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Blue Baron
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:43 pm Post subject: Re: Signwriting/logoed buses |
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Seen in the classifieds.
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Lind
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 5:02 am Post subject: Re: Signwriting/logoed buses |
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Chrome hubcaps, and tall mirror arms on both sides.
Steering wheels on the left, and cargo doors on the left.
'55-'57 era Doubledoor kombis? I have never seen a doubledoor kombi earlier than '59. Anyone else seen an early one?
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Lind
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 5:04 am Post subject: Re: Signwriting/logoed buses |
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Big Bull Shooter
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:40 am Post subject: Re: Signwriting/logoed buses |
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A friend recently sent me this pic taken in 1958. Beaumier Refrigeration and Heating, Shawinigan, Quebec.
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Jimone
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:40 pm Post subject: Re: Signwriting/logoed buses |
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found this in a pile of old photos. from 1988. thought you guys might like it. its an august 51 according to the stuff written on the back. same pic is on barndoor.dk, so this may be old hat.
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BarryL 
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: Signwriting/logoed buses |
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| A friend recently sent me this pic taken in 1958. Beaumier Refrigeration and Heating, Shawinigan, Quebec. |
Great pic. Looks a lot like a '58 Chevy Station Wagon but the SC is fried egg. |
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Jacks
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:57 pm Post subject: Re: Signwriting/logoed buses |
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So 1962, at the earliest. Great pic, and thank you for sharing it. At first glance, I thought it was hauling a huge steel girder LOL
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:00 pm Post subject: Re: Signwriting/logoed buses |
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Chrome hubcaps, and tall mirror arms on both sides.
Steering wheels on the left, and cargo doors on the left.
'55-'57 era Doubledoor kombis? I have never seen a doubledoor kombi earlier than '59. Anyone else seen an early one? |
Didn't one of the European countries have buses that were left-hand-drive with left side cargo doors?
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mdege
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Blue Baron
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Blue Baron
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Blue Baron
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Lind
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Lind
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:21 am Post subject: Re: Signwriting/logoed buses |
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| Blue Baron wrote: |
| Lind wrote: |
Chrome hubcaps, and tall mirror arms on both sides.
Steering wheels on the left, and cargo doors on the left.
'55-'57 era Doubledoor kombis? I have never seen a doubledoor kombi earlier than '59. Anyone else seen an early one? |
Didn't one of the European countries have buses that were left-hand-drive with left side cargo doors? |
I thought Swedish at first, but the logos sound more Italian. Could be Italian candy sold in Sweden. Can anybody identify that style of license plate from the '50s?
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Rhodrich
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 7:54 am Post subject: Re: Signwriting/logoed buses |
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| Lind wrote: |
| Blue Baron wrote: |
| Lind wrote: |
Chrome hubcaps, and tall mirror arms on both sides.
Steering wheels on the left, and cargo doors on the left.
'55-'57 era Doubledoor kombis? I have never seen a doubledoor kombi earlier than '59. Anyone else seen an early one? |
Didn't one of the European countries have buses that were left-hand-drive with left side cargo doors? |
I thought Swedish at first, but the logos sound more Italian. Could be Italian candy sold in Sweden. Can anybody identify that style of license plate from the '50s? |
Those are indeed Swedish licence plates. Italian ones were white on black, and tiny at the front. |
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Lind
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 8:18 am Post subject: Re: Signwriting/logoed buses |
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| Lind wrote: |
| Blue Baron wrote: |
| Lind wrote: |
Chrome hubcaps, and tall mirror arms on both sides.
Steering wheels on the left, and cargo doors on the left.
'55-'57 era Doubledoor kombis? I have never seen a doubledoor kombi earlier than '59. Anyone else seen an early one? |
Didn't one of the European countries have buses that were left-hand-drive with left side cargo doors? |
I thought Swedish at first, but the logos sound more Italian. Could be Italian candy sold in Sweden. Can anybody identify that style of license plate from the '50s? |
Those are indeed Swedish licence plates. Italian ones were white on black, and tiny at the front. |
OK, then the buses are almost certainly LHD left hand cargo door. Bummer, I was hoping that there was a chance that some early doubledoor kombis were floating around at some point.
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mdege
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 8:53 am Post subject: Re: Signwriting/logoed buses |
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| Lind wrote: |
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| Lind wrote: |
| Blue Baron wrote: |
| Lind wrote: |
Chrome hubcaps, and tall mirror arms on both sides.
Steering wheels on the left, and cargo doors on the left.
'55-'57 era Doubledoor kombis? I have never seen a doubledoor kombi earlier than '59. Anyone else seen an early one? |
Didn't one of the European countries have buses that were left-hand-drive with left side cargo doors? |
I thought Swedish at first, but the logos sound more Italian. Could be Italian candy sold in Sweden. Can anybody identify that style of license plate from the '50s? |
Those are indeed Swedish licence plates. Italian ones were white on black, and tiny at the front. |
OK, then the buses are almost certainly LHD left hand cargo door. Bummer, I was hoping that there was a chance that some early doubledoor kombis were floating around at some point. |
I would not rule out the existance of an earlier doubledoor. VW built almost anything possible if you ordered it. Maybe not for private customers but government entities got almost anything. Even the double sliding door with sunroof Vanagon which they would not build for private customers because it was supposedly unsafe. The German boarder guards had a whole fleet of them.
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Big Bill
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: Signwriting/logoed buses |
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This bus photo was posted a few posts earlier. I can remember buying parts from Greg's VW shop in the 80s. It was in Redwood City or Menlo Park south
the San Francisco. I still see him at local VW shows once in a while. |
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 8:16 pm Post subject: Re: Signwriting/logoed buses |
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| Those are indeed Swedish licence plates. Italian ones were white on black, and tiny at the front. |
Tinier than this?
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