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Subject:Re: Volkswagen Type 2 Bus Evolution Detailed In Groovy Family Tree
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Wed, 28 Oct 2020 22:32:37 -0600

Eric

        Got a big Laugh Here out of that 1 ~ Do Hope You @ least got that 1% on Film ~

I'm thinkin a Big Snowy parking lot or wonderfully wide open Long Ocean Beach ~

                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 27 Oct , 2020, at 6:38 PM, Eric Caron wrote:

> My first was a 74 bus purchased for $450.00 from a professor at SUNY Albany.  I fixed up the rust a bit and put in a simple bed.  I took a summer with my girlfriend.  She could really drive, and as I�m blind she did 99 percent of the driving.  The other one percent will not be discussed on line! 
> 
> I sold it to search for a camper and purchased a 74adventure wagon, later a 76 Westfalia and then a 84 camper, and now my forever van is a 85 camper.
> 
> Before the bus was a 74 super beetle and between busses a 71 super beetle sunroof.
> All were sold in better shape then I purchased them.
> 
> I often wonder about those busses, and beetles.
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 
>> On Oct 27, 2020, at 7:43 PM, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> mine was a '78 tintop in Colorado. Travelled extensively with camping
>> stoves and Luma (German abbreviation for "Luftmatraze") and plastic bins.
>> Got my '81 westy in '94 (Jenny) (east coast) and unfortunately she is
>> rusting away now....
>> 
>> Karl.
>> 
>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 6:56 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> My first van was a 1970 Tintop, acquired in 1974; traveled all around the
>>> USA in that one.  Next van is my present one, 1985 Tintop, acquired in
>>> 1989.  Both with self designed and homebuilt camping interiors.  Recent new
>>> Subie 2.2 and rebuilt transmission, now van has 285,000 miles of fun, been
>>> everywhere.  Yep....these contraptions sure get into your blood; nothing
>>> quite like them.  Thanks for sharing this link.  Again....nothing quite
>>> like them.
>>> 
>>> Rich
>>> San Diego
>>> 
>>>   On Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 6:53:35 AM PDT, Jack R <
>>> jack007@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Volkswagen Type 2 Bus Evolution Detailed In Groovy Family Tree
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> https://www.motor1.com/news/450912/volkswagen-type-2-bus-evolution/
>>> 
>>>

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