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Tristar Eric
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 12:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rare Bischofberger extended Westfalia

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 12:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I've been to the old Wolfsburg museum many times, but I've never seen this one. They must have a hidden warehouse were they stash stuff.

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The white one i saw in the Stiftung museum in Wolfsburg, on the 16 of oktober. this was 5 days afther the 40years of Golf spesial exibition ended and 2 days before the "end of bay production" exibition started. It was behinde som curtains, but i manadged to have good look at it. And Yes they have a big Warehouse with spesial cars.
I hope that it will be at the "30 Yare Syncro" meeting south of Berlin August 14-16 (the late Bay 4x4 wil be there, and a norwegian early bay 4x4)

The black Herse have been in Norway for some years. It is based on a sika.
http://www.vwbus.no/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=25845&hilit=daukj%C3%B8rt
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 12:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Factory Taxi.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been to the old Wolfsburg museum many times, but I've never seen this one. They must have a hidden warehouse were they stash stuff.

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I've seen this one in person, the designers were influenced by the van craze in the US of the 70's and 80's.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Westfalia museum high roof cut away.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

WOW! that side window is huge!

Notice the single cab type lower door.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hearse.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 2:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Use the search engine of your choice with the terms VW T3 "Leichenwagen" or "Bestattungsfahrzeug" Wink

Surprisingly rare, it would seem.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I looked though all the pages and couldn't find a Type 3 that was made into a Hearse. Surely there must be one somewhere! Think black with those chrome Landau things on the side.
Ahhh... Here's one:
www.vanagonhacks.com/2014/06/the-vanagon-hearse/

But surely they must have been common in Europe.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 2:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They just look like a custom DIY project. Can't say they appeal to me though. Sick

Anyone know anything about these low dropsides? Confused
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Widebody single cab with high tilt. Just imagine the wind resistance. Shocked

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know an older guy here in the UK who had a HIAB-equipped Pritschenwagen years ago. He thinks that it was too much for the flexy chassis too, because it grew cracks from where the crane mast went through the load deck and eventually broke its back Shocked
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It really is amazing the variety of tasks, and the serious mechanical demands, that were made on these things, and they had such a wee little motor, relatively flexible chassis, etc. For the same tasks here we use gargantuan trucks with 5X the horsepower, etc.

Pretty cool rigs.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

THe plow and salter set up makes me weak
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Snow plow and road gritter (salter) attachments:
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi-ab crane:
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's an odd one that surfaced recently, from Italy (excuse the cross-link)

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Funny! I think of them as 'fangs', too. Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They called it "Dachspoiler" (roof spoiler)
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tristar Eric wrote:
I think they call them receding hairline tops.


"Tonsure Top"
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