Anyone know the VT'er who built the cabinetry in this one?
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifi...php?id=2297545
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Anyone know the VT'er who built the cabinetry in this one?
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifi...php?id=2297545
Was looking at Beetles and vans today on a couple of website.
Thinking about doing moar road trips in the future now that I am soon to be retired.
Having taken one down to bare metal for a complete restoration, I would run away. Who knows what condition of the underside was like before being covered up.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
x2 Lotsa lipstick on that pig!Quote:
Having taken one down to bare metal for a complete restoration, I would RUN away. Who knows what condition of the underside was like before being covered up.
Oh, I'm not looking to buy it, thanks though.Quote:
Originally Posted by skivan
It looks like a pretty cool set up though...except the potential added weight factor.
Identical to mine except i had bolt on cookie trays to scoop air into the engine vents
#sootech
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Picture of me ballin’ my buddy’s ‘64 van back in the mid-70s, en route to the Tetons to do a little bc skiing.
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Cool man! I like the split front seats. Mine had the bench(drivers 1/3 and 2/3 bench passenger). Bit of a pain with the bench
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That's awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper
This poor dude buys this bus in Utah and brings it home to CA and they won't pass it on the smog test because they "basically want the same exhaust that came from the donor car". WTF. He mentioned some other stuff that essentially sounds like the mob is running the CA dmv.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifi...php?id=2306090
Shitty. That bus looks super clean
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Went to play a round of disc (2 over), couple cold ones at the local brewery, ended up closing a handshake deal on an 82 bus. Pick up next weekend when back from work trip. Really for daughter in the end once she pays up to bank of dad
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Ha! Spontaneous eh?
^^^^ heh, sorta. Got wind of this rig couple summers ago, sitting out in back yard. They are upgrading to synchro so just came up in conversation with buddy. Literally drinking a beer and his friend sends text asking if anyone interested in a bus. Very little rust, the rest will need replacing
I realized I have never shared a pic of my buddy’s Riverbus. He’s taken it down the Mississippi.
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Imported German diesel 1992 “California” model on eBay right now, near syncro pricing though: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1992-Volksw....c100667.m2042
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I've seen a few clean-ish Syncros and Westfalias while camping around NorCal the past few weekends. It's really stupid what people are willing to pay for a 30 year old VW camper these days. It's even more stupid that even though VW still makes them, they won't bring them to North America because apparently there just isn't much a market for them. :rolleyes2
I thought the chicken tax was still in force and that’s why we don’t see full VW campers imported.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tamburello Rouge
https://www.adventure-journal.com/20...-us-heres-why/Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
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So why can’t we get this thing here? Well, it’s hard to say exactly, but seems to be that VW doesn’t think there’s a big enough market in the US and that potential buyers would balk at the cost. The base model starts at nearly $50k, without shipping charges, which, sure that’s a lot of money. But people are climbing over each other to drop twice that on a Sprinter van, buying far, far more van than most actually need, and Mercedes isn’t complaining. If memory serves, the Eurovan has always been a really expensive van too, and VW has sold plenty of them in the US.
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It’s either love ’em or hate ’em. People who nowadays still drive a T2, T3, T4, you name ‘em – those vans that we used to have until the 2000s – most of them are enthusiasts that run these vehicles in perfect weather conditions. Those are people who are hardcore fans for this segment, but they’re just too few to justify making a new version of this only for this market.
The second problem is currently we make those vans in Europe, and even with the rising dollar and weaker Euro share, it is not enough units to make up for a reasonable price. We are selling vans, very well-equipped vans with four-wheel-drive, with kitchenette, with everything that you want for prices of $50,000 and up, which is not where the market here is, or where the camping market is. There is an RV market, true, but those RVs are much larger in size than what we currently offer.
Let’s say you’re taking your average camper van and you’re going to Italy, take a U.S. van, you wouldn’t be able to access all these little alleys, these streets that they have – you would be stuck. So you need something compact in order to get where you want to go. Over here, where everything is accessible, even for large RVs, there is just not this demand. Therefore, people in the majority would rather go for something bigger, if they’re looking for RVs.
Buhlmann went on to explain that VW is aware people love vans in the US, but they’d need to sell 200,000 units to make it worthwhile, economically. Because of their small market share, VW doesn’t think they can do it. Ford can sell boatloads of Transit vans, for example, but they’re one of the Big Three, so they can sell a ton of anything they make. VW has to be more selective.
Not even close. The new ones are minivans. The old ones have style.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tamburello Rouge
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Its home, smoke show the whole 11 miles to the house, bad oil leak somewhere. Drives better than thought, good brake pressure, tracks well, even decent tires.
I feel like I stole it, no rust that I can find. God bless boulder hippies that can’t turn a wrench!
Great score.
It seems like the excessive values assigned to VW Westy campers and Vanagon in general have corrected a bit with all this Sprinter madness going on. Vanagon prices ring in lower these days.
Be a good poster to have
2x4 cut to fit and jammed between the dash and stick to keep it in 4th.
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It seems I have been collecting VW engines this past Summer. My 84 Westy was running like a champ, all while leaking copious amounts of oil. It really never ran better. I was a afraid it was going to blow up in some desolate place, so I started shopping for engines.
I’m trying to get this swap project finished before ski season.
The old engine stripped. I think the real seal went out. No oil was leaking anywhere else.
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The new-to-me engine with some swapped parts. I notice the old engine had no gaskets on the metal to metal parts. Like the water pump... it was just bare metal.
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The fuel injector collars have to come off. The Samba says to hack saw them off. Some say the best way is to continually cut them with a razor knife until they are shredded enough to slip off. That sounds crazy. I once heard razor knives are he number one workman’s comp injury in WY. I never use one. Hacksawing is tough as one can easily damage the injector. I’m on the low budget plan and and am reusing the old ones.
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I’m using the gowesty alum fuel rails. It should look pretty good when finished. I’m driving Idaho Falls today to get a Harbor Freight transmission jack. I used a tractor to pull the engine before! Now mounted with a snow blower, it’s out of the picture.
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Methinks the HF transmission jack will do the trick just fine. I’m used to working on 1600 engines. So much lighter and easier to work on.
Update:
This set me back. The fuel injector bolt twisted off. Arrrrgghh. That was the first bolt I touched. From that point on PB Blaster was used to excess on everything.
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I tried every trick in the book to get it out, with no success. I bought another on eBay, cheap. Once a replacement was procured, I really tore into the old one and pretty much destroyed it trying to get the bolt out. No dice. I just put the engine in anyway and I’ll deal with it later. I put a band clamp around the housing and injector bracket. It is way more secure than the OEM bolt and would drive in a pinch w/ no worries. Maybe forever.
I know I get a little preachy about people supporting local shops, boutique skis, products, etc. But just like the rest of you dentists, when push comes to shove, I run down to Harbor Freight and purchase the cheapest Chinesimun tool for the job. Which in this case functioned flawlessly. The 450# transmission jack made installing the engine really easy. Typically mating transmission and block can be pretty hard. Especially when doing it like most hacks do- balanced on a skateboard. The scissor jack made super fine adjustments possible- the engine just slipped in there. I bolted some scrap plywood to the top- that really helped.
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Getting close.
^That picture brought back some bittersweet memories.
That concrete is cold. I am most thankful for it.
Heh, bungee cord to keep it fourth. Pshaw. I had a 68 that I pulled out of a junkyard and drove around on the backroads, middle of nowhere. It needed a bungee to keep it in ANY gear.
Right on s-i-j ! That jack sounds pretty slick. Thanks for sharing
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Now that's some proper wrenching footwear!Quote:
Originally Posted by skiing-in-jackson
My neighbor is in a few jam bands. He had the crew over and there were 3 huge ford transit's. Two wagon trucks decked out w safari racks and a couple more vans and a Daihatsu 4 door pickup/van. My daughter says one of the wagon van things is converted to electric but I haven't checked it out.
Have yet to see a VW bus.
Seems like the VW bus has come and gone.
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Does the horn play “Tequila”?Quote:
Originally Posted by Labcabin
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Mac Daddy!
I’m jealous.