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Post by busaddict on Jan 17, 2016 23:48:27 GMT -8
Truly amazing factory footage from 1960, great detail. This is the reason why those old VW engines will come back to life after sitting for years, quality makes the difference.
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Post by PICTUP on Jan 18, 2016 8:27:39 GMT -8
Great video! Thanks for posting that Tom. A lot of that footage I have never seen, especially the Bus stuff. The machinery in general is very cool. The chassis w/out the body amongst all the finished looking cars is puzzling. I wonder if it was a test platform like they drove earlier in the video? I'll bet Russ will be salivating over those bumpers, lol!
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Post by Volktales on Jan 18, 2016 8:43:25 GMT -8
The glory days... nice film.
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Post by busaddict on Jan 19, 2016 0:53:56 GMT -8
And for posterity, stock footage from the Associated Press featuring the final days of Kombi production in Brazil at the end of 2013. On the upside, with so many buses made over 6 decades we can be sure parts will be around for a while.
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Post by busaddict on Jan 20, 2016 0:23:01 GMT -8
More exciting factory footage!
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Post by PICTUP on Jan 20, 2016 18:04:28 GMT -8
That Brazilian Bus footage is sure in sharp contrast to the 1960's German one regarding speed of the line and workers!
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Post by CrazyBrit on Jan 20, 2016 19:33:07 GMT -8
I rather liked the oval window production line. I wonder if any of the cars featured are still around?
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Post by busaddict on Jan 20, 2016 21:05:29 GMT -8
That Brazilian Bus footage is sure in sharp contrast to the 1960's German one regarding speed of the line and workers! I agree, more like a bespoke auto manufacturer. It used to be nice to think that even though we couldn't import them, the Bays were still being made in Brazil. We should take heart that they were produced for such a long time as to guarantee spare part makers for years to come, not to mention the huge number of Bays still in Brazil. I think some importers in the U.K. are already importing them though.
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Post by busaddict on Jan 20, 2016 21:06:24 GMT -8
I rather liked the oval window production line. I wonder if any of the cars featured are still around? That had crossed my mind too, I think it would take a good detective to figure that out
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Post by CrazyBrit on Jan 20, 2016 21:19:09 GMT -8
That Brazilian Bus footage is sure in sharp contrast to the 1960's German one regarding speed of the line and workers! I agree, more like a bespoke auto manufacturer. It used to be nice to think that even though we couldn't import them, the Bays were still being made in Brazil. We should take heart that they were produced for such a long time as to guarantee spare part makers for years to come, not to mention the huge number of Bays still in Brazil. I think some importers in the U.K. are already importing them though. They've been importing them into the UK for years. You could buy a brand new Danbury Bay when they were still making them - don't know if they have run out of stock yet!
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Post by busaddict on Jan 20, 2016 22:07:54 GMT -8
I agree, more like a bespoke auto manufacturer. It used to be nice to think that even though we couldn't import them, the Bays were still being made in Brazil. We should take heart that they were produced for such a long time as to guarantee spare part makers for years to come, not to mention the huge number of Bays still in Brazil. I think some importers in the U.K. are already importing them though. They've been importing them into the UK for years. You could buy a brand new Danbury Bay when they were still making them - don't know if they have run out of stock yet! Yes I was aware of that, but I imagine other importers have stepped up their efforts with the increasing cult popularity of classic VW buses in the U,K. Danbury bought the final 99 from VW Brasil. Here they are arriving in England in 2014. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2537353/Last-delivery-brand-new-VW-campervans-arrives-UK-Brazil-factory-stops-production-iconic-vehicles.html
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Post by busaddict on Jan 21, 2016 1:20:28 GMT -8
Supposedly a Beetle assembly line, circa 1946.
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Post by paolo on Jan 23, 2016 23:14:29 GMT -8
brilliant vids
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Post by CrazyBrit on Jan 24, 2016 9:58:22 GMT -8
Totally. That picture above of all of the Bays lined up on the dock looks like a modern version of the vintage shots from the sixties of all of the "new" buses lined up outside of the factory.
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Post by busaddict on Jan 24, 2016 11:15:26 GMT -8
Totally. That picture above of all of the Bays lined up on the dock looks like a modern version of the vintage shots from the sixties of all of the "new" buses lined up outside of the factory. Yes, the whole Brazilian Bay phenomenon has been like a dream for us bus aficionados. The beginning of the end was 2005 when they discontinued the 1.6 litre air-cooled engine in favour of the 1.4 litre water-cooled power plant which was in turn phased out at the end of 2013 along with the Bay production. Production timelines were as follows: Aug 1967–Jul 1979 (Europe and US) 1971–1996 (Mexico) 1976–Dec 2013 (Brazil)[9] 1981–1986 (Argentina) The Brazilian video below is in Portuguese, and was made in 2007 to celebrate 50 years of Kombi production in Brazil. Some great stock footage here, including a split with trafficators!
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