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srfndoc Samba Member
Joined: August 21, 2010 Posts: 3270 Location: SoCal
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 9:06 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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The time spent and memories made with your son are priceless. The bus is the cherry on top. Congrats! _________________ RPM=(MPH*336* (R&P*4th*1.26))/Tire Diameter in inches |
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Brandini Samba Member
Joined: July 02, 2008 Posts: 83 Location: Wilmington
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:01 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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wow incredible score. Glad you didn't give up on it! |
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Who.Me? Samba Member
Joined: July 14, 2014 Posts: 2190 Location: UK (South)
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:12 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Very cool.
Love how you put a set of hubcaps on it to haul it out too. _________________ Andy
Looking for info on my truck's history. Are you from Campbell California or nearby. Do you recognise it? ... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=636786 |
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Touch Nicks Thing Samba Member
Joined: May 21, 2003 Posts: 2028 Location: Alexandria, VA
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Mega mega score!! Congrats!! |
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3foldfolly Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2009 Posts: 894 Location: Edwardsville, Il
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Wow! What a fantastic find and a great memory for your son. Persistence furthers! |
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staceyz Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2002 Posts: 490 Location: Vancouver, BC
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:18 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Very Cool..!! and here is a shameless plug... if you need another 15" - 2/55 bus rim, I have a perfect one, I'm in Vancouver, BC _________________ Wanted: Old Martin or Gibson Guitars |
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obus Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2001 Posts: 11040 Location: just off Garden State Parkway Exit 81
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ryans65 Samba Member
Joined: February 16, 2016 Posts: 1254 Location: Yulee FL
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 6:29 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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wolfsburg 23w what a score!! |
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Davydomes Samba Member
Joined: August 28, 2013 Posts: 110 Location: North West England (Savoury Pie Country)
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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:48 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Well done! Great find! _________________ I only went to look at it!
"Mum, Dad ………. I'm Bay"
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. Jean-Jaques Rousseau |
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Clara Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2003 Posts: 12383
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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:57 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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That is way out there up north!
I know some guys who drove through Smithers on the way back from Hyder, AK in 2016.
I think this pic was taken from Canada.
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danfromsyr Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 15129 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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great find and extraction
this pic is solid gold.. have it printed, put in a box and give to his kids when he's your age..
and hopefully he'd still have the bus.. $$ comes and goes. old VWs never come back.. No Regerts
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mpribanic Samba Member
Joined: October 25, 2004 Posts: 3177 Location: Neptune Beach, Florida
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:46 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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AS350driver wrote: |
Is it “another mango saved” or should we call them “Maine-go’s” ? |
I thought it was the Mango Gango? Is that thread even around still?
Epic rescue! Thank you for sharing it! _________________ Call your Cunado's:
https://vimeo.com/67661950 |
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bally Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2006 Posts: 1182 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:50 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Great find, great rescue, great story! I hope you start a build thread as I'd live to follow this one! Dave |
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oakman Samba Member
Joined: February 05, 2014 Posts: 1706 Location: Edge of the Desert, Ca
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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:11 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Congratulations on an epic find!! That picture is awesome! ^^^^ _________________ Brandon |
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Skim Rants Master
Joined: April 15, 2001 Posts: 17081 Location: GFK 31 Year Vet
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 4:45 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Damn! That’s gotta be one of the best scores in a minute. Congrats! _________________ GFK
Samba since before the towers collapsed. Still here.
1953 Kabriolet
1954 Sunroof
1959 Lowlight Ghia vert
1960 Lt Grey Double Cab SMZ LEGIT
1963 Deluxe Turkis Walk Thru 15 Window OG Paint |
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BarryL Samba Member
Joined: November 01, 2004 Posts: 14216 Location: Casa de Oro, California
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Why is it not more rusty? |
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cdennisg Samba Member
Joined: November 02, 2004 Posts: 20230 Location: Sandpoint, ID
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:09 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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BarryL wrote: |
Why is it not more rusty? |
Because central BC is a desert. Don't tell anyone. _________________ nothing |
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mpribanic Samba Member
Joined: October 25, 2004 Posts: 3177 Location: Neptune Beach, Florida
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:17 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Touch Nicks Thing wrote: |
Mega mega score!! Congrats!! |
X2! _________________ Call your Cunado's:
https://vimeo.com/67661950 |
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Lou Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 93
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Curious, what did you pay for the bus?
cotegary wrote: |
My son Christian and I have been rescuing VW’s for about 4 years. We have allot of project cars including a ‘55 Chevy, ‘51 Chevy 5-window truck, a few Beetles (‘57 Oval, ‘60 numbers matching, ‘60 ragtop, ‘62 ragtop) some buses (‘58 PGSG, ‘60 Mango, ‘64 Sundial, ‘66 panel, ‘66 13-window DeLuxe, ‘67 Doublecab, ‘70 panel, ‘72 tintop Westy) a dunebuggy and even a ‘70 Karmann Ghia.
My son put an ISO on FB Marketplace and surprisingly he got some leads. We got a ‘60 ragtop Beetle and a ‘66 split panel as well as a possible lead on a “bus with allota windows”. The fellow got in touch with my son and said his cousin had a bus with “All them windows”. So I called the number he’d given for his cousin and left a message. Fast forward 18 months to when I finally got a call back. When the fella started talking to me I had no idea who he was. After I clued in we talked for awhile. He said he thought the bus was a ‘60 and it did have a bunch of windows. So that’s how it went, back and forth for 2 years. Nothing but vague promises, smoke and mirrors. Every couple of months I would call him, and he would promise photos. I almost deleted his contact info I was so frustrated. I said to my son “This guy is a flake, I don’t even care any more!” He replied “Well, I thought it would be fun to go one on, last, epic road trip with you...” How do you say no to your 17 year-old son when he says that?!?
We never got anything, until early September. The owner sent two photos, and immediately I realized it wasn’t a ‘60. I forwarded the photos to my son, who promptly lost his mind. It was a Wednesday, needless to say I told him we were going to make the 18 hour trip on Friday. When we got out to the property (in the middle of no where, 30 minutes from the nearest town of Smithers, BC) it was dusk. The owner had to go out so we went for a walk in the woods to find the bus. It was buried, way back which is probably why it wasn’t already gone. Lots of hasty checking to see if we could identify what year it was. The first clue was the 6-legged middle seat, which lead us to check for the tube transaxle carrier. The 21- serial number confirmed it was a Wolfsburg bus. Unbelievably even though we were in the middle of no where we had cell service. I texted a few pictures to my buddy Keith, the bus guru. One of the pictures was of a weird spring-loaded step on the bus (which he explained was an “ambulance step”). We headed back to town to our hotel, with plans to meet early the next day. I don’t think I slept more than 20 minutes that night.
Bright and early we headed back to the bus to start the extraction. We met Wayne, the owner. He was a grizzled old dude. He said he bought the bus at an auction for the transaxle. He wanted it to make a dunebuggy, a project he never got to, luckily. After we negotiated the price (he knew he had something valuable... it wasn’t $500) we headed back with all our extraction tools. Christian and I have rescued quite a few Beetles and busses over the years. Our motto is “Take everything, all of the time”. It’s served us well. We used our trusty drum puller, but only had to free 3 wheels. It seems almost every drum on every car is locked up. Our drum puller has paid for itself many times over. While we were working we noticed one of the wheels didn’t match. We had 3-2/55 Lemmerz crows foot wheels and one, white 3/55 wheel. Wayne, the owner said “Yeah, I think I saw that wheel awhile ago” and took off. He was gone a good 30 minutes, before he came back... with the wheel AND the original crank lever. He had it on his scrap metal pile, on his trailer. My son, Christian, was doing some “Carcheology” and found the missing bubble taillight under the front seat, in the toolbox.
Wayne hooked onto the bus with his tractor and pulled it out of the bush. It was honestly the easiest extraction we’ve ever done, it felt like cheating. We’ve had to cut down half a forest to rescue buses or work in the snow in freezing temperatures installing transaxles. We were loaded and ready to go by 2:00 pm. I had booked another night at the hotel just to be safe. Wayne showed us around the rest of his place. He had old Chevelles, early Chev trucks, early buses... like real buses, and even an old ‘60s Mercedes.
Rather than leave the bus in the hotel parking lot we left it at the ranch with plans to pick it up in the morning. We left Smithers at 5 am, drove the 30 minutes to the ranch, hooked up the trailer, then went back the way we came. 18 hours doorstep to doorstep. Christian and I always celebrate a successful rescue the same way, a meal of A&W Grandpa burgers with bacon and cheese, onion rings and frosty cold root beer.
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Braukuche Samba Member
Joined: September 03, 2004 Posts: 10965
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:54 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Been ages since I’ve found a bus. Been looking for Ghias lately and found this ‘58 walkthrough panel off the road since the early 90s. Has dealer plate frame from Everett, WA. Split case trans, crank apron, rebuilt 1600, logos from a nursery under the respray, squirters with pull switch but no reservoir, all lights, has bumpers but at a different location, usually rocker rust, but solid frame. We passed on buying it cause it’s all about the Ghias now, but a good friend wanted it so we hauled it down for him.
_________________ Go Reds! Smash state!
Retirement is here!
1956 Ghia
1959 SO-23 Westfalia
1960 double cab
1960 Baja Bug
1963 stretched double cab
1962 Golde sunroof Ghia
1963 356 B coupe
1963 Notchback
1967 21 window less rusty now
1973 Ghia convertible |
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