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Slowlow Samba Member
Joined: March 17, 2004 Posts: 4121 Location: Northeast Tennessee
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:16 pm Post subject: Assembly line/ Factory Bus pics? |
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Alright... I did a search in the gallery and forum with no luck.
Ive seen a ton of Beetle and some Type3 Assembly line pics, but NONE of busses. Any links and such would be appreciated... I'd just really like to see some bus assembly shots, I love those factory pics.
Post them up if you have em! _________________ • Metal Fab & Quality Suspensions, Type I-II-III. Since 2004 • |
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mintonman Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2003 Posts: 4245 Location: between Trenton NJ. & Philly Pa.
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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This was in the archives.
Aswell as this.
_________________ Hoockd on fonicks werkt for mee?
under the influance "DUH"
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sub-hatchtim Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2006 Posts: 2610 Location: Phoenix AZ
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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ugghhhh ugghhhhh ugghhh is it bad i asked evry one to leave the room when i saw that pic |
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Slowlow Samba Member
Joined: March 17, 2004 Posts: 4121 Location: Northeast Tennessee
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome!!!
I love these kind of pics... Hopefully more get added!!
Thanks _________________ • Metal Fab & Quality Suspensions, Type I-II-III. Since 2004 • |
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mightymouse Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2004 Posts: 4220 Location: las vegas
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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mintonman wrote: |
This was in the archives.
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ah yes, dove blue busses as far as the eye can see. _________________ Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
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hazetguy Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2001 Posts: 10773 Location: iT StiNgeD iTseLf tO dEAd
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_________________ thebucket: I invested in hoodride, now DBD won't return my call?
hazetguy: invested?
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mightymouse Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2004 Posts: 4220 Location: las vegas
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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oold pic, very grainy. did the best i could. the 50' transporter assembly line..
_________________ Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
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mintonman Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2003 Posts: 4245 Location: between Trenton NJ. & Philly Pa.
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Another I had.
_________________ Hoockd on fonicks werkt for mee?
under the influance "DUH" |
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zozo Samba Member
Joined: October 15, 2005 Posts: 5217 Location: South of Ol' San Antonio
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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mightymouse wrote: |
mintonman wrote: |
This was in the archives.
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ah yes, dove blue busses as far as the eye can see. |
Please forgive my ignorance, but why does only one of those pictured on the right have front turn signals? Did they cut 'em in later? (That would seem strange.)
Thanks. |
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mintonman Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2003 Posts: 4245 Location: between Trenton NJ. & Philly Pa.
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think that is a turnsignal, but a reflection of light from above. These are early busses with semafores(however it's spelled) I believe. Look at the second picture posted above of the bus hanging from a strap, notice the slot behid the drivers side door, that is for semafore turnsignals. _________________ Hoockd on fonicks werkt for mee?
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zozo Samba Member
Joined: October 15, 2005 Posts: 5217 Location: South of Ol' San Antonio
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:06 am Post subject: |
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mintonman wrote: |
I don't think that is a turnsignal, but a reflection of light from above. These are early busses with semafores(however it's spelled) I believe. Look at the second picture posted above of the bus hanging from a strap, notice the slot behid the drivers side door, that is for semafore turnsignals. |
So there were "other than barndoors" that came without front turn signals? Unless those are barndoors. It looks like they have the vent overhang above the windshield. I didn't see the semaphore slots.
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volksfahrer.nl Samba Member
Joined: September 18, 2003 Posts: 2128 Location: Delft Holland
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rusbus Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2003 Posts: 790 Location: Maryland
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:57 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, but the single cab on the floor, facing the camera, clearly has turn signals. Perhaps that's a US-spec bus, and the ones on the rack are euro-spec busses, with semaphores.
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I don't think that is a turnsignal, but a reflection of light from above. These are early busses with semafores(however it's spelled) I believe. Look at the second picture posted above of the bus hanging from a strap, notice the slot behid the drivers side door, that is for semafore turnsignals. |
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Clara Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2003 Posts: 12383
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:03 am Post subject: |
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Here's one of my favorite factory pictures:
because it has my bus:
This is in the Wolfsburg factory^^^ _________________ The Obsolete Air-Cooled Documentation Project http://oacdp.org/ |
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dockmaster Samba Member
Joined: October 14, 2005 Posts: 297 Location: Florida
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:32 am Post subject: |
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Checkout all the cool transmissions hanging from the ceiling. I guess they would press a button and the tranny would be moved on a conveyor type machine. |
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///Mink Samba Member
Joined: May 03, 2000 Posts: 5051 Location: Fair Oaks, CA
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:04 am Post subject: |
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Clara wrote: |
Here's one of my favorite factory pictures:
because it has my bus:
This is in the Wolfsburg factory^^^ |
Please tell this story! How do you know it's your bus? (Sorry if I missed it in the past) |
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Clara Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2003 Posts: 12383
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:24 am Post subject: |
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Please tell this story! How do you know it's your bus? (Sorry if I missed it in the past) |
well, my bus is made June 53, which fits with the beetles.
It also has that exact roof rack and the 53 & earlier ambulance scoop.
I have been looking for a bus with the same roof rack, never even found a pic.
It looks like my bus, though it could be its twin.
The picture used to hang on the wall of Wolfsburg Warehouse in Seattle, and was a print made from one of the negatives found by Steve Woods in Germany the eighties or so. Unfortunately the negatives seemed to be missing, as there were a lot more pictures.
After Bill closed the shop, he sold me the print.
Look at the bus in front, it has a dark (black?) color with a light (white?) stripe at the beltline. Air scoop in the back. Looks like a custom color scheme to me.
Had to be special order. I wonder what happened to it. _________________ The Obsolete Air-Cooled Documentation Project http://oacdp.org/ |
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der58SC Samba Member
Joined: September 15, 2006 Posts: 1359 Location: Oceanside, CA
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:28 am Post subject: |
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mightymouse wrote: |
oold pic, very grainy. did the best i could. the 50' transporter assembly line..
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looks like a rehab for buses. NIce pic though _________________ Like a midget at a urinal, I'm always on my toes
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bugboy63 Samba Member
Joined: December 11, 2005 Posts: 523 Location: tennessee
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:38 am Post subject: |
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oh man ... i am lovin' this !! |
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panscraper_deluxe Samba Member
Joined: May 15, 2006 Posts: 103 Location: A pub near you
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:20 am Post subject: |
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Need more!!! |
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