[tcb] Re: long history of bus
- From: Neil the VWDUDE <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:39:19 -0700 (PDT)
I paid $800 for my '58...I think it was
2002...runnin', all the glass, in pretty fair shape...
--- Shelby Shook <sloweyefasthand@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> that's so unfair!!!
>
> On 8/30/07, Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > I bought my '66 Deluxe for $600 in 2003.
> >
> >
> > Shelby Shook said:
> > > Man, I wish I could have been around back then
> to buy a bus for
> > $600...or
> > > atleast I wish my dad would have kept both of
> his.
> > >
> > > On 8/29/07, Marie Metcalf <vwmarie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> My son's 59 cargo double doors on both sides.
> We found it parked in
> > >> Truth
> > >> or Consequences, New Mexico near lake when we
> were over there. Went
> > and
> > >> spoke to owner. They had it shipped from
> factory in covered container
> > >> to
> > >> their doorstep. It was used to transprt turkeys
> over the mountain to
> > the
> > >> meat market here in Alamogordo, New Mexico
> where we live. Wern't
> > >> interested
> > >> in selling although by the end of the
> conversation we bought it. around
> > >> $600. Had to go back over to pick it up and
> owners wife(both elderly)
> > >> had
> > >> cleaned it inside out and was sad she missed a
> spot on the inside of
> > the
> > >> engine lid. Good shape and happy home. Also,
> my 60 23 window was
> > bought
> > >> by
> > >> us from an original owner in Santa Fe, New
> Mexico. Still have the
> > >> canceled
> > >> check on file. You know the kind we used to use
> before plastic. We
> > paid
> > >> $1000 for that one in 1971. It has traveled
> everywhere with us but is
> > >> resting until we get some cancer treatment for
> her done and new paint
> > >> and new sunroof. Ya know, needs some care and
> getting it done soon,
> > >> hopefully. At least the 67 camper bus is
> running around smoothly for
> > >> now. It
> > >> came from Roswell, New Mexico (Home of the
> aliens) The 64 double cab
> > >> pickup
> > >> came from Rex Eastman, a purchase made at
> Jerome one year. "Shorty"
> > the
> > >> short bus(jacking points touching in the
> center) came from a purchase
> > in
> > >> Lake Havasue. Boy, those bus meets can get
> expensive but fun. Not much
> > >> interesting history on the rest of the gang!
> > >>
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