Evidence you indeed own a old Hippie bus

[rugblaster]

I got my camper from a free spirited young man after he smoked a motor in an area known to be, no country for old men. And apparently young men either. Or old busses. Anyway, this bus came with a few clues to it's past. There are vintage stickers and I found the hippie necklace under the passenger seat. Does your bus have a past?

My brother made this sticker.

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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

[pioneer1]

Maybe a wannabee hippy. Hippys couldnt afford bay window buses. Old splitties maybe but mostly old school buses. Anyway this was the stuff I found

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"Always waiting for tomorrow ruined everything"

'85 Porsche 911 Targa

'76 Westfalia project

[AS350driver]

Yeah, true original counterculture hippies drove splits. Bays are for latter day, next generation hippies, yippies, and punk rockers

[HoboBus]

Is "old Hippie bus" the same as "bus owned by an old Hippie" ?

My bus was definitely owned by an old Hippie. Bays can be hippie busses, I think.

My 73 had plenty of Grateful Dead decals and dancing bears I had to scrape off.

He was a nice guy, but the Dead just aren't my thing.

I suppose it all depends on if you guys and gals think the Deadheads were hippies or not.

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Salt air it ain't thin, it'll stick right to your skin,
it'll make you feel fine. Makes you feel fine.
And I wanna be there. -- Jimmy Buffett

Just a beach-oriented camping Hobo with a bus.

[AS350driver]

Good job scraping off the creepy dancing bears....they needed to go!

[wagohn]

[rugblaster]

If this necklace didn't belong to a hippie or hippie chick, I'll kiss someone's ass, right in the middle, on the Court House steps.

Hemp cordage, groovy groove thing. Come on.
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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

[Manfred58sc]

Gettin' high and gettin' laid- don't be so old that you forget that its fun! The Hippie era was really done by about 73, the proper terminology for the counterculture, Bohemian types is a "head" ( denotes multiple ,mind expanding drug use and minimal employment). Bay window Bus's were still dirt cheap and parts plentiful right till the end of OG dead touring in 95.
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Fat chick owner/operator

[HarryFD]

Hippie Bus?

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1970 Deluxe Sunroof Bay Brilliant Blue/Cloud White
1973.5 911 Targa
2009 MB C300

[Wildthings]

My 83 1/2 Vanagon had an NRA sticker in the rear window along with one for some bar in La Paz. Does that make it a hippy van? Most of these old vans have had many owners by now typically younger people with little money and experience keeping old vehicles alive. As for drug use McDowell County, WVa where I once lived has some of the highest drug use in the country and also voted 90% for Trump in 2016, and many other strongly right leaning counties aren't that far behind in either their drug use or in the way they voted.

[wagohn]

[AS350driver]

[brando90gl]

[2type2]

Real Deadheads will recall ,(well, possibly,lol) Wavy Gravy and his campaign , complete with bumper sticker...
" Vote For Nobody, Cause Nobody's done nothing for me!"
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"A life of peace and happiness depends on your own gratefulness"

[richparker]

Both my ‘68 and my current ‘71 were ski bum busses. I found many trail maps, the ‘68 had a ski pole grip as a shift handle and the ‘71 has a GD sticker and a Breckenridge first tracks sticker. I still use the shift handle and I didn’t remove the stickers. The ‘71 is still a ski bus to this day, even going skiing today! My bus also goes to a lot of festivals. In this pick you can see the stickers and we are fully loaded with all of my wife’s vending gear. She’s a silversmith and we sell her jewelry at festivals around the south west.

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’71 Westy build
Adventure thread
’65 Deluxe Build
’63 Deluxe Build

[alman72]

[Type2_Personality]

Well, it wasn't a hippie bus when I bought this one used 40+ years ago ~ so I fixed it


As a side note to pioneer1 ~ this old hippie also bought a brand new 71 VW Adventurewagen in November of 1970 ~ some of us could afford a new Bus.

What's this about Bay Windows at Dead Shows?

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1971 Type II ~ Adventure Camper
2nd Owner For Over 40 Years
Back To Stock ~ 1600 Dual Port ~ Single Carb
400,000+ West Coast USA Miles
Too Many Dead Shows To Remember

[VWsArent4Hippies]

nah
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[FullFender]

Clearly not OG paint, but the vacuum sealed pills and "rehab is for quitters" lighter found in the glovebox said it all. Plus the look on purist faces when I show up is just a bonus

[Manfred58sc]

MY all time fav applied at Compton Terrace 1990

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Fat chick owner/operator