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mtnbus
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Joined: July 01, 2007
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Location: Colorado
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| great find ! nice work |
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LAGrunthaner 
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Joined: March 18, 2007
Posts: 5598
Location: 1st Coast
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 5:17 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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cjonesak, you are a good friend. Save them all or save the parts. 
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Dug it out of Trapper Creek Alaska. Property owner thought it had been there since the 70's. Saved it so a friend could have the cab section. |
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On the trailer headed home. |
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| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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cjonesak
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Joined: July 21, 2011
Posts: 43
Location: Anchorage
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2025 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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On the trailer headed home.
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84 Vanagon Westy w/Subie 2.5
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cjonesak
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Joined: July 21, 2011
Posts: 43
Location: Anchorage
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2025 7:44 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Dug it out of Trapper Creek Alaska. Property owner thought it had been there since the 70's. Saved it so a friend could have the cab section.
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84 Vanagon Westy w/Subie 2.5
60 Single Cab
60 Panel
64 Single Cab
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mtnbus
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Joined: July 01, 2007
Posts: 795
Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2025 8:17 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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what a great find ! wow
looks amazing |
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65Bugsmasher
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Joined: August 12, 2012
Posts: 191
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2025 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Found this one tucked away since 1989. Had 3-4 layers of paint on it with some awesome logos underneath. If anyone has a pearl white church key decklid or apron let me know!
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ryans65
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Joined: February 16, 2016
Posts: 1345
Location: Yulee FL
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2025 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| I'm praying page 1000 is a big one but I feel realistically nowadays it's gonna be a roached out standard lol |
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Bendango
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Joined: September 04, 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2025 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Anyone else been wondering what the find on page 1000 will be?
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| Where did you find the elephant dick? |
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BonTonRoulet
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Joined: September 29, 2020
Posts: 472
Location: Mississippi
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 8:21 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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OG Velvet Green ...it can be saved!
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velvetgreen
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Joined: August 17, 2004
Posts: 2893
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 11:35 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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^^
Congrats on the new bus. Hope you can find some dry storage until you can get to it. If it has fiberglass in there I would punting it all as it very adept at holding moisture and ultimate causing rust.
Read up on hanta virus before1
A thread to follow for some inspiration
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=800764&highlight=1957 |
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BarryL
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Joined: November 01, 2004
Posts: 15244
Location: Casa de Oro, California
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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I have my first bus. It was sitting in a field since 1979. It originally was a Nevada car, but it was used in Rochester NY year around for 5 years. Apparently never covered. I will keep it from getting worse, but I currently am putting all my energy and money in making my 63 beetle better. Still this crusty bus will in some way be an adventure, it will look cool in my yard. I don't plan on cutting it up. And it has some serious rust in door pillars, but that drivers side panel has no dents. The roof was perfect, but all along the gutter its seriously rust through. The motor will be checked out it was taken out and left inside covered.. so its rodent city in the tin. Hopefully the case and important stuff didn't get corroded badly. Not expecting much, but it turns. Supposedly was freshly rebuilt before retirement.. but then why retired?
If interested I will post more photos, especially when it's rolling and that red paint is off the original paint.
It's going make me wish for a road worthy van even more now.
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Maybe it went to Woodstock. |
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liflx_s75
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Joined: August 09, 2022
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Location: Naples, New York
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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I have my first bus. It was sitting in a field since 1979. It originally was a Nevada car, but it was used in Rochester NY year around for 5 years. Apparently never covered. I will keep it from getting worse, but I currently am putting all my energy and money in making my 63 beetle better. Still this crusty bus will in some way be an adventure, it will look cool in my yard. I don't plan on cutting it up. And it has some serious rust in door pillars, but that drivers side panel has no dents. The roof was perfect, but all along the gutter its seriously rust through. The motor will be checked out it was taken out and left inside covered.. so its rodent city in the tin. Hopefully the case and important stuff didn't get corroded badly. Not expecting much, but it turns. Supposedly was freshly rebuilt before retirement.. but then why retired?
If interested I will post more photos, especially when it's rolling and that red paint is off the original paint.
It's going make me wish for a road worthy van even more now.
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mtnbus
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| total awesomeness ! |
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icekoffee
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Joined: March 14, 2005
Posts: 1244
Location: DeSoto, Missouri
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 6:11 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| The interior paint of your bus looks amazingly good! Nice score. |
I had to see how easily I could get to that dove blue on the outside. Takes some scrubbing but not bad
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1956 Dove Blue Kombi
1956 Oval Rag
1958 Patina Beetle EJ25
1959 23 Window
1961 Rag Beetle
1961 Kombi
1963 Doubleturd
1963 Standard Bus
1964 Lifted Mouse Grey Standard
1965 Standard Walkthru
1967 21 Window
1968 Double Bubble
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BarryL
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Joined: November 01, 2004
Posts: 15244
Location: Casa de Oro, California
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 6:34 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| A definite time-capsule. Way to score. |
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ddutch
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Joined: June 17, 2020
Posts: 213
Location: Nederland
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 4:09 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| The interior paint of your bus looks amazingly good! Nice score. |
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icekoffee
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Location: DeSoto, Missouri
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 11:19 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Friday after work I took this empty trailer up to Wisconsin. Saturday I loaded this February 1956 Dove Blue (under respray) Kombi and brought it home. Guess I have a home for those BBT pressed bumpers I bought last month. The bus was last licensed 50 years ago in 1975 and stored since.
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1953 Zwitter
1956 Dove Blue Kombi
1956 Oval Rag
1958 Patina Beetle EJ25
1959 23 Window
1961 Rag Beetle
1961 Kombi
1963 Doubleturd
1963 Standard Bus
1964 Lifted Mouse Grey Standard
1965 Standard Walkthru
1967 21 Window
1968 Double Bubble
1970 Beetle
1973 Beetle
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Malokin Martin
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Joined: August 19, 2007
Posts: 3281
Location: E-burg
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 2:01 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Its getting a new nose and front floor, the rest is pretty rust free
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Leave the nose. Take the cannoli. |
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mandraks
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Joined: November 28, 2004
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Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2025 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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i used to have a 64 slider. the sliding door came off the rail at the bottom very easy. I got good at catching it before it hit the ground and putting it back up. Definitely seems to work better on the bays. sold it quickly for one with regular doors. so much quieter. and you can mount stuff to the doors.
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mtnbus
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2025 7:55 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Wow! Lots of great finds here in the last few pages |
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