Sunday, January 04, 2015

From old men to young men, the passing along of 1966 kombi VWs is a very cool and rare thing, but here are two examples


Here is the story straight from Facebook:

Ray is completing the transaction for this 1966 bus for 10 dollars from Bob, a gentleman we met a church.

Our pastor randomly stated to a gathering that both Bob's family and mine were bus owners. Ray (son) had a long conversation with Bob about our Bus (1972 Transporter) and asked if we could go look at his. Bob invited us out and Ray loved the old rust split window instantly. Bob spoke of how he parked it in that spot in the late 80s and it hasn't moved since. He even tried to scrap it once, but the scrap guy told him the bus wasn't worth the work. Ray asked Bob if he wanted to sell it and he said no - Bob said I want to give it to you. I told Bob we couldn't do that and asked him how much he wanted. Before Bob could answer, Ray asked if he would take 300 for it. That was all the money he had in his wallet in his mother's purse. Bob said no - the price would be 10 dollars.

Friday, Ray paid his 10 dollars. Now we are figuring the best approach to get it out of the field and what to do with it. The bus is as rusty as they come, but absolutely complete. I told Ray he needs to save his dollars as pennies won't get this done. Ray and Bob are the best of buds now.


and when that was posted, it brought out this photo, that the guy on the tractor in the background is the grandfather of the kid on front of the van, and had just pulled the van out of the barn with the tractor, giving it a new life, but keeping it in the family


Both from https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1573711786199887&set=o.180905201988556&type=1

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