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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You were in VT? sweet! if i had known i would have offered a cup of coffee to warm you up.........and taken that sink cabenet off of your hands to lighen your load Very Happy looks like a sweet trip, i was caught in the same white out, good times.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you drive that thing in the salt like that much more it's gonna start to rust.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i need to find an indiana bus like that as a winter driver. btw, stop coming to MY state and taking our rusty busses! Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great story and pics!!!!! Thankyou.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

awesome story and some great pics!

im sitting in AZ right now remembering what it was like living back east and I am glad to be in AZ.. Laughing

thanks for the read!
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How did you find that free bus in Nashville? I've been going to Brown County in the Fall for years and never saw that one.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

trevize1138 wrote:
If you drive that thing in the salt like that much more it's gonna start to rust.

Laughing Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great story! Badass
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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How did you find that free bus in Nashville? I've been going to Brown County in the Fall for years and never saw that one.


What free bus in Nashville?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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vwtopia wrote:
How did you find that free bus in Nashville? I've been going to Brown County in the Fall for years and never saw that one.


What free bus in Nashville?


The '79 Bus in this thread is the free Bus from Nashville. Nashville, IN, not Nashville, TN. I got it from my mom's boyfriend's mother, who bought it new in '79. I am the second owner. I even have the window sticker for this unfortunate Bus.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

free buses are gooood buses. Cool
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool Story. Never seen snow let alone drove in it. Crazy stuff.

Nice 600 mile test flight. But, I would have been pulled over after the first 10 with that broken tail light Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brown_Bus wrote:
Cool Story. Never seen snow let alone drove in it. Crazy stuff.

Nice 600 mile test flight. But, I would have been pulled over after the first 10 with that broken tail light Smile


What broken tail light? There's nothing broken about either of the tail lights on the Bus.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In a couple of pictures (entering New Hampshire) it looks like your left tailight isn't working. Probably just the flash from the camera.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

VDubTech wrote:
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Cool Story. Never seen snow let alone drove in it. Crazy stuff.

Nice 600 mile test flight. But, I would have been pulled over after the first 10 with that broken tail light Smile


What broken tail light? There's nothing broken about either of the tail lights on the Bus.


I apologize. In the road trip pics the driver side tail light appears to not be working-or at least not working as hard as his brother on the right side. I guess it was the way the flash hit. Hope I didnt offend ya.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

it is only in the ones by the state signs. maybe the blinker stays lit and doesnt blink...

Wasnt meant to be a cut on the bus at all. I dug the story...
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brown_Bus wrote:
it is only in the ones by the state signs. maybe the blinker stays lit and doesnt blink...

Wasnt meant to be a cut on the bus at all. I dug the story...


Oh no, I didn't take offense at all, I had my right signal on, and it flashes just fine. I just happened to catch each pic while the signal was lit up. Sorry, I didn't realize that was what you were talking about!!
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool, talk about timing....every pic from that angle you caught the turn signal flash...Now, if you were trying to do that you wouldnt have caught it....

One time there was a freeze down here in Florida and I slipped on some ice from the spinklers. Driving in that stuff must suck. But in a related story my newest bus came to me from SC via Manitoba, CA. I too found soem tire chains under the back bench. I took them knowing there isnt a snowballs chance in Central Florida that I will need them. Well at least not anytime soon.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dude, that story is freaking sweet. I love your bus, I love your door setup too.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah, takes balls to rig a slider that way. Laughing winter photos are so depressing though
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