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Thu Sep 25, 2003 6:16 pm

I just found a fairly solid '77 Bus with no engine or tranny for $50. I have a '79 Bus with a horribly rusty and beat up body. Would the 4spd '79 go in the '77(which was a 4spd manual also)? I'm sure it will, just need some reassurance.
I'm looking forward to driving a puke green & white '77 Bus!!!

Thu Sep 25, 2003 7:18 pm

provided the 77 bus had a manual trans before, than it should be a straight bolt-up. Nice score!

Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:41 pm

By puke green you'd better not be refering to "sage green", one of my favorite vw colors or I may have to hunt you down and kill you.

Thu Sep 25, 2003 11:10 pm

Quote: By puke green you'd better not be refering to "sage green", one of my favorite vw colors or I may have to hunt you down and kill you.

Nah, Josh...I'm sure he doesn't mean the sage green, which is more like the color of baby s**t than puke :D

I'm just kidding, I love the sage green too...

BTW, what part of Alabama are you in, Adam? I'm in Auburn myself, and it's good to hear from another bus owner down here (just don't tell me where that $50 bus is, or I might go offer 'em $100 for it... :wink:

Fri Sep 26, 2003 12:00 am

Well, let's see here.

I got this here "ugly" VW:

this "so ugly it's cute" dog:

I'm gonna start to get a complex here.

:roll:

Fri Sep 26, 2003 12:14 am

Something about owning a bus must make you want small, square, flat-nosed dogs, as well...I'm a Boston Terrier owner myself...

Fri Sep 26, 2003 4:13 am

I actually had a lady in a 1977 Sage VW camper with a pug parked right behind me at a show I did in VA. I was kinda eerie.

Fri Sep 26, 2003 8:19 am

Well it might be sage green, I don't know. I didn't say puke green like it's a bad thing. I actually love the color scheme. Puke green and white is one of my favorite late Bus color schemes too.

Oh, and Nomad Hater, I'm in Bessemer, which is right below B'ham. I have 3 of my good friends in Auburn right now and I've been down there a few times to visit them. Is that tan/white bay window Bus I've seen down there yours. If it is you may have seen me down there 'bout a month ago in my yellow '71 Bug.

Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:53 am

Ok, something is really weird here. I drive a 1977 sage green westy, like Mr. Breeze's, and I have a Pug also.

Fri Sep 26, 2003 12:18 pm

Steamboat,

Look here www.mrbreeze.com

You'll see not only mine on the cams, but 2 other visiting for the weekend.

Fri Sep 26, 2003 2:50 pm

So, if everything bolts up like it should without fabricating how long should this take (to swap trannies)?

Fri Sep 26, 2003 3:51 pm

my bus was sage green and white wheni first bought it. part of it still is. the parts i havent finished working yet. i love the color combo. retro style!!

Fri Sep 26, 2003 5:57 pm

This is starting to sound like a sage green bus self help group.

"Hi. My name is A.J., and I also have a sage green westy." :lol:

Fri Sep 26, 2003 8:20 pm

Hmmm....my daily driver is a 77 sage green deluxe Westy AND my daughters daily driver is another 77 sage green deluxe Westy!!

Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:47 pm

Shouldn't take too long, a couple of hours at most. Basically, bolt it in, and connect the wires, connect the shift linkage to the tranny. You could do it as a whole unit, or split the engine and tranny apart, and do it one ata a time.

Sat Sep 27, 2003 9:53 am

Yep Adam, that's me...I may have noticed you, too...but I've seen a few yellow bugs around, so I don't know....

I meant to come up to your show up there in B'ham a couple of weeks ago, but the engine swap that I knew was coming came a little quicker than I expected :shock: