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Banger
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Joined: February 14, 2014
Posts: 13
Location: United Kingdom
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 Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 11:34 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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| Davydomes wrote: |
| What part of Blighty are you from mate? What year is the bus? |
Deepest Lincolnshire mate, it's a 1970 model. |
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TDCTDI
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Joined: August 31, 2013
Posts: 12846
Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 7:56 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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| Banger wrote: |
| alman72 wrote: |
| is it a poptop, or some fiberglass roof rack thing? |
It's an original earlier type Devon poptop. |
Too cool! It's like this one, RHD & all.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=597750
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fatmatt650
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Joined: November 18, 2008
Posts: 188
Location: Pacifica, Ca
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 2:47 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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Not exactly "today" in bus hunting history but I thought I'd share. My father-in-law found this bus while trespassing in the rail yard of the Skunk Train in Ft. Bragg, CA looking for cool stuff to photograph a few years back. I was in the are a while ago and went looking for it. Some guys working there told me it had recently gone off to the crusher. I'd love to replicate those logos on a bus someday.
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cdennisg
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Joined: November 02, 2004
Posts: 20263
Location: Sandpoint, ID
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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Educate me on geography of the area. Is that sitting close to salt water? Not sure what else would explain the rust.
Great logos. I agree, a re-creation would be excellent.
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fatmatt650
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Joined: November 18, 2008
Posts: 188
Location: Pacifica, Ca
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 7:09 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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Educate me on geography of the area. Is that sitting close to salt water? Not sure what else would explain the rust.
Great logos. I agree, a re-creation would be excellent. |
Yup. Coastal Northern California.
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GutBus
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Joined: September 30, 2004
Posts: 236
Location: Batavia NY
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 6:43 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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Found this 69' Bay window hanging around some Beetles at nearby farm.
Love the Patina on the back end of this Bus. The front is not bad either. I could see it roll as is.
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cdennisg
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Location: Sandpoint, ID
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 8:40 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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If it's not too rotten, it could be fun to do a budget driver build.
Is it for sale?
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GutBus
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Joined: September 30, 2004
Posts: 236
Location: Batavia NY
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:40 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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Working it out with owner now.... Older guy. But he has to talk with family first.
Something he said, i didn't want to hear when I asked if I could buy it...
He said.." My son took the front emblem (off the Bus) when he found out how much it was worth."
Have a feeling I'm not gonna like what he wants for it! 
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rowdy1972
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Joined: January 03, 2010
Posts: 18
Location: PEARLAND
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 6:05 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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Late 69 bay I found and after i got it home some wet sanding i have started. Man talk about a pain in the ass getting her out. But its been a long time coming ive had my eye on her awhile. Still trying to think of a name for it....
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notchboy
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Location: Escondido CA
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Sage79
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Location: Holland MI
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 6:00 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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To follow up from page 57 of this thread (May 6,
2015):
I renovated her after rescuing her from a junkyard. My son and his family now own her. Neptune Blue '77 "Largo" (factory color was Reef Blue).
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rusty busty
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Joined: May 27, 2015
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Location: Vancouver BC
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| Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 10:13 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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My new camper 
It looks rougher than it is. It's actually pretty solid except for the rockers and the passenger side dogleg.
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KentABQ 
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Joined: September 11, 2016
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Location: Albuquerque NM
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| Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 7:02 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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| My new camper |
Congratulations! That looks way cool! It's going to clean up nicely. Do you know what type of conversion it is?
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rusty busty
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| Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 7:33 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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| My new camper |
Congratulations! That looks way cool! It's going to clean up nicely. Do you know what type of conversion it is? |
Thanks! It's actually a local conversion company called Getaway. They're still in business and will probably sell you a fully outfitted sprinter for 6 figures today 
They're best known for this kind of thing:
This is only the second Get-away bay I've ever seen. It's awesome!
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orangebug60guy
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Joined: June 28, 2003
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Location: South Hadley Mass
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| Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 12:07 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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| KentPS wrote: |
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| My new camper |
Congratulations! That looks way cool! It's going to clean up nicely. Do you know what type of conversion it is? |
Thanks! It's actually a local conversion company called Getaway. They're still in business and will probably sell you a fully outfitted sprinter for 6 figures today
They're best known for this kind of thing:
This is only the second Get-away bay I've ever seen. It's awesome!
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Look like its mostly an adventure wagon camper kit. Which is awesome. Not to mention it's on a sick champagne edition bus. Killer bus!
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epbooker
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Location: Norcal
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| Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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HI!
Have anyone seen this sort of paint job before? The M-code showed "Special color" and the two tone with pinstripes doesn't seem OG to me.. It has half of a camper interior in it and I was wondering if its some sort of camper conversion company.
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Trashman
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Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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| Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 2:25 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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HI!
Have anyone seen this sort of paint job before? The M-code showed "Special color" and the two tone with pinstripes doesn't seem OG to me.. It has half of a camper interior in it and I was wondering if its some sort of camper conversion company. |
To me it looks like it is original arizona yellow paint and then someone went ahead and added the yellow top and stripe. Pretty rare color
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EverettB
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| Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 4:52 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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If you search 522807 in the Forums some people thought it might be Savannah Beige.
I believe Arizona Yellow is a special color too so it should be 522XXX but I searched on the code for Arizona Yellow to see if it was 807 but couldn't find a post where someone posted the paint code from an Arizona Yellow Bus.
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bay Window hunting History |
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L10H is the code. what it shakes out on a M plate is beyond me
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| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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