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spencersk8
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| 11k og miles and it still has the electric engine it just needs batteries and a buff. Minimal service rust |
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1967250s
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Gotta wonder why they wouldn't just delete the tranny and hook up the motor directly to the axles, maybe use a reduction gear like splitties, get more height. New batteries are lighter, too. Also be easy to make a 4wd! Use regenerative braking. Who's going to do it?
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spencersk8
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Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
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| Oh and notchboy thanks for the words of encouragement you're faceless aggression is needed and appreciated. Now let the men talk...log off boy |
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TweedLinn
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Location: Iowa
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| Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| spencersk8 wrote: |
| Oh and notchboy thanks for the words of encouragement you're faceless aggression is needed and appreciated. Now let the men talk...log off boy |
*your (I got your back Notchboy, not that you need it since you're like 23 feet tall, man, that's a big ass boy..)
And I need that bus!
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notchboy
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Location: Escondido CA
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| Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| spencersk8 wrote: |
| Oh and notchboy thanks for the words of encouragement you're faceless aggression is needed and appreciated. Now let the men talk...log off boy |
Im not faceless - here I am holding my weiner 
 Bra - Fucking - O
Not only did you buy it (I think) but you came back  Good on you and I take back all those mean and nasty things I said about you - oh and the posts here too
Dude - I can still call you dude since we're friends now, right? Im big on VW History - nae passionate to a flaw. That is one sick find and even more so in the condition with its og factors. 
If you can't look beyond me calling you a punk ass bitch for playing now you see me, now you dont - then think of it this way - I wish I were you right now.
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spencersk8
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Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
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| Hahaha ur a good dude and I can tell the dude abides. No hard feelings friend |
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notchboy
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skills@eurocarsplus
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notchboy....
I want to kick you in the dick
*hugs*
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busdaddy
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Joined: February 12, 2004
Posts: 51146
Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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| Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:17 am Post subject: Re: Electro bus |
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I'm jealous, congratulations!!
Don't mind Notch, he gets a little aggressive about cool new finds sometimes 
Pulling the pic until it was on your trailer is always a wise move, there's snipers everywhere, you never know.
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Bala
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| Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:18 am Post subject: |
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What a great find!
Do you have any history on it, or details on how it got lost in the woods?
I'd love to see a dedicated thread for it.
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ToolBox
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| 1967250s wrote: |
| Gotta wonder why they wouldn't just delete the tranny and hook up the motor directly to the axles, maybe use a reduction gear like splitties, get more height. New batteries are lighter, too. Also be easy to make a 4wd! Use regenerative braking. Who's going to do it? |
Probably because building a purpose built gearbox for a short run of vehicles would be cost prohibitive.
The way the TVA vehicles were set up had the trans locked in a single gear, I think third of fourth. There is no shifter or clutch pedal in them. |
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spencersk8
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Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
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| From what I gather the previous owner bought it off the street in arcata, ca and towed it home where it sat under a tree in the woods in Humboldt. It was last registered in 03. It has duel sliding door. The interior is also rally nice. It has 11k og miles and other than surface rust it very clean. It appears to be complete minus batteries. I kinda wonder if it should be in a museum. I'll try to post more pics |
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spencersk8
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Bala
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| I kinda wonder if it should be in a museum. |
I think almost any auto museum that features foreign cars would love to have it. But, if you get it back on the road and actually drive it that would be equally as cool. Not sure that would be possible utilizing that stock technology though. As long as it's restored/preserved most of the VW community would be happy. 
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skills@eurocarsplus
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I would subaru the hell out of it. Or do a tesla swap 
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
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| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
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| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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sunnydog
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So that's the one that's been rumored to be lost somewhere in the woods of Humboldt County since at least 2008 -- nice save! I think you might get some interest from auto museums since folks here have already consolidated some paperwork, background and photos for you that show the program and testing.
I bet that restoring it to run on full original electric would cost a lot and would take quite a bit of re-engineering, but that would be the coolest thing to do with it. The only other one known with the TVA paint got converted to a 1600 and lowered. 
Here's an electric vehicle museum though it looks like folks are donating vehicles.
http://www.hevf.org/
My two cents (for whatever you care) I normally like to see stuff kept on the road, but I would flip it over to somebody who will shine it up real good and put it on display. 1 of 10 made, 5 panels and 5 passenger. It really is a unicorn.
An article I found:
http://www.vwcamperandbus.com/wallpaper/elektrotransporter-vw-bay-window-17916
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Kirk
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Someone kick Notchboy in the wiener, for being dickish. The hotdog wiener, or the regular. Your choice.
That is the coolest find since the history of coolest finds. And I love to find cool stuff. Yowzer! Make a thread on it (your own) and make with the tons of pics!
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notchboy
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| Kirk wrote: |
Someone kick Notchboy in the wiener, for being dickish. The hotdog wiener, or the regular. Your choice.
That is the coolest find since the history of coolest finds. And I love to find cool stuff. Yowzer! Make a thread on it (your own) and make with the tons of pics! |
Mein Bratwurst is off limits 
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| notchboy wrote: |
Mein Bratwurst is off limits |
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
| Jake Raby wrote: |
| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
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| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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jtauxe 
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| Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmm, I'd sacrafice my treasure chest for some batteries and an electric motor. Once batteries and capacitors get better at holding charges. |
There's a guy in Hawai'i selling a complete setup for electric conversion of a single cab, from batteries to controllers to motor. I can dig up that info if you need it.
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