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Post by HighCotton on Mar 8, 2021 9:36:25 GMT -5
If only Pops would've known then what his 23 window bus would be worth some 70+ years later! Here is a pic of him and Ma on their wedding day in 1956 before coming to the states from Holland:  |
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Post by treetop on Mar 8, 2021 12:30:01 GMT -5
If only Pops would've known then what his 23 window bus would be worth some 70+ years later! Here is a pic of him and Ma on their wedding day in 1956 before coming to the states from Holland: Definitely worth a bunch they had one of them on one of the big two car auctions on TV seems like it went 400k plus granted it had be restored but still probably sold new for 400 to 800 bucks brand new I like watching them two shows lot of the cars they sell were around back when I was younger and had hair |
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Post by featherduster on Mar 8, 2021 13:14:36 GMT -5
That is a wonderful photo.
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Post by Russ Koon on Mar 8, 2021 16:32:43 GMT -5
Crossed the country (sorta) in a VW bus (not a 23 window) about 40 years ago. A buddy at work had bought one that needed some love, and he overhauled the engine and did a little bodywork, and prepped it for paint then took it to Earl Scheib's for the $50 special (actually pretty good paint jobs if you did your own prep work).
IIRC we got about 23 mpg for the highway portion of the trip, but the pedal was usually to the metal and we did some serious drafting whenever we could. If we could tuck in behind a big rig trailer the bus would hold on until the truck passed 75 or so. Once we were out of Denver and into the REAL hills, we did a lot of downshifting, but nothing stopped us completely. Neither of us got out to see if we could run alongside, but it was tempting as we got up close to the high passes. We explored a few roads going back into some remote public land the bus did well on them.
We backpacked up onto the Flattops Wilderness area to hunt for the week and had a good time. When we were leaving for home, my friend said he felt something was not quite right with the steering as we approached the gravelled switchbacks leading south onto the highway. He got out and inspected the steering and suspension, and finally spotted the problem. One of the main attachment points of the rear suspension had broken free from the unibody! I kinda wished he hadn't told me about it as we snaked our way down the mountain to highway level, but we made it OK and found a welding shop to get a quick repair that he said wasn't real pretty but looked sturdy, and we had no other problems as we went home.
Tough vehicles that took a lot of abuse and got people back home, just not very quickly 8^)
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