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Pits Bulli Samba Member
Joined: July 19, 2018 Posts: 11 Location: Island Rügen - Germany
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:12 pm Post subject: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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Dear Sambas ;o)
I would like to know more about the history of my sunny yellow, slightly dented Westy and would like to ask for help of the Samba family.
What have I found out already? Unfortunately not thaaaaaat much yet. (Thanks to John Tauxe for your kind help and friendly contact!!)
- Typ: 231961
- VIN: 2362154393
- L20A Marinogelb
- Last day of production: 11.06.1976 in Hannover
- Sold at 16.07.1976 in Los Angeles
- 1982 Boulder / Colorado, serviced at „Modern Specialists“, 2940 Valmont Rd. (see service sticker and Firefighter sticker)
- 2007 New Mexiko
- 2008 Los Alamos, the car was named Cassandra . Colin Kellog worked on it and got the engine running.
- 2009 – 2016 Mesa - Phoenix/Arizona.
- 2016 – Knobi International - Phoenix
- 2018 - Island of Rügen – Germany
What do you think?
What service dealers were in Los Angeles in 1976? I know Volkswagen of Downtown, Volkswagen Santa Monica...
Maybe someone knows the car or has ideas how I can find out more...?!?
Was there also a husky service station in Boulder?
Maybe someone is now shouting very loudly... "Yes... that was my crazy hippie father's or grandpa’s car...
A needle in a haystack…
Thanks and greetings
Peter
More Photos: https://www.ruegen-geniessen.de/bulli/
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SGKent Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2007 Posts: 41031 Location: Citrus Heights CA (Near Sacramento)
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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Los Angeles would have been the Port of Entry. It could have been sold by about any dealer in the LA area which even at that time was about 100 miles x 100 miles wide. It has been out of the California DMV system too long for there to be any records. We had a large outflow of people from California to Colorado back in the 1980's. _________________ “Most people don’t know what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.” - George Carlin |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22670 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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Husky might be the name of the guys who made the label, there is a graphic design firm named thst on Valmont that does stuff for me there _________________ .ssS! |
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heyskull Samba Member
Joined: August 07, 2022 Posts: 170 Location: Cumbria, England
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 1:46 am Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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By the looks of things you already have a lot of history for this vehicle with all the stickers and labels.
Most vehicles loose their history now after 5 years, 46 years is a big ask.
SC |
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alman72 Samba Member
Joined: October 09, 2014 Posts: 2573 Location: MICHIGAN
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22670 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:03 am Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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John rescued Cassandra and sold her to someone in AZ. That’s a good provenance right there _________________ .ssS! |
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Pits Bulli Samba Member
Joined: July 19, 2018 Posts: 11 Location: Island Rügen - Germany
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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SGKent wrote: |
Los Angeles would have been the Port of Entry. It could have been sold by about any dealer in the LA area which even at that time was about 100 miles x 100 miles wide. It has been out of the California DMV system too long for there to be any records. We had a large outflow of people from California to Colorado back in the 1980's. |
Oh...thanks for the information. That doesn't make research any easier. Rather impossible... |
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Pits Bulli Samba Member
Joined: July 19, 2018 Posts: 11 Location: Island Rügen - Germany
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 3:04 pm Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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Abscate wrote: |
Husky might be the name of the guys who made the label, there is a graphic design firm named thst on Valmont that does stuff for me there |
Husky was a major Canadian energy company that also operated more than 1.000 gas stations across the United States. Maybe also in Boulder? The dealer on the service sticker is AEIHesl...? Which dealer will it have been?!?
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Pits Bulli Samba Member
Joined: July 19, 2018 Posts: 11 Location: Island Rügen - Germany
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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heyskull wrote: |
By the looks of things you already have a lot of history for this vehicle with all the stickers and labels.
Most vehicles loose their history now after 5 years, 46 years is a big ask.
SC |
Yes, that is absolutely correct. I'm surprised and happy to have found out so much already. All this by nice and helpful people. And it's a pleasure to keep looking... ;o)
I even wrote to "Stinking Lizaveta", they still make music today, they just look a little bit older. Maybe it was their tour bus???
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Pits Bulli Samba Member
Joined: July 19, 2018 Posts: 11 Location: Island Rügen - Germany
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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Abscate wrote: |
John rescued Cassandra and sold her to someone in AZ. That’s a good provenance right there |
Yes that's right. John was very helpful. I wrote to the last owner in Mesa Phoenix - AZ several times, but unfortunately got no answer. That's a pity, but okay. From 2009 to 2016 the car only drove 21,500 miles. |
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Pits Bulli Samba Member
Joined: July 19, 2018 Posts: 11 Location: Island Rügen - Germany
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 3:31 pm Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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Thank you very much. I wrote an email there 2 years ago...will remember again. |
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jtauxe Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2004 Posts: 5780 Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:05 pm Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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I had forgotten how rough the bus looked, sitting in my driveway. That's my light brown board-and-batten house in the photos. _________________ John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
http://vw.tauxe.net
1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD
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Wildthings Samba Member
Joined: March 13, 2005 Posts: 50352
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:15 am Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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Pits Bulli wrote: |
Abscate wrote: |
John rescued Cassandra and sold her to someone in AZ. That’s a good provenance right there |
Yes that's right. John was very helpful. I wrote to the last owner in Mesa Phoenix - AZ several times, but unfortunately got no answer. That's a pity, but okay. From 2009 to 2016 the car only drove 21,500 miles. |
That could be 121,500. I racked close to 16,000 miles in my Bay in a 2 month period once. |
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Pits Bulli Samba Member
Joined: July 19, 2018 Posts: 11 Location: Island Rügen - Germany
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:02 am Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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Wildthings wrote: |
Pits Bulli wrote: |
Abscate wrote: |
John rescued Cassandra and sold her to someone in AZ. That’s a good provenance right there |
Yes that's right. John was very helpful. I wrote to the last owner in Mesa Phoenix - AZ several times, but unfortunately got no answer. That's a pity, but okay. From 2009 to 2016 the car only drove 21,500 miles. |
That could be 121,500. I racked close to 16,000 miles in my Bay in a 2 month period once. |
Oha... i don't hope so... |
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Pits Bulli Samba Member
Joined: July 19, 2018 Posts: 11 Location: Island Rügen - Germany
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:03 am Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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jtauxe wrote: |
I had forgotten how rough the bus looked, sitting in my driveway. That's my light brown board-and-batten house in the photos. |
Someday I'll visit you in your light brown board-and-batten house and we'll toast Cassandra... |
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TeamSpatula Samba In The Rain
Joined: February 03, 2004 Posts: 5212 Location: WNC
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 2:24 pm Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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Wow, amazing how far this bus has traveled. Ironically John and I emailed about this bus back in the spring of 2009 when he was fixing it up, I would have loved to have bought it at that time but just couldn't work out the details to get it here 2000 miles away. I did provide the Search & rescue sticker for John then as well - glad to see it's still hanging in there.
(I do still have shirts & stickers, check my ads for details)
Glad to see it's still on the road and keeping the Fahrvergnugen going! Good luck finding more details,
_________________ <---Air Cooled Search & Rescue Team - STICKERS & T-shirts for sale!
I NEED A CAMPER!!!! (1971 is ideal but will consider other years)
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SGKent Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2007 Posts: 41031 Location: Citrus Heights CA (Near Sacramento)
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 5:46 pm Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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It was there when Cathy and I visited in 2009 or so. I knew I had seen it somewhere. At John's. _________________ “Most people don’t know what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.” - George Carlin |
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Amskeptic Samba Member
Joined: October 18, 2002 Posts: 8568 Location: All Across The Country
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 2:45 am Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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August 3, 2009, jtauxe wrote, "I believe Jim Reeves will be showing up next weekend to pick her up, in her current condition. Working under this plan, Cassandra will be more or less his bus at that time,"
This was six days before my 30-year association with the Road Warrior would end in Colorado.
John, my memory is sorely taxed with all the Marinogelb Westies that have graced Los Alamos. I have caught what I hope are photographs of Cassandra in the scrum ... and what do you know, I now have a Marinogelb Westy.
Colin
NaranjaWesty - bought here off theSamba @ 41,836 miles on October 26, 2015, now at 155,000 miles ...
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jtauxe Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2004 Posts: 5780 Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 8:55 am Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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Yes, Colin, those are the pix.
RIP the Road Warrior.
I recall that on the morning of her pickup, you and I took out this non-running bus and basically whipped it into running condition with fresh gas and a few trips around the block. We got it running minutes before the new owner showed up. He really lucked out, because I had sold him a non-running bus and he left with a running bus.
At the time I had two marinogelb (L20A) Westies and one marinogelb77 (L21H). The color difference was subtle but there is a difference.
_________________ John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
http://vw.tauxe.net
1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22670 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:03 am Post subject: Re: Wanted: History for 1976 Typ 2 Campmobil Bay Westfalia |
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The worst part is Cassandra can tell you the future but you can’t believe her.
“Soon all cars will be EVs”
-Cassandra _________________ .ssS! |
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