VW Bus Turns 65

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  • March 10, 2015 at 9:27 am #235630
    Paul Mossberg
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    @pmossberg

    Would love to have one of these some day!

    http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/03/10/the-volkswagen-bus-turns-65/?refer=news

    Paul Mossberg
    Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
    2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

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    March 10, 2015 at 10:32 am #263627
    john barry
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    @jebarry

    heck I would be happy to have my childhood model of the  23  split window VW bus 🙂

    March 10, 2015 at 3:55 pm #263628
    Dbanta
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    @dbanta

    My first car was a 1964 Microbus. It went to Woodstock in 1969. Drove that thing all over the place. Rebuilt the engine twice. Wish I still had it.

    In wine there is truth, in water health.

    March 10, 2015 at 5:47 pm #263629
    KentT
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    @kentt

    My first bus was a 1964 Deluxe, but it didn’t go to Woodstock. It went to Keesler AFB MS with me, and then on to Homestead FL with my wife and toddler, pulling her 1972 Pinto… I wore out 4 busses over the following years. I’ve lost track of how many cross-country trips I’ve made in them over the years. Great memories of numerous camping trips in later in full Westphalia or Weekender versions. IMO, one of the most practical, reliable and economical vehicles ever made…

    Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
    Slowly coming back from the ashes...

    March 10, 2015 at 9:07 pm #263630
    edward ericson
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    @edsnova

    You PULLED A PINTO with a ’64 VW Bus??

    March 10, 2015 at 9:19 pm #263631
    Royal
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    @royal

    In addition to all the music, Woodstock was kind of a VW Bus/Transporter show, eh?  (For those that got there early and were not stuck on the “closed” NYS Thruway.)(There were a good number of resurrected old School Busses also.)

    March 10, 2015 at 10:54 pm #263632
    KentT
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    @kentt

    Yes, I pulled a Pinto. Later, I towed a 64 Bug from San Antonio TX to Newport News VA and 18 months later to Ogden UT – crossing both WV and WY (among others, of course) along the way. That was with a Wasserboxer Vanagon.

    I don’t recall exactly what the final gear ratio was on the 64, but a liile bit of power goes a long way when your gear ratio is about 6:1. You just have to have a cool-running engine to maintain 3000 RPM or so, and take your time…

    Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
    Slowly coming back from the ashes...

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