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crukab
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Thats the front 1/2 ^^
I'm probably selling mine when I'm done w/ it--soon  
But your a loooong way from me.............
Mine came from Auto Twirler, $1,280 shipped, I spent an extra $800 w/ Arms /plates, extra wheels to lower it ect.
Sweet rig, no more laying on your back & getting crap in your eyes.
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My Pops:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604100&highlight=
I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....
In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI 
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
'11 Jetta Wagon |
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jackwyse
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Joined: May 05, 2006
Posts: 40
Location: paradise,ca.
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Thats the front 1/2 ^^
I'm probably selling mine when I'm done w/ it--soon [-o< :wink:
But your a loooong way from me.............
Mine came from Auto Twirler, $1,280 shipped, I spent an extra $800 w/ Arms /plates, extra wheels to lower it ect.
Sweet rig, no more laying on your back & getting crap in your eyes. |
thanks, but there's not a chance I'm spending 2 grand for one of these, I thought to budget a few hundred dollars for a rotisserie or stands of some kind |
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crukab
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Joined: December 13, 2002
Posts: 6116
Location: Vermont
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| crukab wrote: |
Thats the front 1/2 ^^
I'm probably selling mine when I'm done w/ it--soon
But your a loooong way from me.............
Mine came from Auto Twirler, $1,280 shipped, I spent an extra $800 w/ Arms /plates, extra wheels to lower it ect.
Sweet rig, no more laying on your back & getting crap in your eyes. |
thanks, but there's not a chance I'm spending 2 grand for one of these, I thought to budget a few hundred dollars for a rotisserie or stands of some kind |
Good luck to you.
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Tom
My Pops:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604100&highlight=
I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....
In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
'11 Jetta Wagon |
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crukab
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Location: Vermont
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Speaking of Doublecabs--anyone in the Northeast know what happened to this truck :
I looked at it 4 years ago......... Anyone ??
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Tom
My Pops:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604100&highlight=
I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....
In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
'11 Jetta Wagon |
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65 Deluxe
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I picked up my 1960 double cab 5 years ago next month. I first posted pictures on TheSamba a few years back and fellow Samba member told me that he knew where my double cab came from. He remembered seeing it in Arlington Texas in front of this bar. The bar was called Skippy's Mistake and was owned and operated by Skippy. Skippy also owned a 23 window and usually had them both in front of the bar back in the mid 80's and early 90's. The truck was used for Skippy's band call Skip N The Rent. When I got the truck I thought it was a parts runner, because the logo looked to me looked like "Heren" It also has another logo underneath it that says Volkswagen on the bed side. The pictures below show the complete logo with Skippy's band. I found Facebook and Myspace pages called Skippy's Mistake with a few pictures of my double. I am trying to contact Skippy to see where he got the truck from.
Interesting facts
1. Over 160 bands performed at the bar, some of them very famous (The Birds, Cafe Noir, Spankin Rufus, etc.), and some very adroit folks wandered through, including Stevie Ray and Jimmy Vaughn, Jimmy Carl Black (the Indian drummer for the Mothers of Invention), Marchel Ivory, etc.
2. The Mistake was the first inland sand court in Texas, and led that wave of popularity between 1985 and 1990. When the wave finally peaked and beached, even Mexican boot-scoot joints along the county line in GP had an outdoor sand court.
3. Over the years the bar raised more than $100,000 in charity for MDA, Boys & Girls Clubs, Big Brothers & Sisters, etc.
4. Involved in some ten campaigns and forty proposed city ordinances, over half of which we helped defeat or pass, the Mistake also spawned PIP, or the Politically Incorrect Party, which was a severe pain in the sides of folks like Richard Greene and Rocky Dalton and Dotti Lynn. James plans to recount some of the PIP adventures, as he still has notes and was involved in many of their pranks.
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brotherbob
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Location: millsap texas
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Love this thread , own and building a 62 DC oh and I partied at Skippy's Mistake a bunch! They had the magic bus that was attached to the bar ! 
Great place.
BB
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EDragnDean
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Location: Vancouver, WA
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mr white
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Posts: 1193
Location: beautiful Oregon & Mohave County, AZ
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| What year is your truck?? |
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EDragnDean
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cru62
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Joined: December 31, 2002
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Location: Margaritaville.....24/7
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| Question for the DC owners... Working on my gates. Are the DC side gates factory curved outward on the top side, and straight on the bottom? |
No, they should be as straight as the edge of the bed. They BECOME curved, but didn't arrive that way.
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EDragnDean
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Stevo Wide 5
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Joined: August 30, 2000
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Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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Here is a 67 DC I picked up about a month ago!
PO was a mechanic and it runs like a top!
Has been in FL its entire life and has fair share of rust and bondo!Nothing to crazy though is a perect daily driver!
It's up for sale for 15.000$OBO!It's all there!Let me know if interested!
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dfusion001
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Joined: January 13, 2011
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Location: Orlando
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| Just scored a 63 DC and doesnt have any of the handles. Can anyone tell me what handles it came with? Ice pick? Thanks! |
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Stevo Wide 5
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| Just scored a 63 DC and doesnt have any of the handles. Can anyone tell me what handles it came with? Ice pick? Thanks! |
Should be ice picks normally but your doors will tell! If they have one hole it's ice picks if it has 2 holes then it would be the later style!Depending if ur bus is a late or early 63!
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VolksFire
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Location: NorCal
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This is my new 63 DC!
Still fine tuning it. More pics and story is on my thread here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=477468&start=0
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cris torlasco 
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Joined: November 08, 2000
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Location: Delmar, NY/Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| This is my new 63 DC! |
Very nice, not lowered and nice paint patina. Like the upholstery as well. Nice score!
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cris torlasco
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Location: Delmar, NY/Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| I picked up my 1960 double cab 5 years ago next month. |
Great story! Nice to have a DC with such a rich history. Congrats,
Cris |
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lowbus
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Location: tucson, AZ
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| Just scored a 63 DC and doesnt have any of the handles. Can anyone tell me what handles it came with? Ice pick? Thanks! |
Should be ice picks normally but your doors will tell! If they have one hole it's ice picks if it has 2 holes then it would be the later style!Depending if ur bus is a late or early 63! |
My Bus is an early 64, has ice picks (15" wheels too), I would think all 63's would be ice pick. |
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EverettB
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c21darrel
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Purchased in April from a nice lady in Ranch Cucamonga CA, said she got from her grandfathers estate. Stored in an apartment garage on Spruce St. in Compton for 25 years. Last 6 years in her garage. Almost zero rust, but dented metal everywhere, drivers side is worst area. Has replacement doors, singlepac exhaust and custom Z signage I think from a horse farm. White rattlecan primer sprayed here and there. Gates are solid. No bumpers, no wipers or wiper motor and missing a driver rear view mirror. Motor has compression, og trans, rgb's, seats...odd reverse lites in back. Anyone seen this one before? thanks
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