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Lazaa
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 5:43 am    Post subject: 1950 Microbus - Period pictures Reply with quote

Hello,

I realized there were only around 14% of Microbuses produced in 1950, which means only 680 before chassis 5050, so with vertical spare wheel, rear logo and the short roof gutters.

If we consider 19,5% of the bus production were exported in 1950, then it's only 547 microbuses for the German Market.
That means each time I see a period picture of a no gutters microbus in Germany there is 1 chance on 547 that it could be mine. It's not that much, so it might worth to investigate all of them.

So I'd like to collect as much vintage pictures as possible of short gutters microbusses. Only before 5050 !
Feel free to post what you have (only 3 tones short gutters busses !)

Here is what I have at the moment.... not that much actually :

Bus A :

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Bus B :


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Bus C :

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Bus D :

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Bus E :

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Bus F :

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Cheers
Florian


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:11 pm    Post subject: Re: 1950 Microbus - Period pictures Reply with quote

so by that reasoning there is a 1 in 110 chance that one of those 5 is your's.. Wink
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 3:23 pm    Post subject: Re: 1950 Microbus - Period pictures Reply with quote

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Not the best photo but looks like one in this postcard from the "vintage pics" thread...
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:54 pm    Post subject: Re: 1950 Microbus - Period pictures Reply with quote

bus b. has 2 different license plates. im guessing those are two dif. ones
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:09 am    Post subject: Re: 1950 Microbus - Period pictures Reply with quote

stonersvw wrote:
bus b. has 2 different license plates. im guessing those are two dif. ones


Well spotted ! Razz
That explains why one picture show a round vent on the rear side, an not the other. Thought the bus was asymetrycal but actually they are just 2 different busses so it make sense Smile

otahuhu wrote:

Not the best photo but looks like one in this postcard from the "vintage pics" thread...


Don't think it is a 50.
The roof doesn't looks white but seems to have sun shining on it.
More probably brown & brown standard Idea
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