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Hippies Need 21 Windows: 1967 VW Bus

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Picture this: you’re a hippy. You live care-free, only worried about whether the bonfire will be big enough to warm all of the inhabitants on the commune you call home. At night, everyone bows solemnly in front of the purple van, your earth-bound goddess that pays tribute to the hippies of generations past. Wait, what’s that? People are paying through the nose for rusty 21 windows? Get it outta here and put that rolling shrine here on eBay

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This is really all you need to see to understand why this rusty heap of a van that almost certainly spent the last several years in a bog is commanding near $10,000 at the moment: all of those fancy windows! That’s all it takes in the collectible air-cooled circle, where common sense and financial sensibility cease to exist. This Bus is rusty practically everywhere, and will take a mountain of cash to set right.

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From top to bottom, rust is pervasive. But the simple fact is that the VW vans with ample natural daylighting are right up there with bathtub Porsches as it relates to unbridled enthusiasts throwing good money after bad projects. Now, I realize they will never make another 21-window Bus, but can we all agree there’s a good chance this one will only survive as a parts donor? Or is someone going to snatch it up whole?

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Just in case you were wondering if this 21-window Bus belonged to, say, a priest or the local chief of police, let the graphics convince you that nothing holy or legal has happened in or around this hippy chariot across the last few decades. Doesn’t it make you wonder where this old Bus has traveled, and what it witnessed along the way? I hope the strong bidding reveals a desire to keep those stories alive, rather than let them rot away into the ether.

Comments

  1. Avatar Glen

    I like the music they liked!

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  2. Avatar packrat

    I am not deeply affected by the VW Van Love, so this is a qualified no; but OhMyGosh no–not with the tin like this. I’ve no doubt that it will command a high price.

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  3. Avatar Jeffro

    Stay away from the brown acid man!

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  4. Avatar Francisco

    Speed kills.

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    • Avatar John

      Speed and VW bus do not go together.

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  5. Avatar Etien De Lamothe Cassel

    The only way a bus is tolerable is to be totally stoned. Then you don’t realize how slow you’re going.

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    • Avatar ACZ

      Perfect for a Cheech and Chong festival at the drive-in!

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  6. Avatar Jesper

    I have never seen so expensive rust.
    Crazy…..
    There is not even spare parts, on that thing 🤑🤑

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  7. Avatar erikj

    I will never get it!!! Maybe a hit of acid will bring me around.

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  8. Avatar LunacyAtWork

    Some idiot is bidding 9000+ for a pile of rot?! Reserve not met?!

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  9. Avatar EU Broker

    I had a ’76 2 liter, man I loved that thing. Drove it from Vermont to Key West to Los Angeles/ SF to NY. Great fuel economy, easy to work on, could repair everything myself. Plus I could sleep in it when need be. Only problem was the heat never worked. I (literally) nearly froze to death driving across north west Texas one winter.

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  10. Avatar Johnni B

    In his add he says ” at most 300 hours of metal work is needed” Well I guess if that hippie van was plumb full of speed of some sorts you might be able to get a jump [or a bump] on it.

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  11. Avatar Neil G.

    I’d say you need to sink a “pot”, or bucket, load of cash into this project.

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  12. Avatar sparkster

    A long, long time ago, I can still remember
    How that music used to make me smile
    And I knew if I had my chance
    That I could make those people dance
    And maybe they’d be happy for a while

    But February made me shiver, with every paper I’d deliver
    Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn’t take one more step
    I can’t remember if I cried, when I read about his widowed bride
    But something touched me deep inside the day the music died

    So bye, bye Miss American Pie
    Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
    And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
    Singing this’ll be the day that I die
    This’ll be the day that I die

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    • Avatar Weaselmaxter

      Perfect! Thanks Sparkster!

      Weaselmaxter

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  13. Avatar Jay E Member

    Must be from the SF Bay area.

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  14. Avatar Dave Member

    Had a few westies way back when, not great heat but nice mini-mobile home. Had a buddy with a ’73 with a wood-burning stove in the back, KC winters be dammed…

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  15. Avatar Cargirl

    The strong bidding is a direct reflection on having to spend Thanksgiving with the entire family. Being a hippie and living in this bus down by the river looks really good right about now

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    • Avatar Francisco

      Either that, or dropping a hit of acid.

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  16. Avatar Cargirl

    At first I wasn’t sure what kind of speed he was referring to. That comment pretty much clears it up.

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  17. Avatar Steven

    The Rusty Ol Salty Dog got a hold of this one , like Darnell said in Christine movie you know can’t polish a T**D nerd

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  18. Avatar ACZ

    Robert Prosky – great actor

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  19. Avatar Woodie Man

    If you’re ass is big….you’re “hippy” if you live in the Haight in 1967……and you have long hair and scare the hell out of the folks who watch Dragnet….they call you a “hippie”. So I read.

    That said it looks to me like this was painted after it was dredged ( I didn’t read the ad yet…no need to)

    I have a perfect set of roof windows…..gonna put “em in my pyramid as an offering to the Veedub gods….if the time ever comes !

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  20. Avatar Rolf Poncho 455

    It will only look good in a museum

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  21. Avatar Dan h

    Ok,so this bus has the whole vibe thing going on, I get it. But,seriously, I see a whole lotta love and a whole lotta cancer. How the heck are you going to get all that rust neutralized???
    To me it’s crazy how rust/rot has become so acceptible. Sure, leave it “as-is” and put it in a museum, but in 5 years, there won’t be anything left to look at. So what’s the point?
    What’s happening to us?

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    • Avatar Mark S

      Dan h, rust is in because it requires far less money or skill to own a vintage car. Most people in this day and age are not into long term owner ship so why comit all that time and money when all you have to say is look how cool that patina is. But patina left unchecked results in what you see here another classic that is to far gone to fix.

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  22. Avatar leiniedude Member

    Unbelievable! Auction ended at $9,300.00. Reserve not met. 38 bids. Man!

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    • Avatar Dave

      There are still enough good ones around that nobody has to mess with this kind of junk!

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    • Avatar Steve H

      I guess this Magic Bus was “too much!”

      Every day I get in the queue (too much, Magic Bus)
      To get on the bus that takes me to you (too much, Magic Bus)
      I’m so nervous, I just sit and smile (too much, Magic Bus)
      Your house is only another mile (too much, Magic Bus)

      Thank you, driver, for getting me here (too much, Magic Bus)
      You’ll be an inspector, have no fear (too much, Magic Bus)
      I don’t want to cause no fuss (too much, Magic Bus)
      But can I buy your Magic Bus? (too much, Magic Bus)

      I don’t care how much I pay (too much, Magic Bus)
      I want to drive my bus to my baby each day (too much, Magic Bus)
      I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it (you can’t have it!)

      Thruppence and sixpence every day
      Just to drive to my baby
      Thruppence and sixpence each day
      ‘Cause I drive my baby every way

      Magic bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus
      Magic bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus
      Magic bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus
      Magic bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus

      I said, now I’ve got my Magic Bus (too much, Magic Bus)
      I said, now I’ve got my Magic Bus (too much, Magic Bus)
      I drive my baby every way (too much, Magic Bus)
      Each time I go a different way (too much, Magic Bus)

      I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it
      I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it
      Every day you’ll see the dust (too much, Magic Bus)
      As I drive my baby in my Magic Bus (too much, Magic Bus)

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