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Nittersing

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1. We had a VW Bus when I was a kid (I'm 70)

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Mar 10, 2025, 09:40 AM

Mar 2025

It was two-toned drab green.

We camped across country two times... in 61 and 63 I think. From MA to CA and back.

VW buses were new enough that we would honk and wave if we saw another one.

Such great family memories.

Thanks!

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On March 8, 1950, production of the Volkswagen Microbus began. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 OP

We had a VW Bus when I was a kid (I'm 70) Nittersing Mar 2025 #1

Once had a VW Fastback with a bus engine EverHopeful Mar 2025 #2

We had a 1963 Type 3, wagon version when in Crete Old Crank Mar 2025 #3