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 2003-11-24
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This March '55 bus was given to me by a kind little old lady after I offered her money for it. She refused to take money for it even after I told her what it really is and how rare it is. I found it in a farm field on the Caifornia/Nevada stateline about 5 years ago approximately 50 miles from Reno, Nevada. It is rust free and is not for sale.
 2003-11-23
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 2003-11-21
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 2003-11-21
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CARL YC RACING

 2003-11-19
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CARL YC RACING

 2003-11-19
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Damien Harris

 2003-11-16
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23 window on farm just outside Melbourne Australia 23 window on farm just outside Melbourne Australia 23 window on farm just outside Melbourne Australia 23 window on farm just outside Melbourne Australia 23 window on farm just outside Melbourne Australia
Damien Harris
I keep this bus on my granparents farm. I've had it for 3 years and one day hope to fully restore it.
 2003-11-16
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05/27/06 stephen mccoll what a beauty !
c'mon Damo finish the projet or sell it to a good
home in oz
09/17/05 mario hi damien i was wondering if you where selling your bus i notice that is on your grandparents farm and i wanted to buy it from you, i live in los angeles, California and it has been my dream to have a bus, and if you can e-mail me to give me an offer about it and just e-mail me please to let me know the status about it. thank you!

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23 window on farm just outside Melbourne Australia 23 window on farm just outside Melbourne Australia 23 window on farm just outside Melbourne Australia 23 window on farm just outside Melbourne Australia 23 window on farm just outside Melbourne Australia
Damien Harris
I keep this bus on my granparents farm. I've had it for 3 years and one day hope to fully restore it.
 2003-11-16
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08/09/05 Nick Willis Hey, have you gotten to work on it yet? Would love to see how it turned out... if not i would be interested in buying it; im from oz as well
11/21/03 Rikki Jimjams Opps!
11/18/03 jimbob 55 sowden Rikki can't spell his own name, BARNNUTTER!!
11/18/03 Rikki Jamers Oh man! what a find! is it a 61? buy it!!!

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Beetlecenter
http://www.beetlecenter.com
This is our new '65 fastback and my friends '64 notch with original 31.000 km (!!)
 2003-11-09
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11/12/03 Leon To Jeff:
We also got a '66 microbus !
but this is our new project....
11/09/03 Mike What kind of cars are those?
11/09/03 jeff nice busses guys!

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1950 Barndoor wreck 1950 Barndoor wreck 1950 Barndoor wreck 1950 Barndoor wreck
Roman
http://twinpeakboxers.com
NOT restorable, 1 mile through the woods just to find it, no floor and heavy dented. Doeas not have a rear window from factory but a net was added to have some rear view.
 2003-11-05
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11/05/03 Andrew Anything is restorable with enough time, money, and skill. Some things are just more suited to the millionaires with no job or obligations that have have been welding for the past 60 years.
11/05/03 jolas cochrane Those pictures just make me so depressed ....

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DKX!
Vw's Mating! Back yard Bugaloo
 2003-11-03
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11/12/03 DK! ~lOVe buGs~

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1955 School Bus
Bob
1955 School Bus (for sale)
Can you imagine how the US should have look liked with a different kind of Schoolbusses? Besides the huge billboards, the ever lasting Coca-Cola bottle and some grand fastfood-restaurants, it are the huge bright yellow and black striped schoolbusses with their strange flash lights that pop-up in our mind when we think about the typical features of the country of Uncle Sam. In 1955 they tried to change this part of our dreams when our beloved board of directors at Volkswagen Germany decided it was about time to show the US school community how to bring their kids to school in an economical way. After their incredible succes of economical cars in the US they simply thought this was just the next little step... They built a schoolbus prototype to US-specs and shipped it over to New York where it started its promotional tour over the East Coast to the Midwest. There is even still a St-Louis 1955 service sticker at 3167 miles, which made a certain Bill Bowman, who lives up there, pretty wild! But as soon as the brilliant plan came up as soon they discovered real schoolbus drivers only wanted V8 engines and the promotional tour was not the succes they hoped for. So after only a few months they decided to bring the bus back to Germany (Isn't it easy to make that kind of decisions when you have your own ships sailing the Atlantic ocean?). They stored it in a dark corner of the factory and simply forgot it, cardboard was piled up in and around the bus and the corner became even darker... Until in 1988 a clever and well-known enthusiast was looking around in the factory for some goodies or history, by coincidence the dark corner was discovered again... He didn't exactly know what it was, just like the rest of the factory and for the first time the bus changed hands... She was adopted by the Bulli Kartie's Mobiles Museum. BKMM was an initiative from the German Busclub to drive in rare busses all over the country, so the local people had the chance to see all the weird stuff VW ever made. After serving BKMM for quite some years the lucky finder decided to sell the bus to BBT, where it was treated nicely. Being part of Bob's private collection it was very hard to decide putting it for sale, but there are always other and different cars turning up so the time came to change place and move the bus from the left (private collection) to the right (commercial collection) side of the building. That was after Mike Mallemut and his spous had the drive of their lifetime in the BBT-convoy to Bad Camberg 2003! The bus proved to be well roadworthy and it spinned like it must have toured the US in 1955! On the outside you can find the huge 'Schoolbus' panels on the roof, with the special American 'STOP' flash lights, made by the US brand of Yankee! The panels can easily be removed and transported inside the bus, what makes it easier to drive on the highway. As you can see the back of the bus is 'schoolbus'-yellow and there's a nice set of extra taillights. A favorite extra for many is the spacial step which opens as soon as the side cargo doors open and it's even lighted as well! It's a weird feature but always fun to show to people! The trailer hitch is installed later but mid-fiftys period correct, an ultrarare find! It protects the whole back and underside of the bus what's a good thing of course!
 2003-10-15
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01/03/04 josef The story of this school bus seems to have a allure towards the phantastique and can be considered simply ill informed.
The proto type talk can not be accurate, since these type of Volkswagen buses were in service in the US. During my studies at UVA in Charllotesville VA I did come upon a refuse yard which contained two buses of this kind, lever door openers and yellow rear approach were the unusual features of the two beasts, thus this story is simply ill-informed fabrication or a lie. A VW school bus was indeed exported to the US, not as a proto-type but rather as a standard combi. These buses were at arrival converted to US DOT-school bus specs and then sold to various School systems on the eastern US coast.
with regards JOSEF S.











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10/15/03 Mike I am glad you love America as much as we do. And I am sure that Volkswagen forgot about a corner of the factory that they store cars in. And I am also sure they let enthusiasts stroll around the factory treasure hunting. I like the story though.

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Bill Tsagrinos
Here is a pic of the Stretched Doubl Cab from the 60's by The BEETLE BARN in las vegas. Justin is the lucky guy who gets to drive it
 2003-10-12
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Erwin
http://www.keverpech.nl
These are my vw's. A '66 panelvan that i'm restoring at the moment, my '69 olskool bug and my girls '77 dailydriver. See more of them and meeting pictures and lot's of other stuff on my new website: www.keverpech.nl (It's in English!)
 2003-10-08
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12/02/03 volksaddiction your sharp Paul !
Our garage is loaded with that kind of pics ;-)
Greetings
Leon
www.volksaddiction.nl
11/29/03 Paul Sims Nice posters in the red bug pic. :)
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