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Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:24 am

Hello, has anybody information about the fate of this bus that was in Rhodes (Greece)? It was there in 2011 but now the place was cleand and nobody knew what happend to it? I am afraid it was wrecked for the metal...

Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:32 am

Anybody knowing this guy from Belgium? was there around 2008...[/img]

Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:54 am

He's not from from Belgium but from The Netherlands, It's Niels. Well known for publishing Airmighty Mag. and great pics , easy to contact.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:29 am

Thanks, if Niels sees this - please contact me an tell me when you were there... Thanks, Andreas

Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:50 am

We wait for him to see it? You can find his email adress on his site. Or you can use his account her on Thesamba

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=29926

Tue Apr 21, 2015 9:59 am

Or take less then a minute to search on his website

http://www.airmighty.com/index/Gallery/thumbnails.php?album=158

Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:00 am

So it's gone now... well I have know idea where it went... :(
Let's just hope it went t another VW nutter and not to a scrapyard or something??

Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:42 am

To the sweet memory of that lost former 54 panelvan - Niels grilfriend posing with bus

Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:41 am

In May of 2011, I spent 3 weeks on the Greek island of Samos. Besides doing the typical tourist stuff, VW hunting was a high priority. I didn't find anything old, mostly 70s stuff.
But the sad thing was how they started disappearing while I was there. My friend and I found a late 70s Bay abandoned on the side of the main road. A few days before, I found 2 Beetles in a field along with about 10 other dead cars. We planned to check out the Bay the next day, and when we got there, it was gone! Further down the same road, all of those dead field cars were gone too.
There were 3-4 guys at the edge of the field, so my Greek speaking friend went to ask what happened to the cars. That's when it got ugly. They said the Greek gov't has decided to clean up the islands, so they brought a mobile crusher onto the island and were going around and collecting up all the abandoned cars. We never did see that mythical beast, only the vacuum it left.
After leaving the island of Samos, I went to the village of Ermione on the Pelopenese to look for this Kubel:

The guy who took the first pic was not a VW person, but he thought it was the same as his friend's Type 181, so he forwarded the photo. I talked to the 181 owner and he relayed to me the exact location of this car. His info was fairly fresh, only 10 months old. I went there and found nothing. I have since determined I walked along the road not more than 50-75m away. This car was also disappeared.

I bet that's what happened to your BD SC on Rhodes.

Wed May 06, 2015 8:10 am

Sad but it is true.

Most of the old cars that are abandoned outside of the big cities was recycled
directly by third party companies who have no idea of their value...
In Athens for example we have some volunteers that they are checking daily all the recycling yards and they have save a large number of vehicles from the crusher...

Wed May 06, 2015 3:02 pm

Also hard times in Greece right now. So everyone is weighing there scrap for cash. I only just got to the 51 in time as he was about to weigh that in with the old cans.

Fri May 08, 2015 5:12 am

Interesting to hear that there is also official interst to remove these abandoned cars. does anybody have an idea what happend to that Kübelwagen that was spotted in Kefalonia? I am sure there is still some good stuff out...

Wed May 20, 2015 4:24 am

Does anybody know where this Greek BD deluxe bus went??

Wed May 20, 2015 7:08 am

It was bought by kieftenklok in the Netherlands.
I think they still have it.

Thu May 21, 2015 1:41 am

At the Barndoorn Meeting in Amersfoort 8) And yes it is from Kieft en Klok.

Mon May 30, 2016 6:12 am

On Samos I rescued that 1951 barndoor in 2014.
Now in for full resto :)

Mon May 30, 2016 3:28 pm

ratlooker wrote: On Samos I rescued that 1951 barndoor in 2014.
Now in for full resto :)

excellent, und sogar mit dem VW bus abgeholt!

Fri Jun 03, 2016 9:26 am

ratlooker wrote: On Samos I rescued that 1951 barndoor in 2014.
Now in for full resto :)

Wicked! ;)