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Do you remember this VW?

Lovingq — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:16:59 GMT

The last five years has seen one of the enduring icons of sixties personal freedom appreciate in value so quickly that many owners may not know the value of their car could soon eclipse the value of their home. Last Saturday, January 21, 2017, a 21-window Volkswagen Samba sold for $302,500, indicating that the trend is further accelerating.

Apparently that model was called the VW Samba and another model the Kombi...which I never heard of but did see those being driven extensively in the 70's in So Ca.

In the rest of the country? I have no idea! Did you own one?

source: http://newatlas.com/volkswagen-kombi-van-samba-bus/47501/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=ac4315f79b-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-ac4315f79b-91553929

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cherry — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:16:10 GMT

My neighbors had one

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BornToShop — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:16:56 GMT

As a self-proclaimed flower child of the sixties; you should have seen the curtains I made for my (at the time) boyfriend's VW...!

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Lovingq — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:17:53 GMT

@BornToShop wrote:
As a self-proclaimed flower child of the sixties; you should have seen the curtains I made for my (at the time) boyfriend's VW...!

No pics?

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tansy — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:18:30 GMT

Yes, I remember it. My boyfriend, now husband, drove a mellow yellow vw van😊

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Lovingq — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:20:16 GMT

Here's a great gallery!

http://newatlas.com/volkswagen-kombi-van-samba-bus/47501/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=ac4315f79b-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-ac4315f79b-91553929#gallery

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hckynut — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:24:06 GMT

(thread title)

Of course I do. I was/am into motor vehicles. I had personal freedom and still have it today.

Like the thread and the pictures.

hckynut(john)

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BornToShop — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:46:27 GMT

@Moretofollow wrote:
@BornToShop wrote:
As a self-proclaimed flower child of the sixties; you should have seen the curtains I made for my (at the time) boyfriend's VW...!
No pics?

Naw, @Lovingq, at this point the VW, boyfriend & curtains have retired, been forgotten & too thread bare for any pics, lol. The curtains "yellowed" as time went on...

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proudlyfromNJ — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:36:31 GMT

That was the car my parents had the whole time I grew up. This is what I learned to drive on.

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Burnsite — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:52:14 GMT

They had a high center of gravity and I once blew off the highway in one like that (maybe not as long) in Arizona. Typical day in the early 70s for me!

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Q4u — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:52:20 GMT

Sure do~! They were everywhere in So. Ca, especially at the beach... only thing missing in your pics are the surf boards...

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tansy — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:54:41 GMT

@Q4u wrote:
Sure do~! They were everywhere in So. Ca, especially at the beach... only thing missing in your pics are the surf boards...

I remember the old station wagons with the wood paneled sides all up and down PCH, too😊

@Q4u

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phoenixbrd — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:59:19 GMT

Woodies....

@tansy wrote:
@Q4u wrote:
Sure do~! They were everywhere in So. Ca, especially at the beach... only thing missing in your pics are the surf boards...
I remember the old station wagons with the wood paneled sides all up and down PCH, too😊

@Q4u

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phoenixbrd — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 01:00:38 GMT

Yup....I had one....soooo slow going uphill. But then in those days no one seemed in as much of a hurry to get any where.

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tansy — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 01:00:44 GMT

@phoenixbrd wrote:
Woodies....

@tansy wrote:
@Q4u wrote:
Sure do~! They were everywhere in So. Ca, especially at the beach... only thing missing in your pics are the surf boards...
I remember the old station wagons with the wood paneled sides all up and down PCH, too😊

@Q4u

Yep, you're right, @phoenixbrd, but I didn't want to upset the mods😂

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SilleeMee — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 01:00:46 GMT

"Hippie Bus"...that's what we called them back in the day.

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GSPgirl — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 01:09:56 GMT

We had a lot of those where I grew up in San Diego. Surfers loved them. Still do.

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AKgirl2 — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 01:35:50 GMT

@tansy wrote:
@phoenixbrd wrote:
Woodies....

@tansy wrote:
@Q4u wrote:
Sure do~! They were everywhere in So. Ca, especially at the beach... only thing missing in your pics are the surf boards...
I remember the old station wagons with the wood paneled sides all up and down PCH, too😊

@Q4u

Yep, you're right, @phoenixbrd, but I didn't want to upset the mods😂

@tansy ~ 🎯 bullseye! 😁

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Kachina624 — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 01:38:05 GMT

Another woman and I rode in one of those things to go to a business training session from Houston to Ft. Worth. IT was spring and very windy with a cross wind. We were blown all over the Interstate. By the time we arrived, we were both thoroughly carsick. Never again. Their box shape caught every breeze. Poor aerodynamics.

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AKgirl2 — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 01:50:08 GMT

Our neighbor had the original 1950 VW micro bus. They had a bunch of kids👧👧👧👦👦