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Pau
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Joined: April 09, 2002
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Location: Euskal Herria
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and I a lot of green from a red one!
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bally
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Joined: April 29, 2006
Posts: 1182
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:39 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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That’s a fantastic Dove blue panel - that dash is to die for!
I’ll vote for a build thread too please 😊😊 |
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58slider
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Joined: July 10, 2012
Posts: 23
Location: martin,tn
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| Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:09 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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I recently picked up this 61 Kombi with factory safari windows and ambulance fans. Needs lots of love but a cool find for me. |
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cdennisg
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Joined: November 02, 2004
Posts: 20278
Location: Sandpoint, ID
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| Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:57 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Wow, nice find!
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peecee69
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Joined: January 27, 2005
Posts: 1572
Location: Annapolis, MD/Bloomfield Hills, MI
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bally
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Joined: April 29, 2006
Posts: 1182
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| 58slider wrote: |
I recently picked up this 61 Kombi with factory safari windows and ambulance fans. Needs lots of love but a cool find for me. |
That’s lovely! A great find 😎 |
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kafer60
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Joined: January 17, 2005
Posts: 363
Location: Fredericksburg, Va
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| Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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I recently picked up this 61 Kombi with factory safari windows and ambulance fans. Needs lots of love but a cool find for me. |
That’s lovely! A great find 😎 |
Since this bus has a St. Louis logo, wonder if it came from Quality Motors? |
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velvetgreen
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Joined: August 17, 2004
Posts: 2746
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:17 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Cool find on that kombi- sure has potential! Please post up the mcode tag, some interesting options on that one! |
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LAGrunthaner
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Joined: March 18, 2007
Posts: 5509
Location: 1st Coast
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 3:23 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Good for you 58slider 
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I recently picked up this 61 Kombi with factory safari windows and ambulance fans. Needs lots of love but a cool find for me. |
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mtnbus
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Joined: July 01, 2007
Posts: 733
Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 7:16 am Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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another beauty found !
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58slider
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Joined: July 10, 2012
Posts: 23
Location: martin,tn
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 2:10 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Here Is the M code plate |
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d-rick
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Joined: May 14, 2006
Posts: 889
Location: Columbia,MO
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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That kombi is pretty sweet,I got to see it a couple weeks before the auction(they wouldn't sell it before the auction ..unfortunately for me)Figured there would be some local vw guys there but not some from TN..I had everything with me to dig it out and load into my trailer....I just didn't have enough $$$$ with me that day. Hope to see you get it back on the road one day .Get all that junk cleaned out and the drivers door re-attached and you'll be good to go😃 also I believe company is still in business there in STL
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58slider
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Joined: July 10, 2012
Posts: 23
Location: martin,tn
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 3:58 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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The woman having the auction sent me two pictures of the bus and I decided to make the four hour trip up there to check it out on the day of the sale. It wasn’t the easiest to get loaded but that’s half the fun for me.
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Lind
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Joined: November 06, 2000
Posts: 9915
Location: idaho
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Here Is the M code plate |
A tourist delivery Kombi is super rare. I can't recall ever seeing another.
Tourist delivery buses frequently have options, and they got a couple great ones for this bus. The fade is super sweet too.
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AS350driver
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Joined: April 17, 2016
Posts: 1340
Location: Tucson
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 6:35 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| How’re the floors and undercarriage on it ? |
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d-rick
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Posts: 889
Location: Columbia,MO
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 7:08 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Yeah tourist delivery, kombi,ambulance fans, safaris,dove blue,logos...pretty rad bus
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58slider
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Joined: July 10, 2012
Posts: 23
Location: martin,tn
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Floors and jackpoints need some attention but nothing to overwhelming. Drivers door is not on the bus but came with it.
Follow me on Instagram @partschasers for updates and such |
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tjewett
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Joined: November 28, 2008
Posts: 73
Location: Rome, PA
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Awesome Kombi! Here's a few I brought home in the past couple weeks. The deluxe appears to have original paint above the belt line and the bumpers were color matched then painted over in white.
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Lind
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Joined: November 06, 2000
Posts: 9915
Location: idaho
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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Awesome Kombi! Here's a few I brought home in the past couple weeks. The deluxe appears to have original paint above the belt line and the bumpers were color matched then painted over in white.
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Is it dove blue? I have seen a few dove blue deluxes. It is funny that so many special paint single tone buses get two toned. I guess that makes up for all the two tone buses that get repainted single tone.
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tjewett
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Location: Rome, PA
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: Today in Bus hunting history... |
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| Lind wrote: |
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Awesome Kombi! Here's a few I brought home in the past couple weeks. The deluxe appears to have original paint above the belt line and the bumpers were color matched then painted over in white.
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Is it dove blue? I have seen a few dove blue deluxes. It is funny that so many special paint single tone buses get two toned. I guess that makes up for all the two tone buses that get repainted single tone. |
It appears to possibly have been 2 tone originally but the lower section was repainted a different shade. Top, inside and bumpers look more like a Robin's egg color, nothing like Dove Blue. |
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