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Duncan M
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Location: Concord, N.C.
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 Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 3:53 pm Post subject: my new 1957 Standard |
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i finally got a bus. it is a 1957 palm green/sand green kombi. it use to be a logo, but they got took the logos off. i got the bus as a birthday present on may 2. i plan to restore it with my dad. i do not know what else to say, so here are the pictures
<< (thats me in the yellow Bulli Brigade shirt)
i will post more pictures later |
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mactraveler
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Congratulations Duncan! There are a few people on here that are from NC. If you can, check out the Charlotte Transporter Show coming up next weekend May 16. A lot of cool buses and cool people. Buy a real nice sandblaster!
Later
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=330023
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Duncan M
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Location: Concord, N.C.
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| yah, well my dad, bryan mitchell, helps run the show |
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hazetguy
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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cool Duncan, nice to see your new bus. i hear there's a good body shop right down the street from your house. 
i bet you have yours on the road before keysar has his on the road.
and tell your hippie dad to get a haircut! |
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mactraveler
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Duncan M wrote: |
| yah, well my dad, bryan mitchell, helps run the show |
Oh ok thats cool. I saw you joined yesterday so I wasn't sure if you were new or not.
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spookymulder
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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| it's a standard not a kombi |
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bill may
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scvw
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Good deal Duncan. That bus looks strangely familiar
I know the bus is in good hands and that you MIGHT have some people around that can help you with it. Heck I might even have some parts that would fit it. We will talk in Charlotte next weekend.
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VWsArent4Hippies
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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Luckiest kid I know!
I predict it will be on the road before his dad's single cab  
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BeaterBarndoor
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 5:54 am Post subject: |
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Luckiest kid I know!
I predict it will be on the road before his dad's single cab |
hopefully the apple falls far from the tree...
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sled
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 8:19 am Post subject: |
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wow, best of luck to you in restoring that bus.
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thewalkingdude
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 12:18 pm Post subject: my new 1957 kombi |
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Duncan,
Good luck with that "oldie but goodie". Looks better that a lot of others we see. |
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AlteWagen
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| spookymulder wrote: |
| it's a standard not a kombi |
I thought standards did not have interior panels, it looks like there are og isolator tar strips on the bulk head. |
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arthurnugen
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Wow, that thing is seriously crusty. . .
Cool. 
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sled
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all standards had full interior, while kombi's only had hardboard paneling in the cab, unless it was special ordered (m-coded) for rear panels...which was very rare.
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AlteWagen
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks, I had it backwards in my mind. I thought kombis were the next level up from standards. |
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BryanM
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 5:34 am Post subject: |
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| Duncan M wrote: |
| i finally got a bus. it is a 1957 palm green/sand green kombi. |
Standard Son, its a Standard.
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Luckiest kid I know!
I predict it will be on the road before his dad's single cab |
hopefully the apple falls far from the tree... |
Hush. Both of you.
Duncan got his new bus for his 13th Birthday with help from Joey (scvw) and Mark Rafferty. thanks guys.
He has 3 years to get it running before he gets his license. In that time he can learn how to wrench and learn how to weld.
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Andrew
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Congrats, Duncan. Going to have it at CTS this weekend? 
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Dave24
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| BryanM wrote: |
| Duncan M wrote: |
| i finally got a bus. it is a 1957 palm green/sand green kombi. |
Standard Son, its a Standard.
| BeaterBarndoor wrote: |
| VWsArent4Hippies wrote: |
Luckiest kid I know!
I predict it will be on the road before his dad's single cab |
hopefully the apple falls far from the tree... |
Hush. Both of you.
Duncan got his new bus for his 13th Birthday with help from Joey (scvw) and Mark Rafferty. thanks guys.
He has 3 years to get it running before he gets his license. In that time he can learn how to wrench and learn how to weld. |
Thats how it should be. Nice decision dad.  |
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