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Busted-bolt
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Gosh it is crazy to think that busses were getting that rare, already by the early to mid seventies according to that photo. Must have a regional thing 
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j.pickens
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:10 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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Ah, a white splitwindow panel bus.
That's how we used to get from New Jersey to Killington, VT. in the late '70's.
It was my brother Dave's bus. My other older brother Howie always got to ride shotgun. I was in the rear with the gear, no rear seat, 3 inches of foam covered by brown/yellow/tan shag carpeting.
It was more like a kidnapping...I could only see the lights flashing up on the ceiling at night. And it was WAY too hot, the Southwinds heater was always cranking in the rear, as that was where the duct was. The heat would have to diffuse forward to keep my bros warm. And it was COLD in the late '70's.
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MrPolak
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:18 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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mandraks
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:22 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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what is the purpose of those tarps in the foreground?
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Fish
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:06 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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I got 12 bugs, 1 squareback, 1 fastback, 1 split window Panel bus and 1 bay window.
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velvetgreen
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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| ^^ perhaps the tarps were to keep the hockey pucks from the adjoining rink from busting car windows? |
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mandraks
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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| ^^ perhaps the tarps were to keep the hockey pucks from the adjoining rink from busting car windows? |
did not see that. but, yes, that would make sense then
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DustyDirt
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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^^^
Sun shades suspended over and deployed along wires over ice rink maybe |
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Busted-bolt
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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I'll bet its somewhere in Canada 
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finster
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:19 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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it's winter park colorado in 1970 apparently
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Busted-bolt
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:06 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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| it's winter park colorado in 1970 apparently |
I lost that bet , oh well ; just goes to show that there was still ice based sports south of the Canadian border at that time.  They were pretty lean on busses there at that time also. It was probably because of all those big assed mountains that would surly give any older bus a pretty good beat down 
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finster
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:29 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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maybe hippies don't ski... 
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:44 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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mandraks
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:17 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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a bunch of austrians parking every which way on the wrong side of the road...
red cross amphicar looks heavily touched up?
wondering if one of those 3 68 westies is my old one?
that 23 windows probably totalled by the insurance and scrapped immediately....
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Fish
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:33 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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Gumpendorferstrasse 24. Vienna, Austria. Early Barndoor camper. Lower right. See below.
a bunch of austrians parking every which way on the wrong side of the road...
Screen shot from Moonwalk One a feature-length documentary film about the June 16th 1969 launch & flight of Apollo 11, which landed the first earthlings on the moon.
wondering if one of those 3 68 westies is my old one?
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teahead
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 11:07 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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Don't think i ever seen a MINIMUM speed limit sign before.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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| Don't think i ever seen a MINIMUM speed limit sign before |
I know I've seen them in around Phoenix in the past but now that I think about it, not sure I've seen any of them recently. Maybe they took them down?
I think they were targeted at old people who get on the freeway and drive super slow, usually because they shouldn't have a license anymore.
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mandraks
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:35 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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| Don't think i ever seen a MINIMUM speed limit sign before |
I know I've seen them in around Phoenix in the past but now that I think about it, not sure I've seen any of them recently. Maybe they took them down?
I think they were targeted at old people who get on the freeway and drive super slow, usually because they shouldn't have a license anymore. |
around here they are on all interstates. we have 85, 75, and 20 running throught town. usually the minimum is 40 i think, but then again i am more concerned with the topspeed dragging the camper to all the nascar races around here. 75 is our travel speed unless the speed limit is like 60 or so.
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streamr
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:44 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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Actually, I see them all of the time, mostly on city expressways, not so much InterStates. Just saw one the other day in Tampa. It's just as dangerous to drive too slow as it is to speed I guess.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:06 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Splitty Photos |
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on this side of the world, minimum speed is regulated to be half the maximum allowed.
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