Poor Richard's Volkswagen Trades

UNDER CONSTRUCTION fall 2010

Aside from actually owning and driving an old VW bus, or any air-cooled VW, part of the fun of them is tracking one down and getting it. Being the adventurous type that I am, I love to make an adventure out of getting a bus, or sending one to its happy new home. I've owned a lot of busses now, a couple Beetles, and a couple type IIIs, and have either bought, sold, or traded several of them over the internet. Here's a little chart listing each of them, where they came from, and where they went: (Click on specific bus type for a full in-depth history of that bus and its adventures)

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Bus Number	Year	Model	Found By....	Went To....	Dates Owned
1	1978	Standard(sunroof)	Newspaper	gave to friend	9/90-1994
2	1975	Hard top Westy	Mechanic	traded for poptop	summer 1991
3	1967	Standard	Washington Paper	Sold to friend	9/3/93-3/1996
4	1967	Westfalia	Friend	Sold to V@L Listmember	spring 1994
5	1966	Sunroof Deluxe	Local buy	Traded to V@L listmember	summer 1995
6	1965	Single Cab	Traded from V@L listmember	traded back to listmember	summer 1995-2/1996
7	1967	Panel Camper	Newspaper	sold on theSamba	1/23/1996 -3/12/2004
8	1967	Westfalia	bought from V@L listmember	Sold to different V@L listmember	2/1996-6/1996
9	1968	Crew Cab	Bought from V@L listmember (Uncle Joel)	traded for 62 crew cab	fall 1997-spring 1998
10	1979	Westfalia	Bought from local mechanic friend for parts, after it had a nasty tree fall on it.	still own most of it	fall 1996
11	1967	Hardtop deluxe	Bought from friend	fixed and sold to roommate	fall 1997
12	1962	Crew Cab	traded with listmember	sold on Samba	2/1998 - 10/4/2011
13	1971	Westfalia	bought locally	traded to listmember	summer 1998
14	1967	Crew Cab	traded from listmember	sold locally	fall 1998
15 a.	1960	Kombi	Friend	sold to roommate	1/2001-3/2001
15 b.	1960	Kombi	roommate	sold on theSamba	10/2004-2/2005
16 a.	1971	Standard	word-of-mouth	sold to roommate	2001?
16 b.	1971	Standard	roommate	Sold on theSamba	10/2004 - 2/2005
17	1970	Kombi	Newspaper	Sold to type2 list member	summer 2002
18	1970	Kombi	Friend	Gave to Roommate	summer 2002
19	1969	Riviera	Newspaper	Sold on theSamba	12/2003 - 1/2004
20	1987	Westfalia	Friend	Sold	12/2003 - 3/14/05
21	1971	Westfalia	Friend	Sold on the Samba	2/2005-8/27/2005
22	1970	Westfalia	Friend	Sold on the Samba	3/12/2005 - late April, 2005
23	1975	Westfalia deluxe	Friend	gave away	5/8/2006 - 3/5/07
24	1987	Vanagon GL	V@L list	sold to friend	10/2007 - 5/10/2008
25	1977	Country Homes Camper	Friend	sold on Samba	7/16/2010 - 1/21/2012
26	1971	Deluxe Station Wagon	Trade from FMBC	still have	3/25/2011
Beetle 1	1969	Autostick	mechanic	Sold to Rec.Autos.VW member	fall 1995
Beetle 2(a)	1964	Standard	local mechanic	gave to girlfriend at the time	5/1997
Beetle 2(b)	1964	Standard	ex-girlfriend's dad	sold on the Samba	3/19/2005 - 4/10/2005
Beetle 3	1972	Super	word-of-mouth	sold to friend
Beetle 4	1971	Super	word-of-mouth	sold to friend
Beetle 5	1971	Super	friend's dad (was previously a different friend's)	kept drive train, sold the rest	4/3/2006 - 12/16/06
Beetle 6	1969	Standard	P.O. was a roommate	Traded for diesel Rabbit	4/29/2006 - 4/10/2007
Beetle 7	1974	Standard	Trade from FMBC	still own	3/25/2011
Ghia	1965	Convertible	Newspaper	sold to friend
Type III 1(a)	1971	Squareback	Internet	sold to roommate	fall 1999?
Type III 1(b)	1971	Squareback	roommate	sold on theSamba	10/2004-12/2004
Type III 2	1973	Squareback	Internet	gave to friend
Thing (181)	1973	Thing	Friend	Traded on FMBC	5/18/2008 - 3/25/2011
Rabbit	1981	Diesel 2 Door	Internet, traded Beetle for	Sold on Samba	4/10/2007 - 11/17/2009
Other Ones
Chevrolet	1947	Fleetmaster 4dr sedan	newspaper classifieds	sold via sign	7/20/2001 Spring 2002
Ford	1964	Falcon	Grandmother bought new	gave to friend	2001 - 2003 (August 2007)
Jeep(ster)	1969	Commando	online classifieds	sold to NC 4x4 member	5/8/2002 - Jan. 2005
Jeep	1972	Commando	eBay	still own	November 2004
Ford	1981	F100 Custom	Family	still own	11/2009

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