Here’s one image that should rejoice VW fans, and this one is sprinkled with one Porsche 356. This particular International B-Series carrier has a great deal of desirables on its back; two 23-window buses, two 11-window ones, two Kharmann Ghias, one pickup, and the sole Porsche.
No one back in the day ever dreamt this whole bunch would become so sought after in the future. Particularly in the case of the utilitarian buses. But never underestimate the power of reality to surprise us.
SWEET .
The first one is a DeLuxe # 241 .
The color matching on this particular picture is off a a bit .
The middle two buses are the standard “Kombi” . so called because they were designed as tax beaters, you’d take the middle and rear seats out during the week to use it for deliveries and put them back in when you needed to haul the kiddies to church on Sunday .
-Nate
Just for giggles, what if the driver of this carrier faked a hijacking, took this load to a climate controlled warehouse in a USA South West desert, stored them properly for 60 years, and then put them up for auction.
What do you think he’d get for all of them (gross, before expenses and possible jail time)?
When living in Manhattan (NYC – not the beach), I often played a similar mental game about renting or buying Central Park West apartments in the 1960s like The Dakoda or The San Remo. Who was I kidding? The rising maintenance fees alone would have bankrupted me.
But NOS VWs?
I was shocked when VW Typ II 241’s passed the $100,000.00 mark a few years back .
Prices have cooled off a bit since then but wow, they’re just old cars .
-Nate
Methinx you mean the MICRObus??? FAR OUT MAN!!! R U holding??? (; I’m old enuff to remember Woodstock! Old enough to FORGET it too! L0L I was at Strawberry Fields the next year (summer of 1970). It was CanaDUH’s answer to Woodstock! Smokin’ reefer next to a piggy (cops) was common back then! Drugs were everywhere inside the gates! I had just turned 17 and seeing gorgeous TOPLESS hippie blondes was right up my alley! One busty topless blonde was riding a Harley around the track! The festival was at Mosport Raceway just east of Toronto! The 1st day we were skinny-dipping in a river close to the grounds! I found the website a few years ago and scanned a few photos to see if I could see myself in the crowd! It was VERY HOT! Most of the patrons were Americans from the East Coast! I remember the aftermath, a TON of garbage to clean up on Tuesday morning! It was a 3 day festival! I’ll never forget it! (=
Lol, assuming the driver of the truck is 20 years old he would get the big pay off when he is 80 years old. I surly wasnt thinking of my 80’s when i was 20 nor thinking new econo box vans would be worth sooo much more in the future
@RL, It’s MUCHO easier to peddle smaller goods like drugs! L0L LoW overhead and easier to stash them! 😛
Long production runs of the Loadstar and VWs, lends a timelessness to this pic.
See my sister’s (then) wish car. The blue “KG”!! She graduated “h/s” in “65”. Coveted a “Karmann Ghia”..
The one “Barbara Bel Geddes” drove in “Vertigo” generated her interest, I believe.
Nightmare load in cross winds, same situation today vans are always on the to deck.
A little challenging to pin down the year but I’ll say 1962.
23??? That’s a LOT o’ winders! L0L The better to SEE you with! The VW vans were SO practical! It’s no wonder they were so popular! Were they good in the snow with the rear engine weight? Yup, I’m in Canada!
Many years later. I was working for a VW dealer in 1974. A truck load of Beetles came in, with one exception. The last car loaded- so it was on the bottom at the rear of the transport. 911 Carrera Coupe, complete with whale tail. The entire dealership emptied out in moments to look at, what was to us, a very exotic car.
Will guess ’62-’63 because of 23 to 21-window (large hatch) for Del Micro in 1964.
Fried egg front t/s means ’62-up.
The flat bed truck must have been before the “Chicken Tax” imposed by LBJ in 1964.
As alluded to above, this would be a big time collector vehicle today.