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BarryL 
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 Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:28 pm Post subject: Beetle Bus decal |
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People have commented on how their busses were called Beetles forever. Here's a decal from the mid 60's a friend gave me today from Virginia. I've never really been a fan of this type artwork but it's got it's place. I doubt it is Roth but everyone did stuff like this back then. It's like excitement on adrenalin. I guess the guy inside is a beetle so it's not like a misname but I still don't get the fixation with "Beetle Bus!".
Whatever.
Everybody and their brother used to cut out the wheelwells and put huge ass 12 ply airplane tires on the rear. Most were small nut to boot. |
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derv
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Yep - the old cronies have always called my busses beetlebus.
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my buddy always calls my Bus a Bug ,as well as many family members too. 
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Slowlow
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haha, EVERYONE in this part of TN calls my bus a "bug".
" Izzat yer little bug?"
" Zat yer bug van out there?"
etc.... 
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draginwagen
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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haha, EVERYONE in this part of TN calls my bus a "bug".
" Izzat yer little bug?"
" Zat yer bug van out there?"
etc.... |
Thats right about this part of TN. I have had about 10 people come over and check out the bus and everyone has called it a bug or a beetle van. Actually manny is the only person that actually called it a bus.
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splitboy
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:37 am Post subject: Beetle Bus decal |
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"hippy-van" and the stupid peace signs is what i really hate.
i usually just smile and ask if they know where any of those worthless "hippy-buses" are
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Slowlow
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This woman dropped off a 74 super at our shop yesterday for us to look at some wiring issues...
She saw my bus and said " Old hippie van!"
I walked away........
She said " Im suprised you dont fix that one up."
I replied, " It IS fixed up..."
Then she says, " No, I mean fix it up like a flower child."
Again..... I walked away. 
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Clara
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I think "VW" became synonymous with "beetle", so saying "beetle bus" is like saying "VW bus". right?
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This woman dropped off a 74 super at our shop yesterday for us to look at some wiring issues...
She saw my bus and said " Old hippie van!"
I walked away........
She said " Im suprised you dont fix that one up."
I replied, " It IS fixed up..."
Then she says, " No, I mean fix it up like a flower child."
Again..... I walked away. |
So, why don't you fix it up like a flower child?
I am sure her '74 was all flower child, wasn't it?
If it wasn't, you should have asked her why, since she liked the idea so much.
Funny how people want you to do things they won't do.
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| In New england the old timers just call them buses. |
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I mostly get "thing". As in, "how old is that thing?" or "where'd you get that thing?" or "what is that thing?"
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j.pickens
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Everybody in Jersey calls it a Van.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: Beetle Bus decal |
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| BarryL wrote: |
People have commented on how their busses were called Beetles forever. Here's a decal from the mid 60's a friend gave me today from Virginia. I've never really been a fan of this type artwork but it's got it's place. I doubt it is Roth but everyone did stuff like this back then. It's like excitement on adrenalin. I guess the guy inside is a beetle so it's not like a misname but I still don't get the fixation with "Beetle Bus!".
Whatever.
Everybody and their brother used to cut out the wheelwells and put huge ass 12 ply airplane tires on the rear. Most were small nut to boot. |
BTW, that is a original Big Daddy Roth Sticker! One of my Dad's flight students was a partner and distributor for Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and that is one of his stickers. I have a whole bunch of them that I have kept since the early 60's and I picked up a few more off of Ebay recently. The irony is that some them still had the Ed Cholakian Auto Parts stamp on the back. That was my Dad's student, and he is now the largest Vintage Cadillac Parts dealer in the U.S., based now out of Vegas, before out of Burbank, CA. Here is a pic of Ed with me and lil bro, circa '64 or '65
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: Beetle Bus decal |
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| BarryL wrote: |
People have commented on how their busses were called Beetles forever. Here's a decal from the mid 60's a friend gave me today from Virginia. I've never really been a fan of this type artwork but it's got it's place. I doubt it is Roth but everyone did stuff like this back then. It's like excitement on adrenalin. I guess the guy inside is a beetle so it's not like a misname but I still don't get the fixation with "Beetle Bus!".
Whatever.
Everybody and their brother used to cut out the wheelwells and put huge ass 12 ply airplane tires on the rear. Most were small nut to boot. |
BTW, that is a original Big Daddy Roth Sticker! One of my Dad's flight students was a partner and distributor for Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and that is one of his stickers. I have a whole bunch of them that I have kept since the early 60's and I picked up a few more off of Ebay recently. The irony is that some them still had the Ed Cholakian Auto Parts stamp on the back. That was my Dad's student, and he is now the largest Vintage Cadillac Parts dealer in the U.S., based now out of Vegas, before out of Burbank, CA. Here is a pic of Ed with me and lil bro, circa '64 or '65
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Sweet story!! Long live Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.
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orignuthinman
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| BTW, that is a original Big Daddy Roth Stick |
Zounds. Thanks for that info. I thought it looked "Ratfinkesque". I just assumed Ed would have put "Roth" somewhere but I guess that was too soon for that stuff. Nice classic vintage photo! |
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Slowlow
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| "hippy-van" and the stupid peace signs is what i really hate. |
X2 I hate those bastards. |
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| Slowlow wrote: |
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| StockNazi wrote: |
| "hippy-van" and the stupid peace signs is what i really hate. |
X2 I hate those bastards. |
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orignuthinman
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Zounds. Thanks for that info. I thought it looked "Ratfinkesque". I just assumed Ed would have put "Roth" somewhere but I guess that was too soon for that stuff. Nice classic vintage photo! |
Barry, that sticker should have a stamp on the back.
Here are a few that I could put my hands on this morning. I gave a few to my old club last year as raffle prizes. The one that is upside down is the beetlebus sticker.
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BarryL
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Nope, nothing on the back but an old decal backing, yellowy, no faded print, not even worth a pic.
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| One of my Dad's flight students was a partner and distributor for Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and that is one of his stickers. The irony is that some them still had the Ed Cholakian Auto Parts stamp on the back. That was my Dad's student. Here is a pic of Ed. |
I'm confused; there were two Eds, Big Daddy and Ed Cholakian right? That pic is of the Ed that is still alive, the Vegas Ed?
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