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| cdennisg wrote: |
| ^^ Jdot now owns that truck. Bought it from Clara a few years ago. |
haha I never put 2 and 2 together that that was the same one
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René R.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:13 am Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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Oak Ridge, TN, 1970s:
Germany, 1960s:
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Skim
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Skim
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Skim
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EverettB
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:28 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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| HUGO bOSS wrote: |
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| René R. wrote: |
Germany, 1960s:
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Is this a public street lamp or ? |
Maybe... or telephones lines... |
Now that you say that I think those are power lines and those round things are the old style ceramic insulators
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:19 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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Can anyone pin down a date on this photo? I am curious about the age of that blue and white bus.
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Randall
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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Don't know if it's a vintage pic or not, but I'm guessing all the vinyl is vintage:
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I weighed a box of vinyl records that contained about the same number as found in one of those plastic bins. One box weighed 51 pounds, and I would say there are 30 times that number on the Double Cab -- equaling approximately 1530 pounds which is about 73% of the maximum load of 2094 allowed for a '69 Double Cab. (I don't know which year this DC is.) I see more bins in the back seat but can't tell how many. The roof rack is supporting about 560 pounds. According to the following link -- https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/aug68bus/page51.jpg -- a roof rack mounted to the rain gutters should have a maximum load of 165 pounds.
I wonder how much 1530 extra pounds would affect the 0 to 60 acceleration times and the 60 to 0 braking times. Keep in mind, a '69 DC had a 1584cc engine. |
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Scott H
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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| cdennisg wrote: |
Can anyone pin down a date on this photo? I am curious about the age of that blue and white bus. |
Here's a much clear/larger version.
The newest car I see in the pic is the '57 Ford, and the text at the bottom says "Sherman Oaks, 1957 ... ".
Date on the magazine, at top right, is Feb. 4, 1990.
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Randall
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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^^^^^^
Here's what the same intersection looks like on Google Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/EToSvLzuqTB2
I don't remember ever seeing a housing development in SoCal that had a sidewalk on one side of the street but not the other. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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| Randall wrote: |
| Scott H wrote: |
Don't know if it's a vintage pic or not, but I'm guessing all the vinyl is vintage:
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I weighed a box of vinyl records that contained about the same number as found in one of those plastic bins. One box weighed 51 pounds, and I would say there are 30 times that number on the Double Cab -- equaling approximately 1530 pounds which is about 73% of the maximum load of 2094 allowed for a '69 Double Cab. (I don't know which year this DC is.) I see more bins in the back seat but can't tell how many. The roof rack is supporting about 560 pounds. According to the following link -- https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/aug68bus/page51.jpg -- a roof rack mounted to the rain gutters should have a maximum load of 165 pounds.
I wonder how much 1530 extra pounds would affect the 0 to 60 acceleration times and the 60 to 0 braking times. Keep in mind, a '69 DC had a 1584cc engine. |
I can't speak to a '69 Double cab but I've had over the max in my old '63 Single Cab and acceleration was slow but didn't seem to be too bad. Stopping was a problem though, I coasted 1/2 way through a stop light while standing on the brakes because I misjudged the increased distance.
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wcfvw69
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 10:45 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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^^^^^^
Here's what the same intersection looks like on Google Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/EToSvLzuqTB2
I don't remember ever seeing a housing development in SoCal that had a sidewalk on one side of the street but not the other. |
Is it just me or did they make street look A LOT steeper in that magazine photo?
In case anyone was wondering, all of those houses are around $1.2M |
And, in 1957 they probably cost $15 to 20K when new. Nice appreciation in value I'd say. Imagine the same $15k house sold in Detroit in 1957? It's probably worth $5k today if it wasn't knocked down when it was abandoned.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:47 am Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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^^^^^^
Here's what the same intersection looks like on Google Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/EToSvLzuqTB2
I don't remember ever seeing a housing development in SoCal that had a sidewalk on one side of the street but not the other. |
Is it just me or did they make street look A LOT steeper in that magazine photo?
In case anyone was wondering, all of those houses are around $1.2M |
And, in 1957 they probably cost $15 to 20K when new. Nice appreciation in value I'd say. Imagine the same $15k house sold in Detroit in 1957? It's probably worth $5k today if it wasn't knocked down when it was abandoned. |
I realize you are probably guessing but I was curious:
Was $15K expensive in 1957?
Google says, for 1957:
Average Cost of new house $12,220.00
So probably a nice house if it cost ~25% more. Or way more if it was $20K.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:58 am Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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| EverettB wrote: |
| wcfvw69 wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
| Randall wrote: |
^^^^^^
Here's what the same intersection looks like on Google Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/EToSvLzuqTB2
I don't remember ever seeing a housing development in SoCal that had a sidewalk on one side of the street but not the other. |
Is it just me or did they make street look A LOT steeper in that magazine photo?
In case anyone was wondering, all of those houses are around $1.2M |
And, in 1957 they probably cost $15 to 20K when new. Nice appreciation in value I'd say. Imagine the same $15k house sold in Detroit in 1957? It's probably worth $5k today if it wasn't knocked down when it was abandoned. |
I realize you are probably guessing but I was curious:
Was $15K expensive in 1957?
Google says, for 1957:
Average Cost of new house $12,220.00
So probably a nice house if it cost ~25% more. Or way more if it was $20K. |
I thought I was in the ball park based on what my childhood home cost when new in 1958. It was in the San Diego area. It was a smaller square foot starter home though it was on a bigger lot. It sold new for $12k.
What is even more interesting is that the average annual American income in 1958 was $3673. 
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