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velvetgreen Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:45 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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^^ maybe it is time i schedule that eye exam i have been putting off. would be interesting to find out what ever became of those buses or if there are any more pics out there of them |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69733 Location: Phoenix Metro
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EverettB Administrator
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EmpiGT Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2005 Posts: 2597
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Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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EverettB wrote: |
VW Workshop photo with Glass-Logo and rack Single Cab
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You lost points on this one ... That's a bay window. Odd that it has beetle slotted beauty rings. |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69733 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:01 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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EmpiGT wrote: |
EverettB wrote: |
VW Workshop photo with Glass-Logo and rack Single Cab
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You lost points on this one ... That's a bay window. Odd that it has beetle slotted beauty rings. |
Crap, I see that now up front.
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mandraks Samba Member
Joined: November 28, 2004 Posts: 7045 Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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EverettB wrote: |
This looks to be a 1961 Double Door Kombi
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now that is what i am talking about! _________________ regards
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Lind Samba Member
Joined: November 06, 2000 Posts: 9905 Location: idaho
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Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:20 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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EverettB wrote: |
This looks to be a 1961 Double Door Kombi
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1959? High hinge with no hinge blocks. _________________ .
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69733 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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Lind wrote: |
EverettB wrote: |
This looks to be a 1961 Double Door Kombi
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1959? High hinge with no hinge blocks. |
I was thinking '61 because no overriders (Euro?) and no semaphores but you make a valid point too.
It does have Sigla glass, do Euros have Sigla? _________________ How to Post Photos
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Lind Samba Member
Joined: November 06, 2000 Posts: 9905 Location: idaho
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Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 11:07 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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EverettB wrote: |
Lind wrote: |
EverettB wrote: |
This looks to be a 1961 Double Door Kombi
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1959? High hinge with no hinge blocks. |
I was thinking '61 because no overriders (Euro?) and no semaphores but you make a valid point too.
It does have Sigla glass, do Euros have Sigla? |
Some USA spec '59s had blade bumpers, although most got overriders. It was still a separate m-code at that point, but it got put into the standard USA package m-code in '60 or '61. I have seen a USA spec '60 deluxe with Euro blade bumpers. You never see '61 - '67 USA spec buses with Euro blades from the factory.
I have two other photos from that photo shoot with the doors open showing the double flipper in action.
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mandraks Samba Member
Joined: November 28, 2004 Posts: 7045 Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 6:27 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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Lind wrote: |
EverettB wrote: |
This looks to be a 1961 Double Door Kombi
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1959? High hinge with no hinge blocks. |
a 59 euro bus would still have had semaphores and no blinkers, at least in germany _________________ regards
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Lind Samba Member
Joined: November 06, 2000 Posts: 9905 Location: idaho
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Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:03 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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mandraks wrote: |
Lind wrote: |
EverettB wrote: |
This looks to be a 1961 Double Door Kombi
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1959? High hinge with no hinge blocks. |
a 59 euro bus would still have had semaphores and no blinkers, at least in germany |
A Euro bus would also have Sekurit glass.
So this is just a 1959 USA/north American spec bus without M175 ram protection (overrider) bumpers.
These are all press photos from the factory, which can be seen in the background of some of the shots. I have seen 4 different pics from this photo shoot. _________________ .
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BarryL Samba Member
Joined: November 01, 2004 Posts: 14216 Location: Casa de Oro, California
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Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:46 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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Was a floor mat an M-code add-on on those? |
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6voltbus Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2011 Posts: 20 Location: Nottingham, UK
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Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 4:21 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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A local VW service centre in Nottingham, England had this interesting modified shop truck. |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69733 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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Lind wrote: |
mandraks wrote: |
Lind wrote: |
EverettB wrote: |
This looks to be a 1961 Double Door Kombi
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1959? High hinge with no hinge blocks. |
a 59 euro bus would still have had semaphores and no blinkers, at least in germany |
A Euro bus would also have Sekurit glass.
So this is just a 1959 USA/north American spec bus without M175 ram protection (overrider) bumpers.
These are all press photos from the factory, which can be seen in the background of some of the shots. I have seen 4 different pics from this photo shoot. |
Thanks for the additional information.
The photo above is supposedly dated 1958 but I don't know if that is accurate or not.
So it very well could be a 1959 USA-style Kombi made in 1958 _________________ How to Post Photos
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WildIdea Samba Member
Joined: September 17, 2016 Posts: 927 Location: Black Hills, South Dakota
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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:40 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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This group of vintage photos I arranged and shot with my phone a few years ago.
My buddy had asked me if I wanted to tag along while he went a state over to pick up a bay window bus he bought. I jumped at the chance for a road trip. The seller was really cool and we were at his place prob 5 hours. We really hit it off and after the bus was loaded he let us peruse his compound and just go picking. These pictures popped out of a box. He said they were buses he had years ago......
I figured folks here would like to see them. I never get sick of looking at them.
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1960 211 Panel American Camper Conversion |
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type2rescuemaine Samba Member
Joined: March 04, 2016 Posts: 336 Location: Maine
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Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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1961 15 window crash. Borrowed from the Vacationland Volkswagen Association fb page |
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