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brokevwguy
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Looks like it will be going to South Carolina to be brought back to life. It was a hard decision to make to let it go. I know if I was to keep it though it would just end up in the barn for I don't know how many years before I could afford to have it restored. I hope he ends up doing a build thread on here so that I can watch its progress. I'm thinking now that it might actually be a July 1956 bus.
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crukab
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:08 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Cool ! 
That seems to be the case w/ the Buses that are found in the RUST ZONE. They can be a cool/rare Bus or a plain Jane Kombi/Panel, and still need a Boat load of Cash to gt it back on the road, which not all Bus hunters have.
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LAGrunthaner
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:54 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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brokevwguy, I hope you mentioned the forums so the new owner can think about posting his new build.
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| Looks like it will be going to South Carolina to be brought back to life. It was a hard decision to make to let it go. I know if I was to keep it though it would just end up in the barn for I don't know how many years before I could afford to have it restored. I hope he ends up doing a build thread on here so that I can watch its progress. I'm thinking now that it might actually be a July 1956 bus. |
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EverettB 
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 4:50 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| crukab wrote: |
Cool !
That seems to be the case w/ the Buses that are found in the RUST ZONE. They can be a cool/rare Bus or a plain Jane Kombi/Panel, and still need a Boat load of Cash to gt it back on the road, which not all Bus hunters have. |
Reminds me of this 1955 Logo Sunroof Kombi in NY from a looooong time ago
Insane rust but damn, I would shit bricks if I found a clean Bus like that now.
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Stoney Hawk
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:02 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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I hunted most of a bus. Original paint doors & parts found in a barn.
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bally
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 2:08 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Nice barn finds 😊 |
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easy e
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Skim
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Mango saved from the scrap yard today. Super solid bus.
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bally
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Great save! Gotta love a Mango! Any idea how long it had been there? |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:04 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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bubba
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 10:54 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Skim wrote: |
Mango saved from the scrap yard today. Super solid bus.
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Awesome work Skim!! 
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62DoKaGuy
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:58 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Skim wrote: |
Mango saved from the scrap yard today. Super solid bus.
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Unreal. It's 2018 - I thought people stopped doing that...to VW buses at least. Badass save!
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| ...I went at it from both ends but going from the rear didn't seem to do anything, although I did spray some rust breaker in there... |
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western auto
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:39 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| bally wrote: |
| Great save! Gotta love a Mango! Any idea how long it had been there? |
doesn't appear to have been moved before that loader picked it up , id bet it was sitting somewhere in that yard a very long time.... |
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easy e
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:44 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Skim wrote: |
| Mango saved from the scrap yard today. |
Jeez... who would dump that for scrap price?... which is about $120 in DFW area.
Nice save!
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bally
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:44 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| western auto wrote: |
| bally wrote: |
| Great save! Gotta love a Mango! Any idea how long it had been there? |
doesn't appear to have been moved before that loader picked it up , id bet it was sitting somewhere in that yard a very long time.... |
That's what I thought I'm just surprised that such a solid straight looking bus has sat there for a longtime and if it's only just arrived, surprised that it would end up there. The tyres certainly don't look like they've rolled recently 😊 |
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Skim
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 10:57 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| bally wrote: |
| western auto wrote: |
| bally wrote: |
| Great save! Gotta love a Mango! Any idea how long it had been there? |
doesn't appear to have been moved before that loader picked it up , id bet it was sitting somewhere in that yard a very long time.... |
That's what I thought I'm just surprised that such a solid straight looking bus has sat there for a longtime and if it's only just arrived, surprised that it would end up there. The tyres certainly don't look like they've rolled recently 😊 |
They said since the 80’s but there were a couple busses. The second one is a 63 kombi with the top of the roof cut off. They had moved them to an area that was not very accessible so they missed a bullet all those years.
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Skim
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:09 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Couple more pics
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Skim
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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The other was a 63. Roof cut off. Looks to have had a fiberglass top. The floor mat was still good. There was a W deck lid and a 55 beetle bubble taillight too.
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bally
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:53 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Thanks Skim; what a sensational find! Dave |
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