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fig
Bus Driver
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by fig Wed May 13, 2009 12:03 am
50 years ago today in the Volkswagen factory in Hannover, two Deluxe Microbus Sambas were built as part of a batch destined for South Africa. Amazingly those two buses are still around, one owned by Giz & I, and the other by Eugene SambaOwner.
Mr&Mrs fig's M-plate:
Eugene's M-plate:
Note the same production date on both and VINs 291 apart.
Mr&Mrs fig's Samba:
Eugene's:
fig
johanb
Flywheel
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by johanb Wed May 13, 2009 4:17 am
Pine
ACVWSA Junkie
Posts: 15033 Joined: Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:54 pmWhat model do you have?: Oil on the drivewayLocation: WildernessHas thanked: 231 times Been thanked: 233 times
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by Pine Wed May 13, 2009 6:04 am
Congrats!
Wishing you both many more open roads and sunny skies
BUSBFK
Oil Pump
Posts: 281 Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:27 amWhat model do you have?: 1965 Type 2, KangoLocation: Roodepoort
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by BUSBFK Wed May 13, 2009 7:35 am
Congratulations and may there be many more.
Chris
ACVWSA Junkie
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by Chris Wed May 13, 2009 7:47 am
Congrats.
Damn,I'm good!
Piet Jacobs
Oil Leak
Posts: 59 Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:12 amWhat model do you have?: 1975 Fleetline busLocation: Randpark Ridge Jo'burg
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by Piet Jacobs Wed May 13, 2009 7:50 am
Congratulations!! Life begins at fifty
If life pleases us, why should death coming from the same Creator, displease us - Leonardo De Vinci
fig
Bus Driver
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by fig Wed May 13, 2009 8:01 am
Chris wrote: How can they both have the exact same numbers?
They don't. The VINs are different; the buses were 291 apart on the production line. All the other numbers are the same because the buses were built on the same day with the same spec.
fig
VW-rules
Crankshaft
Posts: 743 Joined: Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:59 pmWhat model do you have?: 1961 BusLocation: East London SAHas thanked: 10 times Been thanked: 8 times
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by VW-rules Wed May 13, 2009 9:17 am
Congratulations
Brilliant mile stone.
If a married man speaks in the forest and his wife is not there to hear him, is he still wrong?
Blitzkrieg
ACVWSA Junkie
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by Blitzkrieg Wed May 13, 2009 9:29 am
Cool! Nice to see that SA still has Buses that we can be proud of
If it's too low, you're too old
Dawie
Fuel Injection
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by Dawie Wed May 13, 2009 9:33 am
Happy birthday to the Samba twins. Wishing them a long, dry and rustfree life.
Staying Aircooled is so much nicer.
Eugene
Carburettor
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by Eugene Wed May 13, 2009 1:06 pm
You can never have enough Garages
fig
Bus Driver
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by fig Wed May 13, 2009 1:12 pm
I hope mine will be restored before the next 50 years is up ...
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fig
Bus Driver
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by fig Thu May 14, 2009 9:33 am
I'm still collecting the parts for my resto. Restoration won't start until I have all the required parts, which is actually not that much. The main sticking point is the nasty collision damage on the RHS of the bus. To repair it properly I need to find the complete right-hand side bodywork from a semaphore bus.
fig
ChrisG
Crankshaft
Posts: 703 Joined: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:55 pmWhat model do you have?: NoneLocation: Milnerton, Cape Town
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by ChrisG Thu May 14, 2009 11:01 am
Samba's are beautiful things
