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Mon May 07, 2012 5:01 pm

Who lived by a stream. Smoked pot all day, and lived in his van. It did not run very well said he.....but the view was good. Built a small deck to sit on, and live the days through.....till the spring freshlets brought an end to this dream, and now nature shall have her way.....soon to depart as the trees grow skyward the van now only shall be a work of art......

Mon May 07, 2012 5:12 pm

bah, it's a '72. no big loss.

Mon May 07, 2012 5:21 pm

Where in Maine is this?

Mon May 07, 2012 5:42 pm

hazetguy wrote: bah, it's a '72. no big loss.

:lol:

Perfect for parts tho.

Mon May 07, 2012 5:56 pm

pfft...the only thing a 72 has going for it is it used the 71's nose

dude i need some nose pieces. i will ship you a cordless sawzall, 8 fully charged batteries and 3 boxes of blades to give the old 72 the snip snip for me

Mon May 07, 2012 5:59 pm

The Raven wrote: Who lived by a stream. Smoked pot all day, and lived in his van. It did not run very well said he.....but the view was good. Built a small deck to sit on, and live the days through.....till the spring freshlets brought an end to this dream, and now nature shall have her way.....soon to depart as the trees grow skyward the van now only shall be a work of art......

Very nice. Well done.

Mon May 07, 2012 6:19 pm

You mean after owning my 72 for '40 yr's that i made a mistake :shock:

Oh no!..I guess i should have kept the other one's

1-78 Rivi
1-77 bus
1-74 county homes conversion
1-1950 barndoor
1-57 ghia
1-66 ghia
1-67 ghia
1-67 bug
1-66 bug
1-64 bug 1-59 bug........I think there were more also. :wink:

Mon May 07, 2012 6:22 pm

old DKP driver wrote: You mean after owning my 72 for '40 yr's that i made a mistake :shock:

Oh no!..I guess i should have kept the other one's

1-78 Rivi
1-77 bus
1-74 county homes conversion
1-1950 barndoor
1-57 ghia
1-66 ghia
1-67 ghia
1-67 bug
1-66 bug
1-64 bug 1-59 bug........I think there were more also. :wink:

bet you wish you kept that one

Mon May 07, 2012 6:49 pm

Boy do i :oops: It came in on a hook with a bad reduction box
and i bought it for a couple hundred bucks.

ofcourse this was about 1980 and i sold it the following year for
about $800.00

Santa Cruz was full of VW's back then. no mas!!

Mon May 07, 2012 7:22 pm

Anybody dissing any year air-cooled Volkswagen is not on board. They are all excellent cars with "different" details that appeal to "different" tastes. Too bad they are getting picked off, one by one.

The '72 bus is a great car, just as fun to drive as any other baywindow bus.
Colin

Mon May 07, 2012 7:44 pm

Amskeptic wrote: Anybody dissing any year air-cooled Volkswagen is not on board. They are all excellent cars with "different" details that appeal to "different" tastes. Too bad they are getting picked off, one by one.

The '72 bus is a great car, just as fun to drive as any other baywindow bus.
Colin

Ya.....what my man Colin said!

:lol:

Mon May 07, 2012 7:59 pm

Amskeptic wrote: Anybody dissing any year air-cooled Volkswagen is not on board.

i'm on board......on board the SS EARLYBAY, but remember i am man enough to admit....

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=503958&highlight=print+retraction

Mon May 07, 2012 10:01 pm

any pics of the deck

Tue May 08, 2012 3:15 am

It's up in Liberty, ME. Looks like it was backed into the lot to the high point and left as a camp. It's located right next to the river and really is a pretty spot.....but subject to spring floods.
I assume it had a wooden deck as there are a couple old cement blocks and remnants of some rotted wood.
I'm always looking in the woods up here for old jeeps, but seem to find these more often. I actually saw I think a split window in a field as well. A month ago....up near Cambridge ME.

Tue May 08, 2012 5:14 am

It was all over once the windshield wiper switch moved to the steering column... if you don't have dash-mounted wipers life ain't all that :lol:

Tue May 08, 2012 5:39 am

ccpalmer wrote: It was all over once the windshield wiper switch moved to the steering column... if you don't have dash-mounted wipers life ain't all that :lol:
Never driven another year of bay to know how great it must be, but I will say the wiper switch is on the dash in a 72.

Tue May 08, 2012 5:42 am

nathansnathan wrote: ccpalmer wrote: It was all over once the windshield wiper switch moved to the steering column... if you don't have dash-mounted wipers life ain't all that :lol:
Never driven another year of bay to know how great it must be, but I will say the wiper switch is on the dash in a 72.

Then you're livin' it up! OK I admit I loved fuel injection... I want a fuel injected T1!

Tue May 08, 2012 6:30 am

ccpalmer wrote: nathansnathan wrote: ccpalmer wrote: It was all over once the windshield wiper switch moved to the steering column... if you don't have dash-mounted wipers life ain't all that :lol:
Never driven another year of bay to know how great it must be, but I will say the wiper switch is on the dash in a 72.

Then you're livin' it up! OK I admit I loved fuel injection... I want a fuel injected T1!

was just thinking about this a minute ago with my coffee....anyone ever taken the FI out of a late bug and put it in a early bay before?

Tue May 08, 2012 7:27 am

Stuartzickefoose wrote: ccpalmer wrote: nathansnathan wrote: ccpalmer wrote: It was all over once the windshield wiper switch moved to the steering column... if you don't have dash-mounted wipers life ain't all that :lol:
Never driven another year of bay to know how great it must be, but I will say the wiper switch is on the dash in a 72.

Then you're livin' it up! OK I admit I loved fuel injection... I want a fuel injected T1!

was just thinking about this a minute ago with my coffee....anyone ever taken the FI out of a late bug and put it in a early bay before?

That is what I hear, "you can't beat fuel injection".

I'm putting together my 72 914 type 4 motor as the original 1.7 with djet. Once that's going, I'm torn between going, in my bus, from dellorto drla 40's to the stock 72 system, which I have, or to put another 914 djet on that (have part of that). I'm pretty sure it would work, as the early 914 California EB Type 4 engines were the same, mostly, as those in a bus(low compression pistons), except the fuel pump, the clutch, maybe the bore of the flywheel seal(?), the dipstick, etc. I have a replacement engine that has both the dipstick options, and also another case that I've made into such. (I know... :roll: ). I don't recall seeing such an install, might be easier to just get a complete stock late bus fi system would probably be alright on my built 1.8.

I guess people are talking about stock configuration of 72 bus when they dis it. I have a 77 westy interior in mine now, too. Anyway, thread hijacking,... That bus looks not too bad from here. :)

Tue May 08, 2012 8:27 am

I'm on the wrong side of the US, but I would pull that ASAP.

At least only mother nature has molested it.

Bet you'll find some of mother natures "best" in a baggie too... :D