

| 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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