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finster
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this photo is not exactly vintage but very nice all the same...
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mandraks
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| Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:13 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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this photo is not exactly vintage but very nice all the same...
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interesting enough: euro spec '59 semaphore bus, converted to side markers and blinkers, with stock pointy bumpers.
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BarryL 
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| Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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Unfortunately not in service any more due to high costs.
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finster
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| Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 3:12 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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was fortunate enough to see it flying around neuschwanstein castle on a sunny summer afternoon - what an amazing sound, a heavy ropp-ropp, totally different from anything else I've heard (merlins etc)
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banana split
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ToolBox
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| Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 11:21 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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| was fortunate enough to see it flying around neuschwanstein castle on a sunny summer afternoon - what an amazing sound, a heavy ropp-ropp, totally different from anything else I've heard (merlins etc) |
25 years ago I was at Willow Run(YIP) for airshow arrival day and it was insane. 4 B17, 3 B25, 1 B29, several C47, a Super Connie, 5 P51, several Corsair, several AT6 and a few A10 and F16 from the local ANG base. It was pretty impressive to see and I am sure the local ATC was busy as it's about 10 miles from Detroit Metro(DTW). |
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Blue Baron
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notchboy
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:58 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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For a driver with a really tall hat?, or maybe the Coneheads?
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BarryL
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 7:05 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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For a driver with a really tall hat?, or maybe the Coneheads? |
What the. |
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mandraks
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 7:09 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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looks like somebody either spliced a high roof cab on an older pick-up or they converted a highroof?
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:06 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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Look at how dry and unrusted that barndoor is, just laying there like a dead dog. Damn.
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:09 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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Adam "Beefcake" Bruno and family really need to reproduce this photo!
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 3:25 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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| mandraks wrote: |
looks like somebody either spliced a high roof cab on an older pick-up or they converted a highroof? |
That appeared on single cab pages on Facebook a few days ago.
Doesn't look like a converted highroof unless they grafted a front end on to a single cab (the engine vents are too low for a bus/van).
The roof looks a bit like it's just sat on top of the original roof and there's a panel behind the cab.
I wonder if it's something like an airport truck with a 'follow me' sign on the back of the elevated roof? No warning lights on the roof though.
Other than that, I can only imagine it's an extension to protect a tall load or tall tilt. A bit like the roof extensions on truck tractor units, (but those are used to reduce drag).
I tried googling the logo, but 'phi' looks pretty common. Anyone recognise the number plate format?
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BarryL
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Look at how dry and unrusted that barndoor is, just laying there like a dead dog. Damn. |
Click on it then click again. Three rows down from the top is another bus but that one looks to have a sway bar. |
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