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Jacks
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Location: San Clemente, Ca.
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WOW Cd, amazing find. How did you do that 
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cdennisg
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Joined: November 02, 2004
Posts: 20271
Location: Sandpoint, ID
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:53 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Jacks wrote: |
WOW Cd, amazing find. How did you do that
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The find? I just happened to see the legs sticking out of a brush pile next to a 1967 Datsun pickup.
The cleanup? Gloves, garbage bags, beer, and a garden hose. Oh, and some simple green.
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Long-roofs
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Joined: March 20, 2002
Posts: 2295
Location: Millwood, Wa
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 10:38 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| cdennisg wrote: |
| Jacks wrote: |
WOW Cd, amazing find. How did you do that
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The find? I just happened to see the legs sticking out of a brush pile next to a 1967 Datsun pickup.
The cleanup? Gloves, garbage bags, beer, and a garden hose. Oh, and some simple green. |
New book idea, "How to Polish a turd"
Looks like chapter one... 
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EmpiGT
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Joined: January 27, 2005
Posts: 2597
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 10:45 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Long-roofs wrote: |
| cdennisg wrote: |
| Jacks wrote: |
WOW Cd, amazing find. How did you do that
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The find? I just happened to see the legs sticking out of a brush pile next to a 1967 Datsun pickup.
The cleanup? Gloves, garbage bags, beer, and a garden hose. Oh, and some simple green. |
New book idea, "How to Polish a turd"
Looks like chapter one... |
Is it fixable or too rusty? |
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cdennisg
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Joined: November 02, 2004
Posts: 20271
Location: Sandpoint, ID
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 10:49 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| EmpiGT wrote: |
| Long-roofs wrote: |
| cdennisg wrote: |
| Jacks wrote: |
WOW Cd, amazing find. How did you do that
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The find? I just happened to see the legs sticking out of a brush pile next to a 1967 Datsun pickup.
The cleanup? Gloves, garbage bags, beer, and a garden hose. Oh, and some simple green. |
New book idea, "How to Polish a turd"
Looks like chapter one... |
Is it fixable or too rusty? |
The bottom frame is in excellent shape, as it was sitting upside down. It could be used for a donor with a bad bottom frame, or it could be rebuilt with good upper parts from something else.
I will not be doing either. That is a turd polishing project for someone with an interest in making it happen.
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EmpiGT
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:13 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| PM sent.. I wouldn't mind starting a build thread on it. Lol |
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BarryL 
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Joined: November 01, 2004
Posts: 14258
Location: Casa de Oro, California
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:36 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| ...Seemed odd it was a May '60 Bus... |
I thought your bus was June 8th, 1960? |
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Pez
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Joined: September 16, 2003
Posts: 583
Location: Texarkana
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:56 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| BarryL wrote: |
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| ...Seemed odd it was a May '60 Bus... |
I thought your bus was June 8th, 1960? |
We will go with that 👍 Honestly not sure if I was going over the vins correctly.
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Skim
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Location: GFK 31 Year Vet
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:05 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Well I couldn't stop thinking about those buses... I ended up contacting her last year and buying the 4 buses and now I've just about got the last one out. 13 of the 16 drums had to be pulled to gut the brakes. They had to be rolling to get out as there was no way a trailer would ever make it down the driveway!
Anyway the bus is home and it turns out to be a 1964 tourist deliver so-22! It's so rusty and I have absolutely zero of the original westy stuff! What to do... |
Crazy thing. A few years ago I pulled these two 21’s out of that lady’s yard. The parcel tray from your standard is now in my Turkis 15.
It was way down there close to the banks of the Mississippi River. I always hoped someone would come along and rescue that thing.
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GFK
Samba since before the towers collapsed. Still here.
1953 Kabriolet
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1959 Lowlight Ghia vert
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Shoyrtt
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Joined: August 21, 2010
Posts: 1009
Location: Redlands, CA
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:47 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Working on this one. 🤞🏻
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cdennisg
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Posts: 20271
Location: Sandpoint, ID
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:55 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Do you know the rule? Don't post pics until it is in your garage!
Hope it doesn't get scooped!
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LJay
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Location: Arbroath,Scotland
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:29 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Uh-oh! Someone else might’ve been working on that one too....maybe he’s hit hitching up the trailer as we speak. 
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Skim
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Joined: April 15, 2001
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Location: GFK 31 Year Vet
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 10:49 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Do you know the rule? Don't post pics until it is in your garage!
Hope it doesn't get scooped! |
Right. It’s happened to the best of em.
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earlybayjim
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Joined: July 12, 2013
Posts: 249
Location: East Dubuque, IL
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:59 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| thefalconer_88 wrote: |
Well I couldn't stop thinking about those buses... I ended up contacting her last year and buying the 4 buses and now I've just about got the last one out. 13 of the 16 drums had to be pulled to gut the brakes. They had to be rolling to get out as there was no way a trailer would ever make it down the driveway!
Anyway the bus is home and it turns out to be a 1964 tourist deliver so-22! It's so rusty and I have absolutely zero of the original westy stuff! What to do... |
Crazy thing. A few years ago I pulled these two 21’s out of that lady’s yard. The parcel tray from your standard is now in my Turkis 15.
It was way down there close to the banks of the Mississippi River. I always hoped someone would come along and rescue that thing.
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I was trying to get a hold of you! They were all wondering what happened to the 21 windows... do you remember seeing any interior pieces in the 11 window when you were looking at it? Any rotten wood? Just curious what it all had left when it found its resting place...
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58euro
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| Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:05 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Pulled this 11/56 built 1957 dove blue Kombi yesterday. Pretty solid bus but lots of bondo, been sitting since 1982.
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cru62
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Location: Margaritaville.....24/7
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| Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:43 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Does it have any camping equipment installed? That lower color looks just like the lower color on the FCG '59 I saved-
Is it kinda buttercream-ish?
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58euro
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| Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 2:16 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Does it have any camping equipment installed? That lower color looks just like the lower color on the FCG '59 I saved-
Is it kinda buttercream-ish? |
It is sort of buttercream-ish, however it has a blue repaint under that from what I can tell. It had some sort of homemade camper kit installed at some point but I doubt that it was ever an actual camper setup. I haven’t started messing with it yet though so I’m sure I’ll learn more once I start cleaning it up. |
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BarryL
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Location: Casa de Oro, California
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| Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:27 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| ...Also, the PO seems to have has a penchant for removing boxes from trucks, it appears he had pulled every box off every truck on the property. I think the farm rule must have been "all truck boxes must be a minimum of 30 feet away from their trucks" or something to that effect. I guess he had to stick to his rule for this one too? |
A lot of trailers have been made from the rear of a truck along with the axle. Add-a-tongue and voila'...trailer. My dad built his from a Ford Model A. |
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cdennisg
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Location: Sandpoint, ID
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| Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 6:33 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| BarryL wrote: |
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| ...Also, the PO seems to have has a penchant for removing boxes from trucks, it appears he had pulled every box off every truck on the property. I think the farm rule must have been "all truck boxes must be a minimum of 30 feet away from their trucks" or something to that effect. I guess he had to stick to his rule for this one too? |
A lot of trailers have been made from the rear of a truck along with the axle. Add-a-tongue and voila'...trailer. My dad built his from a Ford Model A. |
Yes, but you gotta cut the frame in half for that to work.
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58euro
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 10:14 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Crazy how different it looks just after a week so far. Figured I’d update this thread with the as found pic and after stripping the paint. It’s completely logoed all the way around with logos for a “Village Floral” shop.
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