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05-31-2019, 04:51 PM
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#81
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Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Lake Barkley
Posts: 127
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Prevost
Chassis: H3-45
Engine: Detroit DDEC III
Rated Cap: A LOT
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Originally Posted by haz.matt.1960
The bonnets look more like a Super Beetle's than a standard Bug's.
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They do! Supers have the tucked under look and these do too. Does everyone know the reason VW introduced the Super Beetle? If you don't, here's the answer. Supers have Macpherson strut front suspensions so that more than one suit case can fit in under the front bonnet. I think a Super can fit two and a half.
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Originally Posted by haz.matt.1960
2010 NB, here.
...they only stock auto autos...
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What the heck is an "auto auto?"
OH WAIT! It's a car with an automatic transmission. JEEEZ I'm slow on the uptake. 
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Originally Posted by WoodenYouKnowIt
...notice the windshield and rear window. They are from the NEW Beetle.
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My bad! These don't have rear windows. They are almost strictly beach cars and they most show up in the beach areas as rentals for tourists.
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05-31-2019, 07:58 PM
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#82
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: E Central Tejas
Posts: 2,089
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: IH 3800, 8 window
Engine: T444E w/ Spicer 5-speed MT
Rated Cap: I prefer broad-brims hats
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MY inaugural Volkswagen was a '71 Super Beetle. Prolly the coolest car I've owned, virtually drooling personality!
Sadly, I had to send her to Volksie Valhalla when the belly pan rot got so bad I felt like Fred Flintstone.
Yup, knew that! In fact that was an early wrenching job I farmed out. The risk of decapitating myself doing the struts myself didn't seem cost-effective...
Actually, 2 valises would fit, any more, and the spare tire has to come out!
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Originally Posted by WoodenYouKnowIt
They do! Supers have the tucked under look and these do too. Does everyone know the reason VW introduced the Super Beetle? If you don't, here's the answer. Supers have Macpherson strut front suspensions so that more than one suit case can fit in under the front bonnet. I think a Super can fit two and a half.
What the heck is an "auto auto?"
OH WAIT! It's a car with an automatic transmission. JEEEZ I'm slow on the uptake. |
Heaven forfend I should write clearly literally.
These latter day doonies look a lot more like the NB than the classic: bonnet, boot, and windshield-wise.
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06-14-2019, 10:48 PM
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#83
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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11-30-2019, 06:08 PM
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#84
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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I think my bus bug has bitten my brother. He purchased a 71 VW van and is doing a complete electric conversion on it. He's a surgeon, so has the budget. I'll post updates. 
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12-06-2019, 04:31 PM
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#85
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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Just got an update. He bought the late 71 Van a couple weeks ago. He tells me he already has ti stripped to the last part for a high dollar paint job. He is doing it the right way and has already ordered 295 parts of original German made factory parts, no Brazil parts. He is searching for a salvage late 2019 Tesla 3 to pull the full drive train from. Plenty of them available. It will be a traveling photo studio and will be used for charity events at schools , hospitals, etc.
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12-06-2019, 04:34 PM
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#86
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,826
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Originally Posted by o1marc
Just got an update. He bought the late 71 Van a couple weeks ago. He tells me he already has ti stripped to the last part for a high dollar paint job. He is doing it the right way and has already ordered 295 parts of original German made factory parts, no Brazil parts. He is searching for a salvage late 2019 Tesla 3 to pull the full drive train from. Plenty of them available. It will be a traveling photo studio and will be used for charity events at schools , hospitals, etc.
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That's the year, model, and color VW T2 I had in my late teens. 
71 got DP engine and disc brakes, woot!
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12-06-2019, 04:47 PM
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#87
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
That's the year, model, and color VW T2 I had in my late teens.
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As I understand it, 71 was a transition year where the later 71's got the disc brakes and other stuff the early ones didn't have. He stripped it and was impressed that there was absolutely no rust anywhere on this Calif unit.
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12-06-2019, 05:05 PM
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#88
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,826
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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possibly. Every 71 I've ever seen had the discs. Looks like a real nice one he got.
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11-18-2020, 04:44 PM
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#89
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,826
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Got the studs on the drums and then the wheels mounted. today marks the first time the bug has been off jack stands since 97/98. After 22 years she rolls again. Now to hook up the steering column and brakes.
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11-18-2020, 05:01 PM
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#90
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Grayson County, VA
Posts: 1,437
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Amtran
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466
Rated Cap: 65
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Oh wow, that's a nice looking ride man. I dig the colors. Congrats on getting it back on its feet again
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11-18-2020, 05:14 PM
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#91
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,826
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Originally Posted by Drew Bru
Oh wow, that's a nice looking ride man. I dig the colors. Congrats on getting it back on its feet again |
Thanks.
We really can't wait to get it out on the road for some cruising.
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11-18-2020, 06:13 PM
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#92
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 7,030
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Chassis: CE 300
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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Sweet, I love bugs. I never owned one, but I rented a room from a couple in Atlanta who let me borrow theirs to go get groceries and such. It was extra fun because it had no starter and no reverse gear, so I had to be pretty careful where I parked it.
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11-18-2020, 06:22 PM
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#93
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: E Central Tejas
Posts: 2,089
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: IH 3800, 8 window
Engine: T444E w/ Spicer 5-speed MT
Rated Cap: I prefer broad-brims hats
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As a former industrial H&S weenie, I am relieved to see Wolfsburg APRs are requisite PPG!
Looks weird, without that front fender. Good weird, tho... Not like that time I snapped a deer's neck.
Not bare-handed! My fantasy life extends only *so* far...
Nope, the 'dear' thing that bust my '72 VW SB's R HL, tore the shotgun fender free of it's welts, and stove in that side's door when it's entire BODY whiplashed.
Oh yeah, and then there were the violently ejected ungulate feces that were a while getting winkled out of the RR fender welting.
Almost 110 pounds of venison, tho . .
Anyhow!
Good that she's rolling again!!! [emoji106][emoji106]
(Think I'd invest in some sort of wheel chock, until the brakes be bled)
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11-18-2020, 06:24 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Brazoria County, Texas
Posts: 819
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 32 Passenger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Thanks.
We really can't wait to get it out on the road for some cruising.
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Alright Charlie !!! That’s cool. I’ve had 3 beetles & a Ghia. Love em !! My 64’ I have now is a Manx. Trying to get my damn bus finished so I can strip her down and give her a new paint job. Needs it badly !!
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11-18-2020, 06:32 PM
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#95
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: E Central Tejas
Posts: 2,089
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: IH 3800, 8 window
Engine: T444E w/ Spicer 5-speed MT
Rated Cap: I prefer broad-brims hats
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I've been aways awhile. I forgot how to paste-in jpgs! It sux, getting old.
However, given the only alternative to which, that *I've* been witness to... I reckon I'll take it.
Literally and figuratively
Early-mid-Nineties: Seminole County FL; HotBlack the gato navigator in attendence in my '67 Westphalia Camper, "Das."
(Hereby providing archival proof that I am incapable of finishing ]ANY[ bus's modifications: Micro or macro)
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11-18-2020, 06:42 PM
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#96
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: E Central Tejas
Posts: 2,089
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: IH 3800, 8 window
Engine: T444E w/ Spicer 5-speed MT
Rated Cap: I prefer broad-brims hats
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Quote:
Originally Posted by musigenesis
Sweet, I love bugs. I never owned one, but I rented a room from a couple in Atlanta who let me borrow theirs to go get groceries and such. It was extra fun because it had no starter and no reverse gear, so I had to be pretty careful where I parked it.
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I had an ex-wife that was *exactly* like that...
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11-18-2020, 09:04 PM
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#97
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 1,001
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: International
Engine: TE 444
Rated Cap: 12
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Where have you been hiding that one Charlie?
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11-19-2020, 06:00 AM
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#98
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,826
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kubla
Where have you been hiding that one Charlie?
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Been on jack stands in my folks garage since 97/98.
My buddy bill was blown away by how much Gene Berg stuff I had stashed.
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11-19-2020, 06:30 AM
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#99
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 19,715
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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that 2 tone paint job amnd those wheels are just pure beetle perfection!!!
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11-19-2020, 07:35 AM
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#100
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 50
Year: 1939
Coachwork: new paris indiana coachworks
Chassis: stock
Engine: undecided
Rated Cap: 18
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sold my 82 from Oregon to new group of builders this past Saturday
People are really into these
I drove one 10 years ago for 2 years,from California
It was a 1982 Vanagan 2 tone brown and almond
air cooled manual transmission
It went to new Zealand
Bought a Oregon Almond Vanagan with air cooled and a/c Manual early summer this year.Really clean
Did not get at making daily user so sold it as have another project
It is funny as I advertised it on facebook where they do not recognize Vanagan
They want and you have to list them as Eurovans
Air cooled or not at all
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