just a Kombi & the original color is some odd beige-ish that I cant decode on the ID plate decoder
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Might be Arizona yellow. One of those 68 only colors.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=617043&highlight=arizona#top
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cdennisg
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Trashman
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| Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 2:18 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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If there is good Arizona yellow under that green you scored!
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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| alman72 wrote: |
| she is a mossy one! |
If you thought the last one was mossy, here's the one I picked up today.
I'm lichen it!
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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Just did a quick search, and I swear it exists, but I cannot find the thread on moss covered buses. I know there was one at some point.
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d-rick
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| Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:43 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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I want in on the Moss Party! 
Brought this home last weekend and it came with some friends
Love a Subaru power washer!
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1959 mango-trailerbus
1962 single cab *1/2
1966 13 window
1967 panel/camper
1968 cig-panel *1/2
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1969 beetle
1969 dormobile
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2017 12:29 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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| cdennisg wrote: |
| Just did a quick search, and I swear it exists, but I cannot find the thread on moss covered buses. I know there was one at some point. |
There were some spectacular examples, neither of mine were worthy of that thread.
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notchboy
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| Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2017 7:43 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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I want in on the Moss Party!
Brought this home last weekend and it came with some friends
Love a Subaru power washer!
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Looks like a nice find! Did you get any goodies? Looks like a dash table there. Is there a blue VW coleman pump, collapsible spare, poo pail???
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d-rick
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| Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2017 10:22 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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I haven't really even had a chance to go through the whole bus yet. It has dash table,cot under the bed,stool (haven't opened it yet).
I'll get to it this week
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1959 mango-trailerbus
1962 single cab *1/2
1966 13 window
1967 panel/camper
1968 cig-panel *1/2
1968 passenger bus *1/2
1969 beetle
1969 dormobile
1978 sage green Westy
1990 DoKa
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 7:30 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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I especially liked the vintage crotch cooling coating on the bike.
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KK
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:43 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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Found this CA '71 at a Coast Guard station in FL:
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danfromsyr
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:27 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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noice.. 71 sunroof deluxe
wonder how the floors are if it's been left open to languish in the moist FL tropic.
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KK
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 7:04 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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| wonder how the floors are if it's been left open to languish in the moist FL tropic. |
Not bad - but the weather was starting to get to it...:
Niagara Blue under the brown:
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mainstreetprod
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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Brand new to the forum and took delivery yesterday of this non running '78 Bay Window. As seen in another thread, the engine wiring is somewhat of a mess- but looking it over today, it is as rust free as I had hoped, and has a lot of potential. The body work is "local car show" quality. The interior needs new panels and seat covers. First VW I've owned since the 70's. Lots to do!
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KentABQ 
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 7:53 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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Very nice find! It looks like it was originally Neptune Blue, from the engine bay. Are you going to keep the deep red? It looks cool as it sits now, with the white wheels.
Oh yeah.... and WELCOME TO THE SAMBA!
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mainstreetprod
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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Very nice find! It looks like it was originally Neptune Blue, from the engine bay. Are you going to keep the deep red? It looks cool as it sits now, with the white wheels.
Oh yeah.... and WELCOME TO THE SAMBA! |
Thanks! This bus will look a lot different in a couple of months. My wife and I are independent film producers and got the bus to "star" in a period film we are shooting in the Spring. A lot of work in front of me turning this into a running "hippie bus". Not sure if I will use removable decals to get the look, or have local artists paint it in a Woodstock motif. |
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 7:21 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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| KentPS wrote: |
Very nice find! It looks like it was originally Neptune Blue, from the engine bay. Are you going to keep the deep red? It looks cool as it sits now, with the white wheels.
Oh yeah.... and WELCOME TO THE SAMBA! |
Thanks! This bus will look a lot different in a couple of months. My wife and I are independent film producers and got the bus to "star" in a period film we are shooting in the Spring. A lot of work in front of me turning this into a running "hippie bus". Not sure if I will use removable decals to get the look, or have local artists paint it in a Woodstock motif. |
It's about a decade late to be an authentic vintage for a hippie bus, you might lose some credibility depending on what the film is about.
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mainstreetprod
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 7:39 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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| KentPS wrote: |
Very nice find! It looks like it was originally Neptune Blue, from the engine bay. Are you going to keep the deep red? It looks cool as it sits now, with the white wheels.
Oh yeah.... and WELCOME TO THE SAMBA! |
Thanks! This bus will look a lot different in a couple of months. My wife and I are independent film producers and got the bus to "star" in a period film we are shooting in the Spring. A lot of work in front of me turning this into a running "hippie bus". Not sure if I will use removable decals to get the look, or have local artists paint it in a Woodstock motif. |
It's about a decade late to be an authentic vintage for a hippie bus, you might lose some credibility depending on what the film is about. |
The film is "Summer of '67", a story of the impact of the Vietnam war on the wives and girlfriends of the soldiers. I would have loved to find a '67 or earlier bus, but it would have cost more than the entire budget of the film! The '68's hit the streets just a few months after the movie takes place. Fortunately, outside of the Samba world, no one knows a '68 from a '78. |
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:56 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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| KentPS wrote: |
Very nice find! It looks like it was originally Neptune Blue, from the engine bay. Are you going to keep the deep red? It looks cool as it sits now, with the white wheels.
Oh yeah.... and WELCOME TO THE SAMBA! |
Thanks! This bus will look a lot different in a couple of months. My wife and I are independent film producers and got the bus to "star" in a period film we are shooting in the Spring. A lot of work in front of me turning this into a running "hippie bus". Not sure if I will use removable decals to get the look, or have local artists paint it in a Woodstock motif. |
It's about a decade late to be an authentic vintage for a hippie bus, you might lose some credibility depending on what the film is about. |
The film is "Summer of '67", a story of the impact of the Vietnam war on the wives and girlfriends of the soldiers. I would have loved to find a '67 or earlier bus, but it would have cost more than the entire budget of the film! The '68's hit the streets just a few months after the movie takes place. Fortunately, outside of the Samba world, no one knows a '68 from a '78. |
The 68 would have been a brand spankin' new VW in late summer of '68. Hippies couldn't have afforded one then. I certainly understand the current day costs, though.
You would be smart to make the flowers in vinyl. It'll be cheaper, and easier to remove for resale.
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