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richparker Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2011 Posts: 6935 Location: Durango, CO
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:25 pm Post subject: Road trippin to the Jerome Jamboree |
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I got a four day birthday weekend, woohoo!!! I have the bus all packed and in the morning I'm hitting the road for the Jerome Jamboree. This will be my 4th car show this year and the 2nd VW only show. . The trip should be around 8 or so hours through the four corners and northern Arizona. No doubt it will be beautiful. It will just be my dog, Arthur Fonzarelli and I. My wife has to work and wanted to keep our boy with her. Gonna try to hook up with mtnbus and camp close to the event. Gates open at sunrise on Friday and I'm hoping to get there early. I want to get a nice spot and get all set up.
The bus is tuned, shifting great and ready to go. I'm really intrested in seeing how my oil temps are with the new full flow system. I have noticed a difference in my daily commute but running the highway is a different story. I know pics or it didn't happen. Thanks for reading. _________________ __________
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richparker Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2011 Posts: 6935 Location: Durango, CO
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:11 am Post subject: |
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On the road! Gotta stop for ice and I'm gonna make a quick stop at the VW shop and drop the mechanic off some beer.
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borninabus Samba R&D Dept.
Joined: May 18, 2006 Posts: 4532 Location: Arizona Highways
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:24 am Post subject: |
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a few of us here in prescott are having a pre-jerome camp out tonight and will be headed up in the morning tomorrow.
why don't you come on over?
we are about 45min from jerome.
PM if you're interested and i'll get you my phone number.
gates open @ sunrise friday, not sunset _________________ 71 Ghia A/S - 88 Van A/T - 13 JSW TDI 6M/T |
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sonofamitch Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2012 Posts: 325 Location: Evergreen, CO
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:53 am Post subject: |
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I know a bunch of dudes heading down from Evergreen. Sadly, I will not be able to join them this year. If you're interested in meeting up with them PM me and I'll see what I can figure out. _________________ '77 Westy 2.0L FI
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jmstu76 Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 1223 Location: Edmond Oklahoma
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Rich,
Hope you have a fun trip down.
Question, Does your gear basket sag with that much wood on it? _________________ James
'76 Deluxe Sage Green Westy
2258 cc GD case 78mm CW crank, 2.0 H-beam rods 5,325 22mm pin, JE forged pistons with 15cc dish, JE rings, type 11 clearanced oil pump, CB Eagle 2205 Type-2 Torque Special hydraulic cam with matched lifters fed by CB Dual Weber 40 IDF MX with 6 foam air filters, currently 55 idle, 130 main, 200 air correction, 32 mm venturis. 27in General Grabber AT2 All Terrains, Berg Shifter, stock '76 exhaust HPC Ceramic Coated. 11/18/2020 |
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richparker Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2011 Posts: 6935 Location: Durango, CO
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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In Tuba City, AZ. Bus is running great, got 22.7 mpg on the last tank! New oil cooler is doing well too, oil temp has been sitting right at 190* for hours. The scenary is beautiful.
The rack isn't sagging and not really effecting my milage.
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richparker Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2011 Posts: 6935 Location: Durango, CO
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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What a great trip! Unforcnatly I didn't hook up with mtnbus, he is camping north of Flagstaff in Snobowl. I decided to head further south, closer to the event. I pulled into Dead Horse Ranch SP, started driving around and I ran into 2 guys in buses from my area, Ray and Robert. So I pulled into their spot and I'm camping with them.
My oil temp did go as high as 200* coming into Flagstaff. I turned the fan and it dropped back to 180*. So far I give the new set up Two thumbs up!
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Manfreds78bay Samba Member
Joined: February 27, 2009 Posts: 754 Location: PNW
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:12 am Post subject: |
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richparker wrote: |
What a great trip! Unforcnatly I didn't hook up with mtnbus, he is camping north of Flagstaff in Snobowl. I decided to head further south, closer to the event. I pulled into Dead Horse Ranch SP, started driving around and I ran into 2 guys in buses from my area, Ray and Robert. So I pulled into their spot and I'm camping with them.
My oil temp did go as high as 200* coming into Flagstaff. I turned the fan and it dropped back to 180*. So far I give the new set up Two thumbs up!
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Nice pics. Is 200 degrees high? Seems normal to me. What fan? _________________ 1978 2.0L FI Campmobile
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richparker Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2011 Posts: 6935 Location: Durango, CO
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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What an awesome trip! My bus ran great and I met a ton of really nice people. Friday morning we were up and out of our camp site by 630am. We stoped so Ray and Robert could wash their buses. A quick stop into the market for Tequila and ice, then we were on our way. When we got there, there was already a ton of buses there but there was still a lot of room. We got a nice spot and had space to set up our camp. Mtnbus and his travel buddy Chad showed up around 1pm and joined us. Shortly after that we were joined by a local named Jack, he was totally awesome and made our camp even better. We basicly hung out a drank a lot. Went something like get a fresh beer, walk around, return back to the site for a fresh beer and repeat.
Saturday was my birthday and wasn't much different then Friday, lots of beer. But...Chad got super drunk and pasted out on the ground. Good times!!!
Sunday we got up early and packed up our camp and went to the raffle drawing. I didn't win anything but I still had an epic time. By far one of the best birthday weekends ever. After the raffle Mtnbus, Chad and I car-a-bused to Sedona and went to a swimming hole. Which was needed after no shower for 4 days. There was even a rope swing, good times. Now that we were clean we headed to Flagstaff for some food. We enjoyed great food and good tunes on the patio of the Flagstaff Brewery. I broke off from them after lunch. I had to boogie home to the family and they were going camping again.
My bus ran like a champ and I noticed a huge difference with the new cooler. Temps were way down and I didn't notice any performance change.
Trip stats
Milage: 772
Gallons (91): 38.6
MPG: 20, I've seen better but still good
Oil used: ~1/4 Qt
Oil temps: 180*-190* there, 180* all the way home
Made it.
Following Roberts 71 Paris Edition Westy
Camp set up early Friday morning
Camp joined by Mtbbus
Some burners showed up
Spent lots of time here at the Vdub pub
One from the top of my bus
One of Jack
Dirt roading it to the swimming hole
One from the swimming hole
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Stuartzickefoose Samba Post Whore
Joined: February 07, 2008 Posts: 10350 Location: SoCal for now...
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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Sweet trip! _________________ Stuart Zickefoose
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mtnbus Samba Member
Joined: July 01, 2007 Posts: 732 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:03 am Post subject: jerome |
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Great trip Richie ! Lots a laughs !
talk soon |
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Das Awesome Samba Member
Joined: August 30, 2014 Posts: 51 Location: U.S.A
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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Hahaha I just relized the title: road TRIPPIN' ha, I remember rthe '60s _________________ "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should"
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gt1953 Samba Member
Joined: May 08, 2002 Posts: 13842 Location: White Mountains Arizona
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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Nice post. Glad you came down from SW Colorado. I ran across your camp Friday morning. Jerome is a fun time great people and always new acquaintances. Hope to see you next year. _________________ Volkswagen: We tune what we drive.
Numbers Matching VW's are getting harder to find. Source out the most Stock vehicle and keep that way. You will be glad you did.
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BRANDEN HOY Samba Member
Joined: May 07, 2004 Posts: 136 Location: ARIZONA
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:47 am Post subject: |
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Hey, I met Fonzy on Saturday morning! We pulled in with the 3 bugs that set up camp right next to you, Ray and Robert. Had a great time. Hope to be camping out of the Double Cab next year. |
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Red Fau Veh Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2012 Posts: 3037 Location: Prescott Az.
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:28 am Post subject: |
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Hahahahah! Good times and memories. My advice if you are old and need to go to sleep at 9 and only have a tent because your single cab is not cozy enough is, park somewhere else! _________________ 1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
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richparker Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2011 Posts: 6935 Location: Durango, CO
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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Red Fau Veh wrote: |
Hahahahah! Good times and memories. My advice if you are old and need to go to sleep at 9 and only have a tent because your single cab is not cozy enough is, park somewhere else! |
Oh the comedy! _________________ __________
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richparker Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2011 Posts: 6935 Location: Durango, CO
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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2015 Trip
It's Jerome Jamboree time, woot woot!!! This year instead of trying to get a 4 day birthday weekend I took the whole week off. This gave me time to relax and get my stuff together. This year I'm going solo, no wife, kid or dogs! . I spent a few hours today packing the bus for the event and I'm pretty much ready. Tomorrow a trip into town to drop my son of at daycare, stop for ice and I'm on the road. Hoping for that to be as close to 9 AM as possible, it's 378 miles from Durango to Jerome. I really don't have a solid plan for camping on Thursday night. Mtnbus is going as well but he left today and planned on staying in Flagstaff tonight. We might hook up and camp near Cottonwood, if not I'm thinking I'll just go strait to the event and set up. This way I don't have to leave Friday morning 6:30 AM again to get a good space. Not real concerned about that and I'm excited to get hit the road in the morning. Pics will follow. Thanks for reading. _________________ __________
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richparker Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:05 am Post subject: |
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I'm on the road! Looks like it's gonna be sunny and in the mid 80s today. Good day for a adventure. I'm gonna stop in Cortez to top off the tank then maybe a stop in Tuba City.
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grandpa pete Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2008 Posts: 6426 Location: St. Petersburg, FL
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:04 am Post subject: |
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One of those "old guys who go to bed before 9 pm " requests more Colorado scenery photos on this trip ; PLEASE
We don't have mountains in Florida .
Note ; I had already decided this trip wasn't for me when I saw the " joined by mtbus " photo and before I read the Red fau veh comment .
I WAS young once . _________________ 63 two fold rag
66 sedan delivery Type 6
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