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67ctbug
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 Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:12 pm Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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 that cake is wild (westerner) man! I like that shirt idea with sewing in the stripe, but that would be hard to do for all of them. I might try prototyping a few for you all this weekend.
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vwwestyman
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Bill Sullivan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:44 pm Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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Assignment :
Do we have anyone in the vicinity of the gold mine Continental yard somewhere in New Mexico that would physically go there and look at all 73 to 79 bus inventory for the 736 paint code on the m code plate ? If so we need the serial numbers and to please notify the owners of our existence. In addition try and find out who owns the Wild Westerner shown last week on the transport trailer with two other vw buses. Also name and address of the restoration company they were headed to we think in California.
Sullivan
The shirt, cake and bus may have been a bit too much for girlfriend to handle. Just Saying !
Butt as I always say, women are like mailboxes there is another one just a little bit further down the road. No offense Rixie.
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2002 Snap Orange Turbo Beetle (Daughter)
1973 Wild Westerner (Son) Vin #2232203230... Production Date Monday May 14, 1973 *** Destination Portland, Or.
Card Carrying Member of the International Wild Westerner Club
America (65) - Austria (1) -Canada (1)- Denmark (1) - France (1)- Germany (5) - Mexico (4) - The Netherlands (2) Portugal (1) - United Kingdom (3) |
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1973SFWild
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| Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 11:08 am Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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Finally got to test drive it through SOMA Mission District of San Francisco. |
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Bill Sullivan
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| Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 11:27 am Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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All you need to do is polish it and drive it.
Automatic Sweet..
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2002 Snap Orange Turbo Beetle (Daughter)
1973 Wild Westerner (Son) Vin #2232203230... Production Date Monday May 14, 1973 *** Destination Portland, Or.
Card Carrying Member of the International Wild Westerner Club
America (65) - Austria (1) -Canada (1)- Denmark (1) - France (1)- Germany (5) - Mexico (4) - The Netherlands (2) Portugal (1) - United Kingdom (3) |
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1973SFWild
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Bill Sullivan
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 3:53 am Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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Alright Cousin ...
Just in the case this one has not been registered I have send message to the seller requesting infomation.
The body is clean and rust free (s-he is a 9.6 in my book)
It is just ready to drive. 
Someone please explain why there would be a salvage on a nice running and driving vehicle.
Also can the vehicle be inspected and the title be changed to a rebuilt, or regular clear title ? If so, who does the inspection ?
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VW Its a family thing !!!
2002 Snap Orange Turbo Beetle (Daughter)
1973 Wild Westerner (Son) Vin #2232203230... Production Date Monday May 14, 1973 *** Destination Portland, Or.
Card Carrying Member of the International Wild Westerner Club
America (65) - Austria (1) -Canada (1)- Denmark (1) - France (1)- Germany (5) - Mexico (4) - The Netherlands (2) Portugal (1) - United Kingdom (3) |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 5:00 am Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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| Bill Sullivan wrote: |
Alright Cousin ...
Just in the case this one has not been registered I have send message to the seller requesting infomation.
The body is clean and rust free (s-he is a 9.6 in my book)
It is just ready to drive.
Someone please explain why there would be a salvage on a nice running and driving vehicle.
Also can the vehicle be inspected and the title be changed to a rebuilt, or regular clear title ? If so, who does the inspection ? |
Every state has a different procedure.
Any car can be made to look good for 12 months, cheap.
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67ctbug
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Bill Sullivan
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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Sure would like to see it go across the Barrett Jackson Stage .
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2002 Snap Orange Turbo Beetle (Daughter)
1973 Wild Westerner (Son) Vin #2232203230... Production Date Monday May 14, 1973 *** Destination Portland, Or.
Card Carrying Member of the International Wild Westerner Club
America (65) - Austria (1) -Canada (1)- Denmark (1) - France (1)- Germany (5) - Mexico (4) - The Netherlands (2) Portugal (1) - United Kingdom (3) |
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67ctbug
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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I wonder whose it is... it has a club tag on it.
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| ...or the PO envied the terrorists' bus in "Back to the Future". |
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Bill Sullivan
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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sn 2232 191 193 Qwner Harris had it for sale in Oct 2017 Imperial, California.
Guess my permanent ink isn't so permanent .
Looks to be owned by Desert Classics Now.
As mentioned previously, I'm updating the registry weekly and will post a copy on the first of every month. Please look at the last posted registry on page 124 and please send any needed corrections. Will begin posting monthly on April ! .
Some Wild Westerners born in April and some in May so the 45 th Birthday will be here soon.
Birthday Challenge ...
Hottest Chick photo with your Wild Westerner (real not cropped or edited)
Likewise for lady owners, Male Pics.
Please submit on or before May 31.
Prize to be awarded a $25.00 Gift Certificate to a restaurant of your liking .
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VW Its a family thing !!!
2002 Snap Orange Turbo Beetle (Daughter)
1973 Wild Westerner (Son) Vin #2232203230... Production Date Monday May 14, 1973 *** Destination Portland, Or.
Card Carrying Member of the International Wild Westerner Club
America (65) - Austria (1) -Canada (1)- Denmark (1) - France (1)- Germany (5) - Mexico (4) - The Netherlands (2) Portugal (1) - United Kingdom (3) |
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jtauxe 
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:12 am Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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| Bill Sullivan wrote: |
Assignment :
Do we have anyone in the vicinity of the gold mine Continental yard somewhere in New Mexico that would physically go there and look at all 73 to 79 bus inventory for the 736 paint code on the m code plate ? If so we need the serial numbers and to please notify the owners of our existence. In addition try and find out who owns the Wild Westerner shown last week on the transport trailer with two other vw buses. Also name and address of the restoration company they were headed to we think in California.
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Easier said than done. The owner has retired to Texas, so access to the yard would have to be arranged to be during one of his rare visits back to Alamogordo. I have talked to him extensively, and he is interested in selling whole vehicles, and it's not just buses.
I took a bunch of photographs from the fence surrounding the yard. Now I need to go back to those and the satellite photos to search for WWs...
I take trips to Las Cruces on occasion, but even on those, a detour to Alamogordo is several hours, adding most of a day to the trip.
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Bill Sullivan
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 1:21 pm Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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Ok well, do you have any idea how many transporters he has? I guess when I get out that way I can camp out for a while there.
Anyone that can provide satellite pics would be helpful.
Thanks for the effort and keep his number, i may need it later this year.
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2002 Snap Orange Turbo Beetle (Daughter)
1973 Wild Westerner (Son) Vin #2232203230... Production Date Monday May 14, 1973 *** Destination Portland, Or.
Card Carrying Member of the International Wild Westerner Club
America (65) - Austria (1) -Canada (1)- Denmark (1) - France (1)- Germany (5) - Mexico (4) - The Netherlands (2) Portugal (1) - United Kingdom (3) |
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Mober
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 1:08 am Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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Hey guys I am new to this forum and stumbled across this feed. My wifes uncle passed away recently and we inherited this 1973 "adventure bus" in Wild Westerner colors. It's at my inlaws place about two hours from me, but the bus is in great condition waiting for me to pick it up. It has only one owner and knowing her uncle it probably still has the window sticker still in the glove box (cross your fingers).
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Bill Sullivan
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 4:55 am Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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Wow...A Jewell....One Owner and no rust,
Yes Sir , you better grab that one.
When possible post a picture of the M Code located behind the driver seat on the short metal wall .
Then send me a your name and address by text or pm and I will forward free of charge certification decals.
You are one lucky man !
Looks like of the approximately 70 confirmed there are 19 Wild Westerners in California. You guys should have an annual Birthday Celebration / Gathering .
Bill
843=240=3981
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2002 Snap Orange Turbo Beetle (Daughter)
1973 Wild Westerner (Son) Vin #2232203230... Production Date Monday May 14, 1973 *** Destination Portland, Or.
Card Carrying Member of the International Wild Westerner Club
America (65) - Austria (1) -Canada (1)- Denmark (1) - France (1)- Germany (5) - Mexico (4) - The Netherlands (2) Portugal (1) - United Kingdom (3) |
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vwwestyman
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Abscate
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 6:02 am Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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| Mober wrote: |
Hey guys I am new to this forum and stumbled across this feed. My wifes uncle passed away recently and we inherited this 1973 "adventure bus" in Wild Westerner colors. It's at my inlaws place about two hours from me, but the bus is in great condition waiting for me to pick it up. It has only one owner and knowing her uncle it probably still has the window sticker still in the glove box (cross your fingers).
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Welcome Mober!
Don’t touch that key until you understand some things that are quirky about the motor, like getting an oil change can ruin your motor with one bolt.
You have already scored by calling it a Bus, instead of a van, which has spared you the “playing of the bears” ( someone will do this anyway)
Abscate..NYer displaced to Laguna Beach to guide parents on their final journey... 
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Mober
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 10:27 am Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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Wow...A Jewell....One Owner and no rust,
Yes Sir , you better grab that one.
When possible post a picture of the M Code located behind the driver seat on the short metal wall .
Then send me a your name and address by text or pm and I will forward free of charge certification decals.
You are one lucky man !
Looks like of the approximately 70 confirmed there are 19 Wild Westerners in California. You guys should have an annual Birthday Celebration / Gathering .
Bill
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Thank you! I am really excited about this, and im glad I found this thread because I was contemplating repainting it. But now I will be restoring it back to its original glory and providing this beauty with a spot in the garage. |
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Mober
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 10:39 am Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
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Nice! I bet that paint cleans up beautifully.
And I bet that thing gets great reception!
Just curious how you find this thread? |
I think so, just some light oxidation and of course the decal is cracking a bit.
The wife and I have been discussing what color to paint the bus, naturally I went online and googled "VW bus colors" and the first image that came up was the green bus. |
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