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Volkswagen Microbus finally reaches the end of the road
Fox News ^ | 8-22-13 | By Gary Gastelu

Posted on 08/22/2013 8:00:47 AM PDT by rawhide

Edited on 08/22/2013 8:01:57 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

After all these years the Kombi is officially fried out.

First introduced to the world in 1950, Volkswagen

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KEYWORDS: microbus; vw
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To: rawhide

Mine was 1960 .. yellow and white .. and the funnest thing to drive.


2 posted on 08/22/2013 8:03:44 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: rawhide
An online photo of my '77 Westfalia:


3 posted on 08/22/2013 8:03:45 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: rawhide

An absolute classic, hands down.


4 posted on 08/22/2013 8:06:22 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: knarf

Just passed a late 60s version on the way to work this morning. It was adorned with all the requisite markings of the day - peace symbol, flowers, etc.

They were indeed fun to drive - albeit giving the driver adequate time to compose a doctoral theses whilst attempting to get up to highway speed.


5 posted on 08/22/2013 8:09:29 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: knarf

My first car was a ‘62 with sun roof and tons of windows. So much rust I could watch the road pass under my feet. $600.

I was in heaven!


6 posted on 08/22/2013 8:09:59 AM PDT by llevrok ("It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words....." - Geo. Orwell)
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To: knarf
discontinued due to upcoming safety regulations

And the world died not with a bang but under the weight of regulations.

7 posted on 08/22/2013 8:10:16 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Da Coyote

Lots o fun when a semi goes zooming by you


8 posted on 08/22/2013 8:11:38 AM PDT by freedomlover
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To: knarf

Can they still survive an EMP attack?

:-)


9 posted on 08/22/2013 8:15:50 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: knarf

I never would have believed that you could pull the front wheels off the ground (69 bus) by alternately mashing the throttle and clutch.

I was there when my sister managed while my dad was trying to teach her to drive. LOL!

I also remember trying to drive a 40hp bus over the ship channel bridge in Houston. I thought I was going to have to get out and push. I cannot imagine trying to drive something like that loaded to its rated capacity of 3/4 ton in the mountains.


10 posted on 08/22/2013 8:18:45 AM PDT by Clay Moore ("In politics, stupidity is not a handicap." Napoleon Bonaparte)
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To: knarf

When I was a kid if you saw a beetle you’d yell “SPUD” and get one point. If you saw a VW microbus you’d yell “STEEL” and get six points.


11 posted on 08/22/2013 8:19:47 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Clay Moore
You probably had the 1600cc upright engine ... I had the 2200 (I THINK that's right) flat engine.

.I never had any troubles .... 'course, I was never in a hurry or hot rodding around, either.

12 posted on 08/22/2013 8:22:00 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: Da Coyote

My vision of hell is being stuck behind a VW Microbus on a steep, winding mountain road for all eternity.


13 posted on 08/22/2013 8:22:24 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (The average American voter is an idiot. Which is how the Dems want it.)
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To: DManA
Wooses ...

They were punch buggies ... and guess what you did ... or got .... when you spotted one.

14 posted on 08/22/2013 8:23:10 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: knarf

Got one stuck in a parking garage in Frankfurt one time in teh ‘80’s... We had to find a bunch of people to get in with us so we could back out...

FARFEGNUGEN!!!


15 posted on 08/22/2013 8:23:53 AM PDT by Rightly Biased (Avenge me Girls AVENEGE ME!!!! ( I don't have any son's))
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To: rawhide

I had 2 of them, a 64 and a 71. I converted the 64, and the 71 was a light Beige pop up that I drove to Mexico and back. The 64 drove from NY to Fla with a bad transmission and limped back home with 2 working gears. Add to them, 2 Bugs and a Ghia. If the original bug was still produced, I’d have one.


16 posted on 08/22/2013 8:24:03 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Remember Ty Woods? Glenn Doherty ? Forgot already?)
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To: Da Coyote

Instead of a speedometer, they give you a calendar.


17 posted on 08/22/2013 8:25:53 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: knarf

Had a new 1970 in blue that I called “Strider” and it was a lot of fun. Except in the winter when the heat (passive) never reached the front of the van. You couldn’t keep the slush from freezing on the windshield.


18 posted on 08/22/2013 8:26:04 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
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To: knarf; rawhide; JoeProBono
After all these years the Kombi is officially fried out. First introduced to the world in 1950, Volkswagen’s venerable Type 2 “Microbus” has been produced in Brazil since 1957, a 56-year longevity record that ends in December.

Deal's Wheels

19 posted on 08/22/2013 8:27:44 AM PDT by Alex Murphy (Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny.)
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To: Second Amendment First
I had a plug-in heat bar that sat on the very small window ledge.

Passengers had to believe.

20 posted on 08/22/2013 8:28:00 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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