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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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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: microbus; vw
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To: central_va

Instead of a speedometer, they give you a calendar.

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0-60 in six weeks.


61 posted on 08/22/2013 12:26:32 PM PDT by dmz
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To: Osage Orange
After my freshman year in college, five of us piled into a microbus and drove across country. They dropped me in Barstow and turned North to he Washington State canneries for the summer. I went to be a live-in gardener for my uncle in Encino Hills, LA area. After a year at LA Valley College, I couldn't wait to get back to the Tennessee Hills!

That little microbus had a watercooler thang that hung on an opened window, for air conditioning across the desert. Did a little bit to ease the heat. We carried more water than gas as I recall.

62 posted on 08/22/2013 3:52:17 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: rawhide

Mine was a’71, green and white. Boy those were the days.


63 posted on 08/22/2013 8:38:19 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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