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http://www.cartype.com/pages/365/volksw ... logo_buses

YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS IT'S BRILLIANT !!
these are soooo cool..just imagine them driving around in those days....like it was yesterday
i love old buses !!


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Dude, that is such a cool site man, thanks :hangloose:
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Those a amazing pics of yesteryear
Why do we celebrate the guy that invented the wheel??
Surely we must celebrate the guy tat invented the other three
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What a site!
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Thanks for the link! :hangloose:

Those are from dealer brochures for showing businessmen the advertising potential of the bus.

I have my own bit of period signwriting history:

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Geez Fig that is so cooooool
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Oxford Radio could hold its own on this page:

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Thats for sure, what a classic :hangloose:

I'd still be tempted to get the Oxford bus on the road first and then the '57 8)
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I love that pic. Someone did a recent repro of that bus:
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And a Brekina 1/87th miniature:
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