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1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 3:37 pm
by dawerks
So some guy randomly emails says he has a bus for sale and sends me a picture.

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So, yeah. What am I supposed to do? His directions are super vague, and about 10 hours driving time away, in the middle of nowhere. RIGHT. I talk to him a bit more and he seems serious and not just trolling me and I have nothing better to do, so I set off on my journey. Expecting the worst (a 20 hour round tripper) but I wound up with a nice object!

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As I was smiling ear to ear (I won't get into the 8 hours of loading it from a really tricky location), I got pulled over. Whee! Didn't even bother me. The BC RCMP guy was a little put off by me agreeing to everything that he didn't even give me a fine. But he had to tow my truck and trailer because of some tight British Columbia Dot restrictions. Alberta is more redneck I guess (my truck is a beast, it has a winch hanging off the deck and it probably is the ugliest truck in oil boom town Alberta, but I saves my money for buses!).

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They towed me to a yard and the tow guy was nice enough to drop me off at a hotel. It was a bit worrying to leave my nice treasure trove in some random town yard, but the cop said he would personally check on it! In the morning, I got things sorted out and headed home.

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Re: 1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 3:56 pm
by rabidkombi
Great find :D

Re: 1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 4:45 pm
by splitbus
Lucky bugger 8) 8) 8)

Re: 1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 5:15 pm
by 067DUB
So when is it for sale and how much?

Re: 1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 7:33 pm
by bulliboy
I might be interested, :) M

Re: 1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 7:49 pm
by kombi niko
another save :)

Re: 1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 9:34 am
by Cam Biscuit
Score!!

Re: 1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:55 pm
by D-Train
hate u

Re: 1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 4:35 am
by dawerks
D-Train wrote:hate u
Let them hate, so long as they fear.

:)

But I will also say, thanks mate! It's a lucky find for sure, hard to find original paint 23 Windows lying around.

Re: 1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 1:11 am
by dawerks
The Samba came with a few extra bits and pieces :) 6 complete Ragtop bus assemblies is pretty nice, doors, middle seat etc.

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The bulkhead has been hacked and there is a big dent on the front/back.
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Plenty of work and rust to deal with but first I need to clear up some garage space!

Re: 1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:23 am
by bulliboy
Nice ! Bit sad about the missing 5 x 23 windows. :D M

Re: 1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:39 pm
by Leroy
WOW! Nice score 8)

Re: 1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:48 am
by steveo69
nice
so what about the other one (15 or 23) in the background in last pic? did you get that too or is that something else at your digs?
i like how you thought this guy was trolling you.....
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Re: 1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:28 am
by dawerks
Well, it felt like a troll :) The price was just ridiculous, the pictures were too perfect etc.

The rest of the windows and parts were included, it's too bad it sat outside for so long, but eeh, I AM HAPPY! I need to clear up some space for it in the shop.

I have a 3 x 15 Windows, including a pressed bumper 15 Window and sadly some of the buses have to wait outside :(

Re: 1957 Samba - 23 Window found :) Share from Canada.

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:58 am
by Jerfab
Nice find! :D