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vwinnovator Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2005 Posts: 1555 Location: Still doing it in the back of your VW
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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There's a bus airing currently on National Geographic's American Genius.
Jobs vs. Gates episode
not sure how to post it, but I know who owns it |
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Dana Champion Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2012 Posts: 633 Location: Ventura County, CA
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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Movie " Scarecrow " 1973
Gene Hackman and Al Pacino hitch a ride in a early bay bus.
Peace man!
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Dana Champion Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2012 Posts: 633 Location: Ventura County, CA
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:30 pm Post subject: VW ' S in Film/ TV / etc. |
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Astronaut Wives Club ABC
This show takes place in the sixties. This episode is 1968
A VW bus drives up to offer a ride to broken down travelers, (main show characters). Oh wait, it's a '79 bus! Aw, no one will know the diff..... right!....
The Samba knows..... " make love not war", in a bus !
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Dana Champion Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2012 Posts: 633 Location: Ventura County, CA
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 10:40 am Post subject: |
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1974 - McQ
John Wayne
Corrupt cops, drugs - it's the seventies man!
Filmed in Washington State, summer of '73
A few Vdubs in this. Nice, non vw car chase on the Olympic peninsula beach at the end.
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33883 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 11:16 am Post subject: |
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Dana Champion wrote: |
non vw car chase |
This is redundant. |
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jwold Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2008 Posts: 2088 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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Was watching "American Pickers" last night and they were going through the belongings of "Iron Eyes Cody" the Italian 'American Indian' that was in the anti-pollution commercials in the 60's-70's.
Anyway, they played on of those spots and in the bkg on the road one could clearly see a ghia driving past!
Never knew till researching this post that he wasn't a native American indian.
Go figure! |
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Patty B. Samba Member
Joined: July 14, 2005 Posts: 2181 Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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KTPhil wrote: |
Dana Champion wrote: |
non vw car chase |
This is redundant. |
Ever notice bugs always get wrecked in old movie car chases? |
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Dana Champion Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2012 Posts: 633 Location: Ventura County, CA
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Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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KTPhil wrote: |
Dana Champion wrote: |
non vw car chase |
This is redundant. |
I didn't want to get anyone's hopes up! |
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JayO Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2013 Posts: 310 Location: Taxachusetts
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Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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I hate to admit that I was watching the incredibly stupid Netflix series "Wet Hot American Summer" but I did spot this nice yellow convertible.
Not sure of the year.
The story is supposed to be set in 1981 and I tried to give it a chance, since there were a lot of big names in it, but it really is "incredibly stupid" (think "Meatballs 2" without Bill Murray).
This was about the high point of the series as far as I'm concerned.
- Jay
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sportin-wood Samba Member
Joined: September 12, 2010 Posts: 2002 Location: Texas
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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TLC runs a genealogy show called "Who Do You Think You Are?" where they feature famous people researching their family tree. This latest episode featured TV personality Tom Bergeron, and in the opening minutes shows him pulling out of his Portsmouth, New Hampshire home garage in this cool VW convertible. I thought it was pretty cool to see someone like him still drives a bug.
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stale air Samba Member
Joined: August 23, 2007 Posts: 5148 Location: Senoia Ga, formally NorCal
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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^ ^ I just watched that episode last night.
I don't have a still pic, but saw Straight out of Compton and there is a scene where they are outside a music studio in Torrance, and there is an early bug parked across the street. _________________ WANTED: Henry Veale Santa Rosa plate frames
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smittykins Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2013 Posts: 25 Location: NYS Thruway exit 41
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 4:43 am Post subject: |
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Just saw an orange Bay in a Kohl's commercial. |
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Mr. Motorhead Mad Scientist
Joined: January 06, 2004 Posts: 717 Location: Practitioner of 36hp alchemy
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:28 am Post subject: |
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jwold wrote: |
Was watching "American Pickers" last night and they were going through the belongings of "Iron Eyes Cody" the Italian 'American Indian' that was in the anti-pollution commercials in the 60's-70's.
Anyway, they played on of those spots and in the bkg on the road one could clearly see a ghia driving past!
Never knew till researching this post that he wasn't a native American indian.
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Iron Eyes was a family friend in the 60's/70's. Nice group of people, I always thought it what a great idea it was to extend his on screen role to real life. He would show up at events in So Cal and get into character by putting on his Indian getup and wig (he had short hair) What Picker episode was that On BTW? _________________ 30 years experience in the sales of new and used auto parts!
36 horsepower parts for sale at http://www.aircooledresearch.com/
Or the new site at http://www.bugparts.com
Check out the Bonneville project:
http://aircooledresearch.com/docs/thebonnevilleproject.html#
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33883 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 10:51 am Post subject: |
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From 1971 in the movie "$" with Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn.
Shot in Germany in 1970, there are all sorts of cool cars, including a Bug and Ghia along with a Citroen, and a notch sighting, all in the first five minutes.
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33883 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 1:42 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Moonraker (Bond 007 film from 1979).
First I saw the Bus...
And then I noticed the Type 4! Wow, you almost NEVER see these, especially in films!
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Low Bräu Samba Member
Joined: December 12, 2003 Posts: 346 Location: Merritt Island, FL
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 5:58 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Not quite a type 4. Looks like a Brazilian market 1600 TL, fast back. _________________ Independent German Auto
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Specializing in repair and maintenance for Porsche, BMW, Mini, Audi, and Volkswagen.
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17963 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 6:33 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Top picture looks like it has 4 chrome door handles. _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold
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Randall Samba Member
Joined: October 03, 2004 Posts: 1402 Location: Orange County, Alta California, El Norte
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 10:49 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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In a nutshell or even in a bowl of nuts if you want to go into detail, what technology is involved in transferring TV images to TheSamba? I bought my first digital TV a few months ago and the only thing I have hooked up to it is a coax cable that goes to the roof antenna. |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12454
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 5:00 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Randall wrote: |
In a nutshell or even in a bowl of nuts if you want to go into detail, what technology is involved in transferring TV images to TheSamba? I bought my first digital TV a few months ago and the only thing I have hooked up to it is a coax cable that goes to the roof antenna. |
If you had satellite such as direct you can pause the image then take a photo with your iPhone.imagine having Netflix or being able to access YouTube then pause image snap a photo and post that image to samba gallery. Because of the high resolution available on smartphones you can get a decent image to transfer. Here's an example of a grainy 40 year old photo, a picture of a picture not perfect it was shot using 35mm camera about 1981
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12454
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 5:08 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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The tv you have is probably new enough to be connected to wireless router this is key to getting into YouTube and internet in general once you do that the possibilitiy are limited only by you imagination. |
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