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bvolks
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Aulac, NB in the 1960's.
Newcastle, NB, 1972.
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bvolks
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Fairview Shopping Center, Saint John, NB.
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René R.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:04 am Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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Atlanta 1982 (click to enlarge):
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stale air
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René R.
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FullFender
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:21 am Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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Still trying to figure out how the hell this happened? Someone rear ended the bus and pushed it up on top??? |
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notchback
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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Mannheim, Germany in the 1970's
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Q-Dog
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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Anyone notice how many of these cars are 2-doors? Endangered species.
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I was distracted by all 4 Japanese makers "sports" models in one pic, and how tiny the B-210 looks in front of the Chev truck, and how big the bug looks compared to the Civic behind it and Camaro in front, lots going on there.
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EverettB 
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Scott H
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:30 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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| busdaddy wrote: |
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Anyone notice how many of these cars are 2-doors? Endangered species.
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I was distracted by all 4 Japanese makers "sports" models in one pic, and how tiny the B-210 looks in front of the Chev truck, and how big the bug looks compared to the Civic behind it and Camaro in front, lots going on there. |
That Chevy truck is doing a very good job of disguising itself as an Econoline van. 
Excluding the Cadillac and station wagons, it looks like every other car in the picture is a 2-door. 
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Scott H
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| FullFender wrote: |
Still trying to figure out how the hell this happened? Someone rear ended the bus and pushed it up on top??? |
I don't know but that's what it looks like to me. |
Considering the amount of damage to the two cars, the damage to the bus looks light by comparison, especially the front end/bumper of the bus.
It almost looks as if the bus dropped from the sky onto the cars.  The front of the bus certainly didn't do all that damage to the Pontiac.
My guess at what happened: ... the bus was far enough back from the Pontiac that when that American iron rear-ended it, it hit hard enough to lift the front of the bus so that the bumper cleared the Pontiac for the most part, and the bus undercarriage did most of the damage.
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EverettB
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:44 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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| Scott H wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
| FullFender wrote: |
Still trying to figure out how the hell this happened? Someone rear ended the bus and pushed it up on top??? |
I don't know but that's what it looks like to me. |
Considering the amount of damage to the two cars, the damage to the bus looks light by comparison, especially the front end/bumper of the bus.
It almost looks as if the bus dropped from the sky onto the cars. The front of the bus certainly didn't do all that damage to the Pontiac.
My guess at what happened: ... the bus was far enough back from the Pontiac that when that American iron rear-ended it, it hit hard enough to lift the front of the bus so that the bumper cleared the Pontiac for the most part, and the bus undercarriage did most of the damage. |
This makes sense to me. Bus got thrown up onto the front car.
I think it's possible the American rear car actually slammed into the American front car too. The Bus might have been thrown up, then rolled back down into the gap after the rear car slammed into the trunk of the front one.
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calvinater
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Why are they all parked on the wrong side of the street?
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stale air
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:14 am Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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Could be a one way street...
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René R.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:36 am Post subject: Re: Vintage And Old VW Pics Topic |
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Detroit in the 70s. I imagine that VWs and other imports were pretty rare in the heart of the American auto industry.
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notchback
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Dancing on the moon
I would guess 1969
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