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aa390392
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 Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 10:44 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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I'm just wondering how many we have right here in the samba, that got into em, and have stashed in their garages and sides of their homes, never to see the light of day...I know of 1.
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galencurrington
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Joined: March 16, 2004
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Location: bowling green, ky
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 10:54 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Well fall is coming up that's when you start finding stuff in the woods. You can't see them in the summer from all the leaves then when they start falling you can see stuff. I love driving around back roads looking for stuff, but it's still the same old story that they are going to restore it one of these days. Heck I still have a 57 chevy 2 door hardtop that i drove in high school and it's been in my parents shed for about 20 years and i say the same thing at one time restoring that car was going to be higher than a vw now it's the other way around go figure.
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ryans65
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Joined: February 16, 2016
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Location: Yulee FL
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Pez wrote: |
Seems a common theme that they will restore it some day. Wonder what is the key to getting people to let their future project go? Other than right place, right time of course.
Awesome find though Ryan, any update or more pictures? Look like they are both solid finds. |
My buddy got the 21W back on the road earlier this year.
The 11W next to it is stashed for another day!
THAT was a great day in my car hunting history. I spotted a 58 Volvo PV444 from the highway for sale in someones backyard so I looped around to the next exit and took a backroad trying to find it and out of the corner of my eye I spotted two split bus front ends poking out from a garage. Such a cool day! The busses had belonged to a man that passed away a few years back, his wife held on to the cars for sentimental reasons but finally decided to sell them. They had just opened that garage door around the time I was travelling through so me and a friend struck a deal on the Volvo, the 11 and the 21. My buddy who owns the 21 window made a promise to the lady that he will drive it up to her when it was back on the road so we are headed up there soon. Cant drive the Volvo yet but I have some good progress photos to show her. Wish her husband was still around, he sounded like a true car nut with all these rainy day projects stashed away in his barn!
Heres the volvo if anyone cares:
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galencurrington
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Location: bowling green, ky
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:31 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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I heard they got a new show on velocity channel where they fly a drone over your house and in your backyard to look for classic cars.
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ryans65
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Location: Yulee FL
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:29 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| galencurrington wrote: |
| I heard they got a new show on velocity channel where they fly a drone over your house and in your backyard to look for classic cars. |
Is it a Beverly Hills car club drone?  |
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Stocknazi
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Joined: June 18, 2004
Posts: 5150
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| galencurrington wrote: |
| I heard they got a new show on velocity channel where they fly a drone over your house and in your backyard to look for classic cars. |
Sounds great; should make a good moving target to shoot at.
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OvalinAz
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Joined: June 09, 2009
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LAGrunthaner
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Joined: March 18, 2007
Posts: 5506
Location: 1st Coast
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 4:04 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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I like the Volvo too ryans65 
Yes her husband must have been a really cool car guy.
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| Pez wrote: |
Seems a common theme that they will restore it some day. Wonder what is the key to getting people to let their future project go? Other than right place, right time of course.
Awesome find though Ryan, any update or more pictures? Look like they are both solid finds. |
My buddy got the 21W back on the road earlier this year.
The 11W next to it is stashed for another day!
THAT was a great day in my car hunting history. I spotted a 58 Volvo PV444 from the highway for sale in someones backyard so I looped around to the next exit and took a backroad trying to find it and out of the corner of my eye I spotted two split bus front ends poking out from a garage. Such a cool day! The busses had belonged to a man that passed away a few years back, his wife held on to the cars for sentimental reasons but finally decided to sell them. They had just opened that garage door around the time I was travelling through so me and a friend struck a deal on the Volvo, the 11 and the 21. My buddy who owns the 21 window made a promise to the lady that he will drive it up to her when it was back on the road so we are headed up there soon. Cant drive the Volvo yet but I have some good progress photos to show her. Wish her husband was still around, he sounded like a true car nut with all these rainy day projects stashed away in his barn!
Heres the volvo if anyone cares:
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| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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bigdish2
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 6:55 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Newest member of the corner window mafia 1962 15w here at Texas vintage vdubs.
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1956 Dove blue camper
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1963 swr/bg 11w og paint
1964 limo bus 350 powered
1964 SO36 Dormobile flipseat Westy
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bigdish2
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:00 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Pulled this 66 westy out of rattlesnake country 2 weeks ago where it had been sitting since 1974.
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In the stash
1954 & 63 Vert
1956 Dove blue camper
(2) 1958 23w deluxes
1958 PGSG 11w og paint
1958 logo dd panel
1959 dove blue 11w
(5) 15w deluxes
(2) 1960,63,65 double cabs
1963 swr/bg 11w og paint
1964 limo bus 350 powered
1964 SO36 Dormobile flipseat Westy
1966 (2) so42’s og paint
1969 (2) porsche 912s
1969 dart swinger 340
(3) Porsche 911s sunroof,targa,cab |
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LAGrunthaner
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:08 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Bryce you truly are the winner in the amount of Split buses to be located within short time frames. I'm guessing this is getting to be a full time job/adventure, you are amazing!
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Newest member of the corner window mafia 1962 15w here at Texas vintage vdubs.
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Pulled this 66 westy out of rattlesnake country 2 weeks ago where it had been sitting since 1974.
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| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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ronjonlasvegas
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Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 7:23 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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This is not my find, but I saw it on Facebook.
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cdennisg
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Location: Sandpoint, ID
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 7:33 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Cool finds, but how long is it gonna take to get people to turn their phones 90 degrees when filming? It's damn annoying.
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bigdish2
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 8:37 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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This is not my find, but I saw it on Facebook.
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Ron that would be one heck of a find!
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In the stash
1954 & 63 Vert
1956 Dove blue camper
(2) 1958 23w deluxes
1958 PGSG 11w og paint
1958 logo dd panel
1959 dove blue 11w
(5) 15w deluxes
(2) 1960,63,65 double cabs
1963 swr/bg 11w og paint
1964 limo bus 350 powered
1964 SO36 Dormobile flipseat Westy
1966 (2) so42’s og paint
1969 (2) porsche 912s
1969 dart swinger 340
(3) Porsche 911s sunroof,targa,cab |
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EverettB 
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Nice finds by that guy.
The first Single Cab looks like Johnson Motors?
There are a few dealer possibilities with that name.
The Single Cab at the end is "Autohaus Pasing"?
I don't see this in the dealer listings, I wonder if it was a repair place and not a dealership.
Nice Mango Bus there, I'd like to see more of that one for sure
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ryans65
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 4:18 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Damn thats cool!
| ronjonlasvegas wrote: |
This is not my find, but I saw it on Facebook.
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mandraks
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Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 8:57 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| EverettB wrote: |
Nice finds by that guy.
The first Single Cab looks like Johnson Motors?
There are a few dealer possibilities with that name.
The Single Cab at the end is "Autohaus Pasing"?
I don't see this in the dealer listings, I wonder if it was a repair place and not a dealership.
Nice Mango Bus there, I'd like to see more of that one for sure |
MAHAG is in Muenchen Pasing
Muenchen phone number 8830 is also Pasing.
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AS350driver
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| The bus he calls a 13 window is a standard or kombi |
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Malokin Martin
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:05 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| I love how you can hear the greed in his voice when he says "them volkswagen guys are going to love this". Spectacular one stop find though. |
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:07 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Malokin Martin wrote: |
| I love how you can hear the greed in his voice when he says "them volkswagen guys are going to love this". Spectacular one stop find though. |
Yep. Definitely not a VW guy. The 13 window van comment was a clue, too.
Agreed, it is a great find. I'd love to build that first single cab in the video.
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