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Mikee
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 Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:57 pm Post subject: bus driver hats |
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Well this is the 1st time i heard of this gimmic when selling a bus. I knew of the lunch boxes, I have one, what else did they give away?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Volkswagen-VW-Bus-D...dZViewItem
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mynameismud
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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wow- that's pricey. wasn't there 1 listed here for about $125.00 about 4 months ago-
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Braukuche
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| wow- that's pricey. wasn't there 1 listed here for about $125.00 about 4 months ago- |
Can't beleive some one would part with one of those for that cheap. Sure it was a real one?
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camperfan
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I bought a repro xl for a hun about 4 months ago in the classifieds here. |
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sondykw
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| Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I thought Hazetguy had one, or there was a pic of him wearing one floating around somewhere i think... |
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LHG
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Braukuche
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Here is a Dead Head with one.
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The guy on top looks like Ray Manzerak and the guy below like Jonathan Winters.
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EverettB 
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obus
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mynameismud
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:03 am Post subject: |
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send it to me and i'll let you know.. 
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Muthashabubu
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| i have one but have no way of knowing if it is a real one or repro. how can i tell? |
I have had my hat as my avatar for awhile now, Volkswagen advertising at its finest!
I did not know there are repros around
What are the differences? |
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WM971252
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Location: Franklin CT
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| Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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| obus wrote: |
| i have one but have no way of knowing if it is a real one or repro. how can i tell? |
I have had my hat as my avatar for awhile now, Volkswagen advertising at its finest!
I did not know there are repros around
What are the differences? |
East Coast Joe "made" them in the past. We have an original one and I think the easy difference is the real one has a clear "sleeve" on the inside top for the "license". |
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Muthashabubu
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| Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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| WM971252 wrote: |
| Muthashabubu wrote: |
| obus wrote: |
| i have one but have no way of knowing if it is a real one or repro. how can i tell? |
I have had my hat as my avatar for awhile now, Volkswagen advertising at its finest!
I did not know there are repros around
What are the differences? |
East Coast Joe "made" them in the past. We have an original one and I think the easy difference is the real one has a clear "sleeve" on the inside top for the "license". |
Thank you for the reply, I appreciate it!
Soon after I posted yesterday, I thought maybe the tag of the company that actually produced the hats could be an identifier to tell if OG vs. repro.
Lets see those hats people!  |
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Lind
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| Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:10 am Post subject: Re: bus driver hats |
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I am the hat model in the top picture, and it is actually the same hat on Joe M's head in the lower picture. I have the original hat that "east coast" Joe G. used to get them reproduced, as well as a couple repros. When Joe sold me the hats many years ago, he told me that there was a stash of leftover hats that was discovered in the '90s, and they were mostly smalls and mediums. Most originals out there are smalls or mediums, most repros are larges or extra larges.
The reproductions have a fully rectangular BUS DRIVER badge/plate/whatever on the front. The originals have quarter-round cutouts on all the corners of that badge.
There is a clear plastic piece sewn into the inside top that holds a piece of paper. On the originals, it is half round at the back, on the repros it is sewn with straight lines.
There are plenty of little differences, pretty much everything is different, but similar. Overall, the reproductions are pretty good. Here is a pic of the inside without the insert card which was only on originals.
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