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von_hansel Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2006 Posts: 635 Location: Inland Empire
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Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 11:16 am Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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I concur with Brandon. It's really cool to see such an early flip seat and all the work you have done to it.
It was great meeting you in person and thank you for the invite to come hang out with you guys the next time I am in SLC. I will definitely hit you guys up.
I hope you guys had a trouble free drive home _________________
Mugatu wrote: |
von_hansel is so hot right now |
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oakman Samba Member
Joined: February 05, 2014 Posts: 1715 Location: Edge of the Desert, Ca
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Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 10:21 am Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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I just re-read your thread Tony, what a great story and Westy.
It was great to see this bus in person at the Spring Picnic, thanks for coming down and camping out with us. I will try to get up your way for some events, soon hopefully! _________________ Brandon |
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RustyDC Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2012 Posts: 55 Location: Saratoga Springs, UT
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2019 3:31 am Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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BarryL wrote: |
Is he barefoot? |
yes he sure is. He told me a story about going to jail for 5 nights and the bus got impounded with a case of Canada beer under the rear flip up seat. _________________ 1957 Single cab
1959 15 Window
1961 SO34 Westy
1970 Tin top |
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BarryL Samba Member
Joined: November 01, 2004 Posts: 14258 Location: Casa de Oro, California
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Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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Is he barefoot? |
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Eric&Barb Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2004 Posts: 24736 Location: Olympia Wash Rinse & Repeat
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Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 4:35 pm Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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Hope you got to record most of those stories! _________________ In Stereo, Where Available! |
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RustyDC Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2012 Posts: 55 Location: Saratoga Springs, UT
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Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 4:18 pm Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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This is Mike. Mike owned this bus from 1972-1982. I tracked down his address and just showed up at his door to surprise him. Boy was he surprised and happy! He told me a ton of stories about the bus. He purchased it for $93.00usd and drove it all over the USA, Canada and Baja Mexico. I let him drive it and it was good to see him smile. _________________ 1957 Single cab
1959 15 Window
1961 SO34 Westy
1970 Tin top |
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RustyDC Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2012 Posts: 55 Location: Saratoga Springs, UT
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Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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A few pictures from the weekend. These were taken up Fairview Canyon, UT.
The campsite next to us had a Porsche that was used to fetch wood.
Electric Lake is the background.
_________________ 1957 Single cab
1959 15 Window
1961 SO34 Westy
1970 Tin top |
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67_13Deluxe Samba Resident Alien
Joined: February 18, 2005 Posts: 912 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 1:51 pm Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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RustyDC wrote: |
67_13Deluxe wrote: |
Are we going to see this bus at the Wasatch Classic Saturday? |
No, you will not unfortunately. We had a family vacation planned and they changed the show dates from June to July. |
Then we will probably get to see it at the VW Classic then! |
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RustyDC Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2012 Posts: 55 Location: Saratoga Springs, UT
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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67_13Deluxe wrote: |
Are we going to see this bus at the Wasatch Classic Saturday? |
No, you will not unfortunately. We had a family vacation planned and they changed the show dates from June to July. _________________ 1957 Single cab
1959 15 Window
1961 SO34 Westy
1970 Tin top |
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67_13Deluxe Samba Resident Alien
Joined: February 18, 2005 Posts: 912 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:42 am Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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Are we going to see this bus at the Wasatch Classic Saturday? |
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RustyDC Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2012 Posts: 55 Location: Saratoga Springs, UT
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:09 am Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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vwuberalles wrote: |
did he haul the Vespa sidecar rig there in the bus?! |
the sidecar was loaded on the rack of his bus and the scooter was inside of his bus. _________________ 1957 Single cab
1959 15 Window
1961 SO34 Westy
1970 Tin top |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22648 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 8:43 am Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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vwuberalles wrote: |
did he haul the Vespa sidecar rig there in the bus?! |
That would weld to the side very nicely _________________ .ssS! |
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vwuberalles Samba Member
Joined: October 18, 2003 Posts: 1357 Location: Richmond, VA
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RustyDC Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2012 Posts: 55 Location: Saratoga Springs, UT
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Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 4:38 pm Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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Picture from last weekend at VW's at the Springs in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. Aaron's sweet scoot parked in front.
_________________ 1957 Single cab
1959 15 Window
1961 SO34 Westy
1970 Tin top |
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RustyDC Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2012 Posts: 55 Location: Saratoga Springs, UT
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Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 4:32 pm Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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Finally the birth certificate arrived.
_________________ 1957 Single cab
1959 15 Window
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1970 Tin top |
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Eric&Barb Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2004 Posts: 24736 Location: Olympia Wash Rinse & Repeat
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Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:42 am Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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Abscate wrote: |
What was the original power plant? Was that the famous bastard 40 HP? |
MAY59 till AUG1960 was the Bastard 40 HP era. _________________ In Stereo, Where Available! |
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RustyDC Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2012 Posts: 55 Location: Saratoga Springs, UT
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Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:23 am Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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Abscate wrote: |
What was the original power plant? Was that the famous bastard 40 HP? |
The motor that was in it was not the original. It now has a 1776 built by Painter's in Colorado. _________________ 1957 Single cab
1959 15 Window
1961 SO34 Westy
1970 Tin top |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22648 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 3:24 am Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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What was the original power plant? Was that the famous bastard 40 HP? _________________ .ssS! |
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j.pickens Samba Member
Joined: December 03, 2002 Posts: 9789 Location: Exit 7, New Jersey
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 9:55 pm Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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Great bus, Great photo!
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campingbox Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2000 Posts: 10196 Location: Petaluma, CA
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:25 am Post subject: Re: Barn find 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westy |
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Looks great. Nice work. |
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