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RichOakley
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Interesting picture. Loving those high-up vertical louvres...
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49barndoor
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Location: Scotland.
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Well cool  |
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BUCIOBATISTI
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I've never seen that before.
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vdub66gone
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now thats a thin dogleg!
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P-Dub
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| I like how the trailer has the same wheels as the bus. |
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52panelvan
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Same pic i think, with tow car.
Was this one of the early or later prototypes? |
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fifty8
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Location: Charlotte, NC
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I've always wondered when the vents went horizontal, anyone know?
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krusher
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Location: europe
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If the beetle tow car is running a 25hp then it doing realy well to move that rig  |
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VolksWoute®
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Location: The Netherlands
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That must be the earliest double door ever!
I think someone is joking around a bit. 
I flipped the pic horizontal and this is the result.
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ambu55
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:08 am Post subject: vertical / horizontal... |
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Fifty8 was wondering:
"... I've always wondered when the vents went horizontal, anyone know?"
...well, those vertical vents only came on the prototypes (1949...) , so they NEVER came in the real production that started in march 1950 |
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dockmaster 
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Location: Florida
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| I like that beetle custom. Is that an option? Gooseneck beetle truck hauler with a barndoor trailer . |
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Slowlow
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Location: Northeast Tennessee
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| 52panelvan wrote: |
Same pic i think, with tow car.
Was this one of the early or later prototypes? |
That tow piggy doesnt even look like its under ANY strain?!
Its not even squatting out back...
Badass bus pic either way
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NOTAHONDA
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| Thats a prototype "TRUG". You know, when you buy the kit to turn a bug into a truck. |
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chipmcluk
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Trug? Really? wow.
Trug with tilt
Panel trug
Dropgate trug
Trugariffic
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j.pickens
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Anyone think the bus tow trug has RGB's?
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chipmcluk
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| i'd say yes, looks high enough to. alot of war era kdf's and beetles did. |
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j.pickens
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| chipmcluk wrote: |
| i'd say yes, looks high enough to. alot of war era kdf's and beetles did. |
I agree.
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Scott H
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Since this degenerated into a Trug thread  ....
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Towel Rail
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| j.pickens wrote: |
| Anyone think the bus tow trug has RGB's? |
It would make sense -- these were the workhorse conversions.
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DONGKG
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| VolksWoute® wrote: |
That must be the earliest double door ever!
I think someone is joking around a bit.
I flipped the pic horizontal and this is the result.
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Well, I think that was intended to be vertically made. Like the Squareback and Fastbacks their louvers are vertical also - so that it can scoop more air while moving. Just an opinion. 
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