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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: knarf

We didn’t need an excuse to punch each other.

STOP LOOKING AT ME!!!


21 posted on 08/22/2013 8:28:09 AM PDT by DManA
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To: llevrok
So much rust I could watch the road pass under my feet.

I worked with someone who had one like that. It died on his way out of the company parking lot one day, so he gave up, pushed it into a space, and put a sign in the window that said "This steel shed for sale cheap."
22 posted on 08/22/2013 8:28:38 AM PDT by BikerJoe
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To: Bringbackthedraft

I’m WITH ya, true believer.


23 posted on 08/22/2013 8:29:27 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: knarf
It was the very first van I ever owned. Did lots of camping in it. My parents liked mine so much they went out and bought one.

Had to sell it though because the air con was behind the driver seat and living in Texas I needed it to be hitting my face and not the back of my neck.

24 posted on 08/22/2013 8:31:47 AM PDT by Slyfox (Without the Right to Life, all other rights are meaningless.)
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To: knarf

I almost froze stopped dead on a closed interstate. No go, not even passive heat. It was however excellent traction in show and sand.


25 posted on 08/22/2013 8:34:15 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
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To: rawhide
After all these years the Kombi is officially fried out.

Who here did NOT start singing that song??

26 posted on 08/22/2013 8:35:09 AM PDT by Old Sarge (Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
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To: knarf

I remember VW agents showing up after horrible crashes and buying the wreckage. They also scoured the junkyards for any bugs or buses showing how easily smashed VWs were. Really evil.


27 posted on 08/22/2013 8:35:27 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Puppage

We owned three of them thru the years. I would like another!


28 posted on 08/22/2013 8:36:14 AM PDT by Dudoight
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To: DManA
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.

When I was a kid if you saw a Beetle you yelled "Slug Bug" plus the color of the car and punched the person next to you. My sister hated sitting next to me.

29 posted on 08/22/2013 8:36:40 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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To: 0.E.O; DManA
See?

Y'lived a sheltered life, Dman.

30 posted on 08/22/2013 8:40:49 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: knarf

We found plenty of other reasons to slug each other.


31 posted on 08/22/2013 8:43:21 AM PDT by DManA
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To: knarf

I learned to drive a stick, illegaly, at the age of 12 on a 63 bus with no back seats.

Drove my sisters and to the lake about a mile from our house. I had to park outside the park because the girls charging a dime for parking would have noticed I wasn’t old enough to drive.


32 posted on 08/22/2013 8:43:47 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (It is going to be Foot to Ass combat on election day....my foot and a Rat's ass.)
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To: Da Coyote

No skull and roses or dancing bears? Was Freewheelin’ Franklin driving?


33 posted on 08/22/2013 8:44:07 AM PDT by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: Old Sarge
In my head, I started singing this one...

"Well we shot the line
And we went for broke
With a thousand screamin trucks
And eleven long haired Friends of Jesus
In a Chartreuse microbus."


34 posted on 08/22/2013 8:46:45 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Cogito, ergo armatum sum.)
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To: DManA
Who's talkin' REASONS ... these are EXCUSES !

/8^)

35 posted on 08/22/2013 8:47:37 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: knarf

The hours I spent slugging my brother and buds were golden.


36 posted on 08/22/2013 8:51:16 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Dudoight

I was fond of the square backs. Used to take one to chess tournaments and sleep in the back!


37 posted on 08/22/2013 8:51:55 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Freestate316
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers ... classic.

Thanx for the memory

38 posted on 08/22/2013 8:52:34 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: central_va
"Instead of a speedometer, they give you a calendar.

Thats funny! My girlfriend in college had one, great car for the drive in movies. I bought a Vanagon in 84 some years later when I was stationed in FL. It was first water boxer engine and had more power but the calender on the dashboard still applies. Wish I had never sold it.

39 posted on 08/22/2013 8:55:39 AM PDT by strongbow
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To: andy58-in-nh

That was another thing about Volkswagon. They offered colors and shades not seen in nature and never offered by any other manufacturer before or since.


40 posted on 08/22/2013 8:59:01 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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