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OG Velvet
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 7:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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Corn is way short. Been a wet year I hear.


Should be knee high by Fourth of July I rekkin...
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 7:51 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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Corn is way short. Been a wet year I hear.


Should be knee high by Fourth of July I rekkin...


I was in central MN exactly one year ago today. The corn was almost three times as high as the photo. Much more than knee high, but that is as the saying goes.

For the record, I am 78.37% sure that corn will become ethanol, designed to destroy your fuel system.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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Any story on the excavation of it? Howd ya get it on the trailer, come on mans. Its time to tell the tale...leave us spellboun 
Cheers Thomas d


Nothing too exciting. I got the bus on an online auction. They had a skidloader on site so i dug out as much as i could under the center of the bus and also dug the passenger front drum out. He was able to get the fork under the brake drum to lift it so we could block it up so he could then get under the middle of the bus and set it on the trailer.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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Any story on the excavation of it? Howd ya get it on the trailer, come on mans. Its time to tell the tale...leave us spellboun 
Cheers Thomas d


Nothing too exciting. I got the bus on an online auction. They had a skidloader on site so i dug out as much as i could under the center of the bus and also dug the passenger front drum out. He was able to get the fork under the brake drum to lift it so we could block it up so he could then get under the middle of the bus and set it on the trailer.


Sounds like fun. How far from home was it buried? No exact location necessary.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

It was over in wisconsin, about 150 miles away give or take a little. And yes the crops are doing pretty poor this year. Between all the snow we had and then the what seemed like constant rain it has taken its toll.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 7:02 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

https://hagerauction.hibid.com/lot/53177409/vw-bus-body/?q=&ref=catalog
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:53 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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Might be $635 in parts?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

I'd say its worth a bit more than that
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 6:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

Thats a damn good score for $635.00!! any bus pulled out of the mud/dirt/sea is great to see!
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:22 pm    Post subject: 15 window deluxe Reply with quote

Rusty but complete. Sat outside forever under vines and brush. Was only 20 minutes from my house. Closest bus i ever purchased to my house.I'm picking my brain on what year it may be. I feel its a 1959 being built on August 11 1959 but I cant remember if the year changes at the beginning or end of August. Any info would be appreciated! Thanks

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:27 pm    Post subject: 15 window resting in the vines and brush Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

Nice score Shane !!! Does it still have the gas Heater ??
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

1960 bus I think. Beautiful!
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

Including the middle seat...shazam. How was it ever not picked clean.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 10:00 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

Nice find! Are the middle seat grab bars painted metal or ribbed plastic?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 1:18 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

Nice 15window- crusty but pretty complete!

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 3:54 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

Thanks Greg! The middle seat handles are ribbed.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 5:45 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

Congrats on the 15 window find. Yes it is a 1960 model year. That would have come new with the Bastard motor, does it still have the Bastard?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 6:29 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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Congrats on the 15 window find. Yes it is a 1960 model year. That would have come new with the Bastard motor, does it still have the Bastard?


Yes, as "ronjohnvegas" said, it is definitely a 1960 model, and it came originally with a "Bastard" engine. Is the "Bastard" engine still in it? Bastard engines are pretty hard to find...

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 7:20 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

campingbox wrote:
Nice find! Are the middle seat grab bars painted metal or ribbed plastic?


Greg what's the story behind that, I have always wondered.
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