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iowegian 
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 Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 10:59 am Post subject: Re: VW Bus or VW Van |
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| EverettB wrote: |
What you posted is true but they used the term Station Wagon before 1964.
One earlier ad, I think this 1960:
I'm not sure that law ever applied to passenger vehicles but I don't know if VW had to do anything to get around it for their passenger "Station Wagons" versus Commercial Vehicles.
There is definitely no shortage of 1964-67 Standard and Deluxe Buses in the USA. |
LIFE magazine
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iowegian
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| Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 6:33 pm Post subject: Re: VW Bus or VW Van |
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| EverettB wrote: |
| Thanks, it must be a '59 23-Window then as it's showing the 59-61 color schemes |
This ad, with its colorful artwork, was created by another ad agency for VW before Doyle Dane Bernbach got the account.
EDIT: now I am beginning to question my record keeping. I have owned that ad for many years----- cut it out of the original magazine and noted the date and source on the back. Now, reading the ad copy, it refers to service in "all 49 states". Alaska(the 49th state) was not admitted to the Union until January 3, 1959. So did the ad agency jump the gun, or did I write down the wrong date? |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: VW Bus or VW Van |
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Looks to me like valet or door man at a finer hotel. Notice the family is well dressed. Harkens back to a time when people took pride in appearance, even June Cleaver wore a pearl necklace to do housework , and gas station attendants wore spiffy looking uniforms  or maybe it is a cop searching their luggage for dope. |
I hate to busT your VANity but June's pearls were fake.
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Helfen
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| Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 9:13 am Post subject: Re: VW Bus or VW Van |
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| In one 57 add VW refers the micro bus on one page and on the next page calls it a Midget Bus. That's a first for me I never heard of Midget bus before from VW. |
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pondoras box
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| Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 10:30 am Post subject: Re: VW Bus or VW Van |
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| Abscate wrote: |
| Zundfolge1432 wrote: |
| Looks to me like valet or door man at a finer hotel. Notice the family is well dressed. Harkens back to a time when people took pride in appearance, even June Cleaver wore a pearl necklace to do housework , and gas station attendants wore spiffy looking uniforms or maybe it is a cop searching their luggage for dope. |
I hate to busT your VANity but June's pearls were fake. |
So were Barbara Bush's. Not that it has anything to do with this thread.
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Helfen
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| Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2019 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: VW Bus or VW Van |
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Some unofficial " IN HOUSE FACTORY" terms for the type 2 ;
In 1949 the first time "Splitty" was used.
In 1950 the term " BULLI " used,
In 1950 the term " Barn door " used.
1952 Samba model also known as the " SONDER-MODELL "
In March of 1955 all type 2's could also be known as " PEAKED CAP " Type 2's due to the new peeked roof for overhead ventilation. |
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Helfen
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| Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2019 7:08 pm Post subject: Re: VW Bus or VW Van |
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| Helfen wrote: |
Some unofficial " IN HOUSE FACTORY" terms for the type 2 ;
In 1950 the term " Barn door " used. |
I'd like to know the source for that or see a pic |
April 2018 issue Collectible Automobile. If you need any more information I suggest contacting the editors of Collectible Automobile and historian Gram Robson.
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EverettB
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| Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2019 10:22 pm Post subject: Re: VW Bus or VW Van |
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| Helfen wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
| Helfen wrote: |
Some unofficial " IN HOUSE FACTORY" terms for the type 2 ;
In 1950 the term " Barn door " used. |
I'd like to know the source for that or see a pic |
April 2018 issue Collectible Automobile |
Do they name their source?
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Mickey bitsko
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| Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 6:02 am Post subject: Re: VW Bus or VW Van |
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Ok, I'll play
Type 1 ?
Bug ?
Beetle?
Sedan?
I'm just old , not sure if I'm confused |
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Zeitgeist 13
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| Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 9:07 pm Post subject: Re: VW Bus or VW Van |
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I've been driving VW vans since I was nineteen in 1985. Over the years we used all manner of nomenclatures, and I never paid it any mind. But, since I've been here the Samba nomenclature nazis have created in me a form of PTSD that manifests itself as a nails on chalkboard reaction whenever some idjet refers to their van as a bus. I was ok with it for decades, but now I'm all angry and eye-twitchy because of you goons. You know who you are. Who will pay for my psychiatric co-pays?
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Abscate
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 5:00 am Post subject: Re: VW Bus or VW Van |
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You can call YOUR car whatever you like.
You can call someone else’s car whatever you like.
If you don’t like someone else calling your or their car what they want, you are a Dickwad.
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Zeitgeist 13
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 11:11 am Post subject: Re: VW Bus or VW Van |
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That's blaming the victim. I've been wounded and aggrieved
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oprn
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:37 pm Post subject: Re: VW Bus or VW Van |
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It's a BUS buddy, a BUS!!!
Salt to the wound! 
Not that it matters, in 10 or 20 years we could all be speaking some Asian dialect anyway at the rate the world is changing... |
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scottyrocks
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| Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:11 am Post subject: Re: VW Bus or VW Van |
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| EverettB wrote: |
One earlier ad, I think this 1960:
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I had this same question a couple of days ago. I'm glad I decided to search before creating a new thread.
I'll call your vehicle whatever you call it.
And I have a nifty new wallpaper to try out on my phone.
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