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zuhaelter_82
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I pulled into starbucks and had to do a double take! 
It looked like a giant oversized TypeII... I want one, it was beautiful! I had never seen one until today.
http://savevsdeath.blogspot.com/2009/03/mercedes-benz-0319-panorama.html
Any bus owners also have one of these things?
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arthurnugen
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Er, not everything Mercedes made was beautiful. To each his own, I guess.
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zuhaelter_82
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:40 am Post subject: |
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I would agree that it's ugly... It reminds me of Ali Larter. So ugly you find it beautiful 
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There's a couple panal van versions of those here in town just roting away.
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Russ Wolfe
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Tram drives one as a daily driver.
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Keith
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Yeah, looks like a bus in a funhouse mirror. Notice the headlights? There the same as a bus.
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arthurnugen
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| ovalteen wrote: |
| Yeah, looks like a bus in a funhouse mirror. Notice the headlights? There the same as a bus. |
I have the same headlights on my DKW. I suspect that headlight assembly was an off-the-shelf part for many German auto manufacturers in the 50s and 60s.
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Tram
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| Russ Wolfe wrote: |
| Tram drives one as a daily driver. |
Mines an O309D Executive. Little bit bigger, fat- chick version.
Like this:
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mynameismud
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I think there is one sitting outside Port Angeles, WA, heading east. If I recall - when I was there 3 weeks ago.
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had a teacher in middle school that had a camper type...always thought it was neat!
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| Tram wrote: |
| Russ Wolfe wrote: |
| Tram drives one as a daily driver. |
Mines an O309D Executive. Little bit bigger, fat- chick version.
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it's from Estonia? or just schilling for an Estonian website?
I did find a camper version for sale. The interior looks less like a Westfalia and more like a Chris Craft: http://300sl.net/1962__0319_Camper.html
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zuhaelter_82
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I thought people would get a kick out of it if they had never seen one. I alsmost made clay like WTF.
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| abgwin wrote: |
| Tram wrote: |
| Russ Wolfe wrote: |
| Tram drives one as a daily driver. |
Mines an O309D Executive. Little bit bigger, fat- chick version.
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it's from Estonia? or just schilling for an Estonian website?
I did find a camper version for sale. The interior looks less like a Westfalia and more like a Chris Craft: http://300sl.net/1962__0319_Camper.html |
No, just an example of what mine looks like.
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Russ Wolfe
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| Tram wrote: |
No, just an example of what mine looks like. |
Curtains and all?? Did Twinwindows make those curtains for you?
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No, just an example of what mine looks like. |
Curtains and all?? Did Twinwindows make those curtains for you? |
 just plain mean...
Anyone interested in curtains should contact Twinwindows through the site.
Those are cool, but I bet they are a pretty penny.
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| Russ Wolfe wrote: |
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No, just an example of what mine looks like. |
Curtains and all?? Did Twinwindows make those curtains for you? |
His bus does have curtains. They protected me from the prying eyes of neighbors whilst I was sleeping in it.
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| Russ Wolfe wrote: |
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No, just an example of what mine looks like. |
Curtains and all?? Did Twinwindows make those curtains for you? |
His bus does have curtains. They protected me from the prying eyes of neighbors whilst I was sleeping in it. |
Tram wouldn't let you in the house? Don't really blame him tho.
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| zuhaelter_82 wrote: |
| I thought people would get a kick out of it if they had never seen one. I alsmost made clay like WTF. |
Hey Homie, was it the blue and Grey one at Marconi and Fulton? I see it there all the time, it's in really nice condition
Tram, I seem to remember a westy meet in Europe, with one of these big sukkas all dressed up in westy gear. Was that an official option, or more likely something that someone went to westphalia and had it done?
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| Erik G wrote: |
| zuhaelter_82 wrote: |
| I thought people would get a kick out of it if they had never seen one. I alsmost made clay like WTF. |
Hey Homie, was it the blue and Grey one at Marconi and Fulton? I see it there all the time, it's in really nice condition
Tram, I seem to remember a westy meet in Europe, with one of these big sukkas all dressed up in westy gear. Was that an official option, or more likely something that someone went to westphalia and had it done? |
There were essentially no "official options" on these, except how many passengers you wanted seating for. And, even that was sometimes contracted out. I've seen Westfalia versions, too, and that's what I'm doing with mine, slowly but surely.
First thing I did was LOTS of sound deadening (still not enough; these suckers are LOUD at 62-65 MPH top speed!), then I ripped out the understuffed seats and replaced them with Mercedes S-class seats. There are seats for a driver and three passengers- the rest is for camping. But the queen- sized "Memory Foam" bed in the back is NICE for stretching out in on a trip.
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