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bitchin
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 Posted: Wed May 14, 2025 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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| mdege wrote: |
Found this poor firetruck in a village in Germany, last weekend:
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EverettB 
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BarryL
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2025 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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My friend in Arlington, Virginia saw this at Katie's Cars 'n Coffee.
Anyone on here? |
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EverettB
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von_hansel
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2025 6:17 am Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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That is John Slough's bus. He has been showing up to a lot of the local shows in this bus lately. He lives in Redlands.
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January 4th, 2025, on the I-10 eastbound in my hometown of Redlands CA. Good looking custom!
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Danny Gonzales owns this bus. It is a Pacifico logo bus (thread on the Pacifico buses) Danny is a brewer at Campsite Brewing Company in Covina. We camp a lot together. Think he doesn't provide us with his latest batch of beer?!?!
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I caught a quick glimpse of this one while driving around Anaheim CA in my 69 bay:
Being in Southern California, this one is probably a known quantity among the VW aficionados. |
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mdege
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pondoras box
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2025 4:33 pm Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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Not sure if this counts but Gabriel Iglesias donated one of his buses to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, NY. We went to go see it today and Fluffy was there. We had a chance to meet him one on one, he was a very personable individual.
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1965 11 Window (Zelda). https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=563183
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StanDahl
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| Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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I caught a quick glimpse of this one while driving around Anaheim CA in my 69 bay:
Being in Southern California, this one is probably a known quantity among the VW aficionados.
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BarryL
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| Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2025 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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| That thing is clean. |
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dumptuck
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| Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2025 4:05 am Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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Nice dormie at the grocery store
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70bus
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| Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 7:21 pm Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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Not a recent sighting, but I just found these pics. From a 90s cross-country road trip (not in a bus, but at least a New Beetle), likely on 90 in Indiana. Small chance it's 55 in Illinois, but I drove back from Michigan the next day to buy a bay middle seat and I don't think it took too long to get there. Anyways, hopefully someone recognizes their green split!
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Shoyrtt
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| Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2025 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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January 4th, 2025, on the I-10 eastbound in my hometown of Redlands CA. Good looking custom!
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tasb
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| Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2024 4:59 am Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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I recognize that brick wall! looks like a Vintage Transporter Owners (VTO!) sticker in the back window
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Shoyrtt
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| Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2024 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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My 24 year old daughter sent me these pictures from today on the 215 freeway near Grand Terrace California. This is maybe 2 miles north of Car Craft in Riverside.
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Clara
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| Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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High hinge, innie air vents, flared rear wheel arches, flat deck lid with push button latch, cargo door handle with no indent, all solid windows in the back. Looks Brazilian.
Guessing it’s some Brazilian safaris?
The sliders look odd.
Do they have scraper seals on the outer edges of the frames? Maybe they seal better.
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Just another shiny 23 window... like any day in Huntington Beach!
St. Patrick's Day, 2024. Outside of "Islands" restaurant at the Bella Terra mall, Huntington Beach, CA
Not sure if I've seen this type of Safaris before.
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Chuey
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| Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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Above, DadaCheese posted pics of a bus with unusual Safari windows. They are intriguing. Anybody know something about them?
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Shonandb
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| Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:46 am Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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Visiting family in Fujisawa Japan and came across a bunch of Splitties.
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BarryL
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| Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2024 6:21 pm Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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| My guess was based on innie vents, outie wheel lip, icepick, and corner windows with narrow hatch on fried egg. |
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Split 66'
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| Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2024 9:57 pm Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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A friend saw this last week in Southern California. Brazil, right?
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Guessing Brazil on that one. The luggage bars are in the middle of the rear windows, why would someone go to all that trouble to do it incorrectly?
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EverettB
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| Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2024 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: Bus sightings / Spotter's thread |
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It's easier to tell from the other side because you can see if it's high hinge and/or has a flat cargo door but I would say Yes.
The skylights look weird to me, like they were added.
I'm guessing they installed those jailbars too as they go through the middle of the window. Originals are down lower.
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