Author Topic: Spotted At Canadian Customs (Read 2728 times)

hellgti · « **on:** December 22, 2005, 03:56:09 PM »

who's is it??

silas · « **Reply #1 on:** December 22, 2005, 06:28:25 PM »

wow...nice bus. it looks great rolling on 5 spokes. what is it...a 58?

kind of on the same topic...there was a 51 (i think) belgium split located in quebec for sale on thesamba.com recently and the seller says it may be heading west. anyone have any info on that?

AirCooledRules · « **Reply #2 on:** December 22, 2005, 09:49:46 PM »

That would be a 59. it looks hot.

hellgti · « **Reply #3 on:** December 23, 2005, 08:12:40 AM »

i wish i could have gotten a pic o the interior. absolutly beautiful, except for the dash being cut for a stereo. full bench seats throughout though. very nicely done.

slugbug · « **Reply #4 on:** December 23, 2005, 02:45:21 PM »

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kind of on the same topic...there was a 51 (i think) belgium split located in quebec for sale on thesamba.com recently and the seller says it may be heading west. anyone have any info on that?

The seller supposedly has quite a collection of early VWs. I emailed him and mentioned I would love to see and photograph his collection, but he wasn't too keen on that. I can't say as I blame him. He did say he was planning on opening an art studio style Beetle Museum in the future though.

ehos · « **Reply #5 on:** December 23, 2005, 04:05:25 PM »

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That would be a 59. it looks hot.

Why not a 60 or 61? (Taillights?)

BUSDADDY · « **Reply #6 on:** December 23, 2005, 05:35:25 PM »

I'm thinkin 60, recessed door handles but no eyebrow over hatch handle.

Trevor P · « **Reply #7 on:** December 23, 2005, 07:00:11 PM »

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The seller supposedly has quite a collection of early VWs. I emailed him and mentioned I would love to see and photograph his collection, but he wasn't too keen on that. I can't say as I blame him. He did say he was planning on opening an art studio style Beetle Museum in the future though.

That's Francois. He has pretty much one of every year beetle from late 40's up til the late 70's I think. He tries to keep his cars Canadian. Hence why he was in Saskatoon a couple years ago trying to buy my friends '52 CC split (one of the first ones in Canada for the Expo)
I heard he was planning on opening his collection to the public eventually. He tries to stay pretty underground, but maybe he's coming outta hiding now.

AirCooledRules · « **Reply #8 on:** December 24, 2005, 12:41:11 AM »

looks to have the fridge style door handles which end in 59. and the non-pressed bumpers which start in 59. so its a 59.

Trevor P · « **Reply #9 on:** December 24, 2005, 08:44:50 AM »

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looks to have the fridge style door handles which end in 59. and the non-pressed bumpers which start in 59. so its a 59.

Fridge style door handles ended in 63 on the T2 actually.

slammedbus · « **Reply #10 on:** December 24, 2005, 09:37:55 AM »

Gee I wonder how this little discrepancy is going to turn out??? [_[

Chris · « **Reply #11 on:** December 24, 2005, 10:23:29 AM »

hehehe

Trevor P · « **Reply #12 on:** December 24, 2005, 10:55:28 AM »

I just call em as I see 'em.
I say it's a 60 cause it also has the reccess around the door handle base. This is assuming that all these panels are correct for this bus. I love a good mystery.

AirCooledRules · « **Reply #13 on:** December 24, 2005, 11:21:51 AM »

wow, thats nuts.

BUSDADDY · « **Reply #14 on:** December 24, 2005, 11:45:43 AM »

This is getting out of hand, obviously I'm not the only one with not much to do.
According to dropgates.com the door handle recess was introduced in dec. 60, too bad we can't see the cargo doors (high hinge? / low hinge?) or a pic of the speedo pod (square or round corners).
Whatever year it is it's a cool looking bus.

I wish Santa would hook me up with something like that.

Back to welding on the singlecab. Happy holidays everyone.

hellgti · « **Reply #15 on:** December 25, 2005, 11:53:38 AM »

wow. impressive waste of time nerds [_[

now who's is it!!!!