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RUNKLE Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:10 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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_________________ Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof
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1968 Squareback |
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RUNKLE Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:10 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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_________________ Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof
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1968 Squareback |
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RUNKLE Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:11 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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_________________ Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof
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1968 Squareback |
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RUNKLE Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:11 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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_________________ Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof
Type 3
1968 Squareback |
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RUNKLE Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:14 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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_________________ Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof
Type 3
1968 Squareback |
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RUNKLE Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:14 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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_________________ Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof
Type 3
1968 Squareback |
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RUNKLE Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:15 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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_________________ Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof
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1968 Squareback |
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RUNKLE Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:15 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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_________________ Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof
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1968 Squareback |
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RUNKLE Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:18 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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_________________ Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof
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1968 Squareback |
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RUNKLE Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:21 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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_________________ Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69802 Location: Phoenix Metro
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EverettB Administrator
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TornadoRed06 Samba Member
Joined: August 30, 2020 Posts: 198 Location: Porto - Portugal
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 2:21 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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EverettB wrote: |
Possible Westy? |
Just want to add that VW Nutzfahrzeuge in Europe often uses this legacy picture in their communications regarding Transporters and related matters. |
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 24037 Location: Southeast USA
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 2:21 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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EverettB wrote: |
Possible Westy? |
It's a modern photo. We've also seen it in color. _________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
Heinz Nordhoff |
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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EverettB wrote: |
Smooth Gate drive by? |
There was some resistance to German vehicles in the 1950s, especially among the UAW crowd. Someone might have been registering their displeasure with the company for not buying American. _________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
Heinz Nordhoff |
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Randolph_Carter Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2017 Posts: 226 Location: Germany
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 2:34 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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Blue Baron wrote: |
EverettB wrote: |
Possible Westy? |
It's a modern photo. We've also seen it in color. |
The sticker on the license plate (emissions test) is far too modern. |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69802 Location: Phoenix Metro
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EverettB Administrator
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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Blue Baron wrote: |
EverettB wrote: |
Smooth Gate drive by? |
There was some resistance to German vehicles in the 1950s, especially among the UAW crowd. Someone might have been registering their displeasure with the company for not buying American. |
This doesn't seem like a USA phone # though? _________________ How to Post Photos
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 24037 Location: Southeast USA
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 8:00 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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_________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9638 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 8:43 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos |
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Spiffy bus with large skylight windows. Door sign reads "Mittelberg" for the village in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, located south of the German towns of Sonthofen and Oberstdorf. Thus the "V" in the license plate. |
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