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Syncronicity
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Looks like I'm in, and my wife wants to come too. Setting off from the front range so it there is a crew going from this side of the hills, let us know and we can meet up for the drive.
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Let us know what time you may be passing through the Western Slope. Meet up from Glenwood to Grand Junction.
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johnnygreenham
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Location: Upper Jay NY
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johnnygreenham wrote:
Looks like I'm in, and my wife wants to come too. Setting off from the front range so it there is a crew going from this side of the hills, let us know and we can meet up for the drive.
johnny
Let us know what time you may be passing through the Western Slope. Meet up from Glenwood to Grand Junction. |
Will do fella. I'll be in touch a little nearer to the time.
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mraible
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Location: Denver, CO
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:25 am Post subject: Wahoo! |
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We had a blast at this last year! I'm pumped it's happening again. Here's a blog post I wrote about last year's event:
http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/syncro_solstice_2014
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| My parents joined us for this camping extravaganza, as did our "we love to go camping" border collies. The people were great, the vans were inspiring and the views, mesmerizing. We love Moab and the weather was gorgeous the entire time. |
SyncroCampBSunset.jpg by McGinityPhoto, on Flickr
More of Trish McGinity's awesome photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcginityphoto/sets/72157644728610822/
It's funny to reflect on last year. We'd just gotten our van back from RMW and it was in tip-top-shape. Its SVX engine ran great and we made record time from Moab back to Denver (5 hours). The next day is when things started to go downhill.
I washed the engine for the VWs on the Green show. The next day, the engine started "lurching". We drove it a bunch for the next month b/c we had a bunch of trips planned. It made it about 1500 miles before the engine seized. Since then, we got an H6 3.0 from RMW, some new bumpers and we're ready to rock it this year.
H6 Engine Conversion by RMW by mraible, on Flickr
New Spring Spacers by mraible, on Flickr
Nicer stance with spacers by mraible, on Flickr
Trish won't be joining us this year, but I plan on bringing my parents, my boy (aged 10), a motorcycle or two and our two border collies. Looking forward to it!
Cheers,
Matt
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Tristar Eric
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I'll be doing the GRAND tour, Syncrofest, Solstice, and Expo. Epic!
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hans j
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| I'll be doing the GRAND tour, Syncrofest, Solstice, and Expo. Epic! |
Awesome! I'm thinking about Expo, but will have to come home between weekends 
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Syncro Jael
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| I'll be doing the GRAND tour, Syncrofest, Solstice, and Expo. Epic! |
It would be so nice to get the time for all of these this year!
For sure the Solstice and maybe the Overland Expo.
Hans, if you are thinking about the Expo let me know. We could band together from here.
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joetiger 
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Registered!
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mraible
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Me too! Planning on arriving on Thursday and leaving on Saturday. Will be good to see you again Joe.
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Syncro Jael
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Registered.
It will be great to see everyone again and make some more new friends.
Love the RED ROCKS of Southern Utah. 
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HoustonPhotog
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Farfrumwork
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:28 am Post subject: |
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Boo!
The week-earlier SS timeframe for 2015 might keep us from attending this round. The next weekend (~5/16) works much better for our schedules, but we cant change the world to meet our needs....
work and other commitments might kill it for us. 
maybe I'll just make it myself, but that would be a hard sell to the rest of the Fam. They love the van and traveling in it as much as I do! 
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Syncronicity
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Registered. One of the few times a year I don't mind seeing Colorado in my rear view mirror.
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SLIKROC
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:58 am Post subject: Syncro Solstice 2015 |
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Just signed up! Can't wait. I've wanted to attend for awhile. I'm glad I finally put it together. |
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ranchero
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Registered! Yay!
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msewalson
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Registered as well. Looking forward to hanging with the Solstice gang.
Matt
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mraible
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This year's gonna be epic - I can feel it in my bones.
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MikeinHawaii
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We're flying in from the Big Island of Hawaii, gonna camp & see some sights. Then meeting up with you all in beautiful Moab at the 2015 Syncro Solstice, our 1st one! Whoo HOO!!
Mike & Vicki |
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joetiger
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| Me too! Planning on arriving on Thursday and leaving on Saturday. Will be good to see you again Joe. |
You too, Matt, looking forward to it.
Our plans are slowly coming together. We're leaving Denver Wednesday, camping somewhere around Cottonwood Creek, then taking a southern route and hopefully arriving Thursday afternoon.
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'04 GTI 1.8T
'04 Golf R32
"get metaphysical with it. if it's simply a means to get to and from places, it will let you down. if it becomes your zen, it can't fail you." -dabaron
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DAV!D
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| mraible wrote: |
| Me too! Planning on arriving on Thursday and leaving on Saturday. Will be good to see you again Joe. |
You too, Matt, looking forward to it.
Our plans are slowly coming together. We're leaving Denver Wednesday, camping somewhere around Cottonwood Creek, then taking a southern route and hopefully arriving Thursday afternoon.
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Ha where can I get one of those stickers? My van is half a Syncro at the moment and has a engine from a Pontiac Solstice installed. I'll hopefully hit these events next year once the front half of my conversion is finished up.
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joetiger
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Ha where can I get one of those stickers? My van is half a Syncro at the moment and has a engine from a Pontiac Solstice installed. |
Wow--that is some serious coincidental appropriateness right there!
Mine is not a Syncro, so I didn't want to put anything directly on the van that might make anybody think otherwise (which brings to mind this absolutely classic thread.)
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4...mp;start=0
Check with Solstice Master Johnny (Classicvibe.) He might still have some of the stickers.
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'86 NAHT Vanagon GL Syncro/ supercharged ABA 2.0 "Pigpen"
'04 GTI 1.8T
'04 Golf R32
"get metaphysical with it. if it's simply a means to get to and from places, it will let you down. if it becomes your zen, it can't fail you." -dabaron
"Still, it's good to be afield."--VWagabond
Available Now! Vanagon to Louisiana--A Two-Lane Reckoning Through Past and Present
www.josephtrussell.com |
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