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j.pickens Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2019 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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DSweinhagen wrote: |
j.pickens wrote: |
sled wrote: |
j.pickens wrote: |
And that's a badass sunroof standard or Kombi right up front there!
Anyone know the earliest one of those?
The earliest I see on the registry is mid 1952. |
I believe its this bus that David Sweinhagen owns
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Yes, that's the one I was thinking of. Happy to have seen this in person! |
Thanks. This standard was produced on June 29,1951. It has a 24 model number like a deluxe. I think sunroof standards were that way through all of '51 so could be hard to tell looking through the registry. |
Didn't know this was a '51. Wow. Still neat to see the sunroof bus in the early factory photo. _________________ Founder and Chairman Emeritus, ECMSAS
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i wish more people would actually drive their vws rather than just talking about what they have in the garage. |
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If you've seen one sunroof swivel seat kombi, you've seen them all! |
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 23748 Location: Southeast USA
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Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:52 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3921 Location: England
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Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 3:49 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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Primer bus second left _________________ -StockRocks- |
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3921 Location: England
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Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 4:00 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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Just to pull these two pictures together from two different threads
commercial air wrote: |
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Ace recently surfaced picture of the 1000th Bus off the Assembly Line.
I don't think I've seen a picture of the 1000th Bus (with garland) before.
Early 'no screen' gutter.
The one to the right is 1001, so we're not interested in that
Chris Murray wrote: |
A family friend sent me this picture of his friend's father proudly posing [with Bus 1000]. |
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They are looking for more pictures. I hope they send me more. |
RockStock wrote: |
Production started March 1950.
8059 units built in 1950.
Looks like mid-June 1950, 3.5 months into production. |
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EverettB wrote: |
banana split wrote: |
commercial air wrote: |
Another photo from the 1000th Barndoor lineup.
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Can we assume the second Bus in the line-up is probably primer? It doesn't have the gloss of the other Buses beside it and the bumper and VW emblem are all the same color? |
Interesting - I agree with you |
I was trying to find the other picture the other day to see if it was in that.
I wondered if they fiddled the production order so the 1,000th bus was a shiny one that would look good in promotional pictures, rather than the primer one next door. |
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djfordmanjack Samba Member
Joined: June 15, 2009 Posts: 2097 Location: Graz, Austria, Europe
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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 3:57 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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that is super interesting. now we know the bus to the right of the 1000th is a primer delivered one and in the second pic we can see it has all black wheels and chromed hubcap. cool ! _________________ Hotrods, Fords, Veedubs and Triumph Twins !
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LAGrunthaner Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2007 Posts: 5501 Location: 1st Coast
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Stetoppingphoto Samba Member
Joined: February 15, 2012 Posts: 475 Location: Darwen
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Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:23 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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Thats the money shot right there! Would love big print of that. _________________ stetoppingphoto |
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LAGrunthaner Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2007 Posts: 5501 Location: 1st Coast
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Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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Agree, I think my classroom needs one as we do cover the bus working drawings in engineering design. Oddly I haven't any engineering students interested. I'm working on them.
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Thats the money shot right there! Would love big print of that. |
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Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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52panelvan Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:48 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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Stetoppingphoto wrote: |
Thats the money shot right there! Would love big print of that. |
An amazing picture, i think that will go on the workshop wall.
I think looking at the how the welding is done that the picture is some where between January and April 51. _________________ Austrian Kohlruss Deluxe
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3921 Location: England
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:09 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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Fast Eddie Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2004 Posts: 24
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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Awesome assembly line photo. Some years ago I got the opportunity to purchase one of the original Volkswagen commissioned etching that were given to new dealers backing in the day. It's is signed and dated in 53. I don't think I have ever seen this actual photograph before. super cool.
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LAGrunthaner Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2007 Posts: 5501 Location: 1st Coast
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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 5:47 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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I would love to have been next to that window seal guy as his student
Nice Fast Eddie
Fast Eddie wrote: |
Awesome assembly line photo. Some years ago I got the opportunity to purchase one of the original Volkswagen commissioned etching that were given to new dealers backing in the day. It's is signed and dated in 53. I don't think I have ever seen this actual photograph before. super cool.
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Lind wrote: |
Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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mandraks Samba Member
Joined: November 28, 2004 Posts: 7045 Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:55 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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Artur should be proud to have this as his first job in Wolfsburg. _________________ regards
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 23748 Location: Southeast USA
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:48 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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It looks like this one has never been posted in this thread.
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3921 Location: England
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2020 5:43 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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Super cool detail picture
Commercial track to the left, upgrade models to the right
RHS, can see the interior panels going in, and then the headlining/sunroof?
Drums for sound deadening/door seal glue?
Can date the picture by the rear bumpers:
Panels got them at VIN 20-069409 (late Dec 53)
Single Cabs got them at VIN 20-079856 (late March 54)
So we know it’s between those two dates.
Guess the ones pulled off the line there need special attention.
Primer panel in front of the single cab.
Wondering how the track works too. _________________ -StockRocks- |
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2020 11:31 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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Although this picture is already posted in this thread, here is a larger image. (Click to enlarge.)
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Capriacci Samba Member
Joined: February 15, 2011 Posts: 298 Location: Brazil
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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24-A Model, fresh from the assembly line? |
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5536 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 1:21 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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Tried an AI colorization program on these two pictures. I don't think they came out correct, but they look nice.
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RockStock Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:46 am Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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Good work. Brings them to life.
Is that an auto programme? Can you manually adjust it? Choose the colour of each bus?
Seems to have a decent percentage of the colours right
A lot more of the commercials would be dove blue (showing a lot of red in pic 1)
Looks like it makes bus 1 & 3 on the upgrade lane primer buses (pic 2) _________________ -StockRocks- |
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Fish Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: Barndoor Assembly Line Pics |
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No adjustments, just upload, wait about 30 seconds and down load. Mrs. Fish is genealogist and the program is on one of her sites. Heritage.com (?) I think it is preprogrammed just for people. I'm sure there are other programs out there that you have more input, say like photoshop, but we/she doesn't have it. Like you said it does give the pictures more life. _________________ Prosit!
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