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creative native Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2007 Posts: 1227 Location: WNC
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2022 7:29 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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As seen in the music video, "The Tide Is High," by Blondie (1980). It appears to be a '68 or '69 Westfalia, possibly a Riviera.
_________________ "The holy land is everywhere." ~ Black Elk
1979 Westfalia P27, California FI emissions spec. 100% VW fleet: '79 Westfalia, 2013 Touareg Lux (Toffee Brown/Cornsilk Beige), 2005 Passat GLX. |
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oscarsnapkin Samba Member
Joined: October 22, 2013 Posts: 566 Location: Bucks County, PA
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2022 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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From the Netflix documentary ‘Meltdown’ about the Three Mile Island disaster. _________________ - 1977 CEI Sunroof Bus 2.0L F.I. Hydraulic Lifters
- 1973 Thing
"It’s so easy to laugh, it’s so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind." |
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 10002 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 7:02 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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2 Bays parked, in the amazingly lousy German movie "Superbug Rides Again" (1983). German movie title is "Ein Kaefer auf Extratour".
Rear of parked Bay window, "The Parallax View" (1974)
"The Prisoner of Second Avenue", 1975. Filmed in New York City. |
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5733 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 10002 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2022 1:01 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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"Avanti!" (1972)- American actor Jack Lemmon (Wendell Armbruster, Jr.) is picked up in the small Fiat 600T van. Blue Bay window in background. Filmed in Naples and other cities in Italy.
German movie "Der Fuehrerschein" (the driver's license) 1979. The TV movie is about a younger family woman taking driving lessons as part of the German driver's license. Her instructor's car is the silver Golf. |
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creative native Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2007 Posts: 1227 Location: WNC
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 7:25 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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The Bus appears to be a 1970 Weekender. _________________ "The holy land is everywhere." ~ Black Elk
1979 Westfalia P27, California FI emissions spec. 100% VW fleet: '79 Westfalia, 2013 Touareg Lux (Toffee Brown/Cornsilk Beige), 2005 Passat GLX. |
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 10002 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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German movie "The Return of Superbug" (1979).
Parked at Portugal city shore, German movie "Superbug, Super Agent" (1972)-
Parked in Venice, California. Movie "Roller Boogie" (1979) per Cher's song "Hell on Wheels".
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 23014 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 7:58 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Derry Girls season 3
Late Bay Camper. Gets a flat tire and flat bedded home _________________ .ssS! |
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vwwestyman Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2004 Posts: 5748 Location: Wamego, Kansas, USA
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Been watching My Name is Earl occasionally when bored or just need to zone out a bit. As I've spent the past several days moving, That is definitely something I needed this evening.
Spotted a Bay in an episode I was watching today. It is a '73+ model but that is about all you can see.
Later, an off-duty cop about arrests Earl, and was going to stuff Earl into his personal vehicle, which happened to be a Beetle!
At least one more My Name is Earl and Bay Window Bus connection: Rich Parker told me about how he and his family were on a road trip camping in his Bay when they met Jason Lee and he thought the Bus was pretty cool, and as I recall took a pic of the Bus for a book. _________________ Dave Cook
President, Wild Westerner Club
1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
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vwwestyman Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2004 Posts: 5748 Location: Wamego, Kansas, USA
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vwwestyman Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2004 Posts: 5748 Location: Wamego, Kansas, USA
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 10002 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2022 3:50 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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3 new buses and double cabs parked in background, movie "Crime Boss" (1972).
One of the recurring TV movies from the NBC Mystery Movies series in the 1970s was "McMillan and Wife", filmed in San Francisco, California. Season 2, ep. 5 "No hearts, no flowers (1973)". Several Bay sightings-
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 10002 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2023 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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At the end of the movie "Three days of the condor" (1975). Main characters in center are actors Robert Redford and Cliff Robertson. Filmed in New York City.
From same movie-
Beige '73+ Baywindow camper in parking lot, near the beginning of "Thelma and Louise" (1991). Louise (played by Susan Sarandon) is driving off in her lovely turquoise '66 Thunderbird convertible at right. IMDB lists the location as Thousand Oaks, California.
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 10002 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 11:36 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Movie "A Force of One" (1979), starring Chuck Norris and Jennifer O'Neill. Composite of 3 shots with ivory Splittie, yellow Bay camper and ivory early Bay camper in background.
Blue early Baywindow van, German movie "Klassenkeile" (1969) translated class wedges.
Logo "Fruchtgrosshandel" is German phrase for fruit distributor. |
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danfromsyr Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 15264 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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I'm really surprised no one here talks about the Bay in movie Secret Headquarters with Owen Wilson out the last year
was a fun teen hero flick.. good for if you have kids or kid at heart.
movie even has a 1st screen scene introduction of the New VW ID Buzz...
but I won't bother you Bay guys with that...
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 10002 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 6:35 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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"The Gumball Rally" (1976)-
"In search of Gregory" (1970)-
Composite of 3 shots, ivory '73+ Bay window bus with main character Tim Matheson driving. TV movie "Sometimes they come back" (1991). |
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udidwht Samba Member
Joined: March 06, 2005 Posts: 3794 Location: Seattle, WA./ HB, Ca./ Shizuoka, Japan
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:06 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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From the Netflix documentary ‘Meltdown’ about the Three Mile Island disaster. |
A 72...rounded bumper large tail light assembly. |
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udidwht Samba Member
Joined: March 06, 2005 Posts: 3794 Location: Seattle, WA./ HB, Ca./ Shizuoka, Japan
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:09 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Rome wrote: |
Movie "A Force of One" (1979), starring Chuck Norris and Jennifer O'Neill. Composite of 3 shots with ivory Splittie, yellow Bay camper and ivory early Bay camper in background.
Blue early Baywindow van, German movie "Klassenkeile" (1969) translated class wedges.
Logo "Fruchtgrosshandel" is German phrase for fruit distributor. |
A 72 in the (top) center pic..rounded bumper. _________________ 1972 Westy Hardtop/Type-4 2056cc
96mm Biral AA P/C's~7.8:1CR
Headflow Masters New AMC 42x36mm heads w/Porsche swivel adjusters
71mm Stroke
73 Web Cam w/Web solids
Dual 40mm IDF Webers - LM-2 - 47.5 idles/125 mains/190 air corr./F11 tubes/28mm Vents - Float height 10.45mm/Drop 32mm
Bosch SVDA w/Pertronix module (7.5 initial 28 total @ 3400rpm)
Bosch W8CC plugs
Pertronix Flamethrower 40K coil
S&S 4-1 w/Walker QP 17862
3 rib 002 Trans
185R14 Hankook tires |
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vwwestyman Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2004 Posts: 5748 Location: Wamego, Kansas, USA
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 10002 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:37 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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A 72 in the (top) center pic..rounded bumper. |
How do you know it's a '72 and not a '71? US-spec '72 still had rounded bumpers but also had a small flare for the front fenders that the '71 did not have. I don't see a flare in this photo but the Bay is not in focus.
Dual cab Bay window pickup at left waiting for the ferry, movie "Shoot to Kill" (1988). Main character played by Sidney Poitier in foreground.
Green Bay kombi or camper in background, same movie: |
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