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crukab Samba Chef
Joined: December 13, 2002 Posts: 6116 Location: Vermont
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Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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I called U.S. Customs @ Highgate Springs Vt., they said no title needed to bring in a shell, the duty $$ would be pretty minimal for a shell like that... _________________ Tom
My Pops:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604100&highlight=
I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....
In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
'11 Jetta Wagon |
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Kasten68 Samba Member
Joined: March 26, 2005 Posts: 136 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 3:51 am Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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Before the pile of wood... but already a pile of $hit
_________________ VW über alles ! |
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3929 Location: England
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:11 am Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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I'm thinking those pictures^ may have been taken after this 53 barndoor deluxe had been picked up by the roof by the logging crane.
- roof squeezed by the crane's jaws, so some skylights vertical and sunroof bows kinked
- cab area drop when lifted due to cab floor area/chassis weakness & front axle weight
- rear section/roof pulled downtoo due to rear axle (engine?) weight & cargo floor/chassis weakness
- virtually all glass popped out from the resulting distortion, only surviving in the cab doortop (no distortion)
Imagine in those seconds a £75k bus turning into a £30k bus!
Beaten up, but still here. Original paint poking out too. _________________ -StockRocks- |
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banana split Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2002 Posts: 1070 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Canada
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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Anyone else see this posted in the gallery? He posted this photo and said that he cut it up?
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_author=m.dumas
Here a little story about a find, thats not many person on this earth have made.
According to my research on the internet, this particular model has never been found abandonned in a place that nobody ever been.
Only few were found, but not many was really forgotten about.
In this winter 2017, long distance friend send me a picture. In this photo we could see an old wrecked van.
I let things pass....
A few days later, I looked at the picture again, and realized that it was an old Volkswagen split window.
So I decided to do some research and I quickly noticed that was a Barndoor 23 windows Deluxe .
It was time to locate this Barndoor. Over only 10 call later, I managed to find the woodcutter and find out where to find it. 1700kms away from me and 70kms lost in a forest, he was supposed to be there.
I was ready to leave and go to find this old VW.
Get a truck, get tool, get everything and we were ready. 9 hours later we were there, ready to enter this forest. only 70 km were separated the bus and I .
After driving 1.30h in the forest, snow, and hill, we found it. it was there sitting in the middle of nowhere. I found it, one of the rarest possible vw to find in a complete abandoned arena
It was beautiful. Sitting here watching the mountain....
I did not bring the trailer , it was impossible, it started ice raining. We have no choices. I Cut the bus and putted in the truck.
I took as many pieces as I could and we left before getting stuck in the forest.
we made it in time ...
In his small town, everyone will always talk about this 2 youngs men who have traveled over 3000kms to find a old wrecked car ... _________________ My Beetles :
1951 Crotch Cooler 11G Split Ragtop
1953 Zwitter
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23 window mike Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2007 Posts: 32 Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:42 pm Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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Yes I am interested in the the bus but he won’t send me any photos and now he is selling bits off he’s got the speedo but it’s in the wrong pod for 1200 dollars I don’t think he’s got much of it |
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Kasten68 Samba Member
Joined: March 26, 2005 Posts: 136 Location: Switzerland
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djfordmanjack Samba Member
Joined: June 15, 2009 Posts: 2179 Location: Graz, Austria, Europe
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 2:18 am Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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It's probably idiots like him, that ruin our hobby and enthusiasm so much. Wherever this thing is (was) , and whatever deepfreezing Canadian backwoods it was located in. If he didn't come up with the right tools, I am sure that somebody would have been willing and able to come up with something like a helicopter, snowmobile, HD 4x4 truck or whatever it would have taken. Maybe he could have rightly sold his information for a fair sum of 1000 or mabye even a few thousands. Should have passed it on to somebody willing and able IMHO. greed is so ugly.
Now- Selling off a 'good condition' speedo in a clock pod....
and I think he's bullshitting
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1700kms away from me and 70kms lost in a forest
Get a truck, get tool, get everything and we were ready. 9 hours later we were there,
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so isn't that pretty quick. 1100 miles in 9 hours ?
Must have used up all the money he got for the bus, for paying speeding tickets all over the US and Canada _________________ Hotrods, Fords, Veedubs and Triumph Twins !
52 Barndoor DLX Coachbuild project
55 Wolfsburg panel project, og paint Taubenblau L31
62 Dickholmer, custom color Seeblau L360
63 1500 Notch, og paint Rubin Rot L456
67 1500 Käfer, og paint Lotus weiß L282 w/red interior |
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Mr. OGPaint Samba Member
Joined: September 24, 2010 Posts: 823 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 2:54 am Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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It seems there are some very large holes in this story.
The largest being his attempt to sell this as complete shell and frame just a few days ago, yet in this story he cut the bus apart the first time he Layed eyes on it.
Either way, it sounds as though this story isn't headed for a happy ending _________________ https://instagram.com/mr.ogpaint
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streetwagens Samba Member
Joined: May 19, 2005 Posts: 475 Location: Wales, GB
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 5:59 am Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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Okay, long story short 😉
The complete bus has a new owner, and both the buyer and seller are happy with the deal. It is being saved.
P.s. Wanted-
Set of deluxe glass
1 or 2 Gerson panels
A few thousand hours of welding 😂 _________________ To catch a fish, you must first think like a fish.... |
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m.dumas Samba Member
Joined: November 19, 2017 Posts: 1 Location: quebec
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:04 am Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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Gratz. Was a pleasure. |
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djfordmanjack Samba Member
Joined: June 15, 2009 Posts: 2179 Location: Graz, Austria, Europe
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notchboy Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2002 Posts: 22463 Location: Escondido CA
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:28 am Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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streetwagens wrote: |
Okay, long story short 😉
The complete bus has a new owner, and both the buyer and seller are happy with the deal. It is being saved.
P.s. Wanted-
Set of deluxe glass
1 or 2 Gerson panels
A few thousand hours of welding 😂 |
So you thought like this fish and caught it? _________________
t3kg wrote: |
OK, this thread is over. You win. |
Jason "notchboy" Weigel
1964 1500 S
1964 T34 S Convertible
1977 Westfalia Camper pop-top |
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Mr. OGPaint Samba Member
Joined: September 24, 2010 Posts: 823 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:50 am Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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Congrats on the purchase! Best of luck _________________ https://instagram.com/mr.ogpaint
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69829 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 9:19 am Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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streetwagens wrote: |
Okay, long story short 😉
The complete bus has a new owner, and both the buyer and seller are happy with the deal. It is being saved.
P.s. Wanted-
Set of deluxe glass
1 or 2 Gerson panels
A few thousand hours of welding 😂 |
Great, I thought someone bought it but he was selling the speedo and that pod separately, like he kept them for some reason?
Did you refuse to buy the speedo with the Bus for some reason? _________________ How to Post Photos
Everett Barnes - [email protected] | My wanted ads
"Water is the only drink for a wise man" | "Communication prevents complaints"
Stop dead photo links! Post your photos to The Samba Gallery! |
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streetwagens Samba Member
Joined: May 19, 2005 Posts: 475 Location: Wales, GB
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:23 am Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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Thanks guys, really looking forward to this one
The speedo and pod are staying the van, it was a debate with the seller and his friend about the value of parts, All done with permission.
Looking like I'll be engaging with the usual UK suspects to do a lot of straightening, trying to save as much as possible of this old warrior! _________________ To catch a fish, you must first think like a fish.... |
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ryans65 Samba Member
Joined: February 16, 2016 Posts: 1263 Location: Yulee FL
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 5:24 pm Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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**insert thesamba.com collective sigh of relief** |
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ryans65 Samba Member
Joined: February 16, 2016 Posts: 1263 Location: Yulee FL
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 7:06 pm Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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Any update on the woodpile bus? |
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streetwagens Samba Member
Joined: May 19, 2005 Posts: 475 Location: Wales, GB
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Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 6:59 am Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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ryans65 wrote: |
Any update on the woodpile bus? |
No progress to report yet apart from collecting a few bits and pieces that it needs! I can do a build thread once work start in earnest if people would like to see it. _________________ To catch a fish, you must first think like a fish.... |
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ryans65 Samba Member
Joined: February 16, 2016 Posts: 1263 Location: Yulee FL
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Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 7:04 am Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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Gee let me think about that for a minute!
Yes!
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ryans65 wrote: |
Any update on the woodpile bus? |
No progress to report yet apart from collecting a few bits and pieces that it needs! I can do a build thread once work start in earnest if people would like to see it. |
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mandraks Samba Member
Joined: November 28, 2004 Posts: 7050 Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 7:48 am Post subject: Re: 'Unknown' Barndoor Deluxes |
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count me in _________________ regards
Uli
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'53 3-Fold Oval, L35 Metallic Blue, looking for a narrow hatch panel |
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