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PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 5:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

That so23 looks like one i saw ten years ago in a yard in Maine the wood inside was all rotted. The only parts i got out of it where the hooks for the rear net and maybe a coat hook or two and a bunch of screws.There was a porcupine living in it.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:06 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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That so23 looks like one i saw ten years ago in a yard in Maine the wood inside was all rotted. The only parts i got out of it where the hooks for the rear net and maybe a coat hook or two and a bunch of screws.There was a porcupine living in it.

Jim,
That’s the one. We got it out of Ayottes in Oxford Maine with Matt C. It’s sitting in my yard now waiting for it’s turn.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:35 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

awesome extraction!
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PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2020 7:06 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

Hunted and captured today from the classifieds Smile

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PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2020 10:07 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

baz76 wrote:
Hunted and captured today from the classifieds Smile



volksheime wrote:
awesome extraction!

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PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2020 10:44 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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baz76 wrote:
Hunted and captured today from the classifieds Smile



volksheime wrote:
awesome extraction!


Thanks hoping it'll clean up reasonably well once all the repaint are removed.

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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2020 3:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Philadelphia bus Reply with quote

Hello,
I live in Luxembourg and i own a 1965 splitty since 2017. I am currently restauring it.
I bought it in Netherlands in 2017 in a VW shop. The owner of the shop imported the bus in 2016.

On the samba site i found the previous owner (the last owner on US-territory. He told me he bought it in Philadelphia (Fairhill).
Here are some pics from when he bought it in Philadelphia.


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Then i got a photo taken 2014. That must be the place where the bus sat for some decades! But i could't find out where that is! It seems like a junkyard? In Philadelphia? In the background you can see a large sign with "The Inquirer" on it. Perhaps someone knows this place?

I would so much like to retrace as much as possible the history of that bus...

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So if someone recognizes that junk yard or that bus...

Thanks
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:23 pm    Post subject: 65 deluxe Reply with quote

So Ive been working on this ol girl for awhile and finally secured the deal. Been sitting since 79 in the same spot, definitely has rust and should be a good challenge to make it a driver again. Extraction pictures to come next weekend.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

Man it is nice to see a new post in this thread.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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Man it is nice to see a new post in this thread.


It's June already!
Bus hunting in full swing all over the continent.

Have they all been found now?
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:58 pm    Post subject: Re: 65 deluxe Reply with quote

kafer60 wrote:
So Ive been working on this ol girl for awhile and finally secured the deal. Been sitting since 79 in the same spot, definitely has rust and should be a good challenge to make it a driver again. Extraction pictures to come next weekend.
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Total time capsule. I bet the mobile home's last occupants left there home the right around the same time that the license plates on that bus expired,1978.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 8:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

great find !
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 1:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

So I went and pulled the 65 out today, think goodness my buddy let me use his backhoe. Hooked a chain underneath and pulled it from its resting spot. The frame is good but I does have some rust issues. Its a March 1st of 65, Washington DC port of entry.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 8:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

oh man, Im glad I don't live In your neck of the woods! good job yanking' it out though!!
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:14 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

sled wrote:
oh man, Im glad I don't live In your neck of the woods! good job yanking' it out though!!

East Coast rust is a bitch. Hard to find a good solid bus nowadays.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 8:17 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

Bakhoe, Bulldozer

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Excavator, Bucket loader, all must have equipment for East coast Bus extraction at this point.I know of only one Split left that is inside on my "watch/wait" list, but it is in a wet concrete bunker... Crying or Very sad

How does the frame look Kafer ?? Any Seats ? A walk thru 13 is a damn good find anyday !! Cool
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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Bakhoe, Bulldozer

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Excavator, Bucket loader, all must have equipment for East coast Bus extraction at this point.I know of only one Split left that is inside on my "watch/wait" list, but it is in a wet concrete bunker... Crying or Very sad

How does the frame look Kafer ?? Any Seats ? A walk thru 13 is a damn good find anyday !! Cool

The frame is good and most of the cargo floor looks good, will need typical rockers, front floor, outriggers and engine compartment metal. No seats unfortunately, all pop out latches are there and one keys fits all locks and ignition. IDK maybe a good rat ride project, I got get further into it.
Thats an early Case dozer there, I worked for a Case dealer for 16 years.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:55 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

baz76 wrote:
Hunted and captured today from the classifieds Smile

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Arrived in UK and soon to leave for Ireland Dancing

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:50 am    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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1963 SC. After 40 yrs parked on the ranch. A friend got the truck. The truck has been parked since 1980. Owner finally let it go. Waiting on removal picts. Mendocino Co. USA
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... Reply with quote

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1963 SC. After 40 yrs parked on the ranch. A friend got the truck. The truck has been parked since 1980. Owner finally let it go. Waiting on removal picts. Mendocino Co. USA
Right on Mark that's great!
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