The story about my PG/SG -55

Scotty · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 6:32 am Post subject:

Just a little bit of snow then? Wink

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Demian_S · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:36 pm Post subject:

Scotty · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 1:44 am Post subject:

maddog125 · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:36 pm Post subject:

Fun little read. I love an adventure story with some drama!
Ever get those 150 euros back? Razz

Demian_S · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 2:11 pm Post subject:

Thanks!

No, I didn´t get those money back.

I think it´s the last time I pre-pay a ticket at the European BugIn.

52panelvan · Samba Member Joined: June 07, 2006 Posts: 350

Thanks, really enjoyed the write up of your adventures. Cant beat bus road trips and the stories they give!

Look forward to seeing the updates on your bus.
Cheers

Mark
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Demian_S · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:44 am Post subject:

Thanks!!

Glad you enjoyed reading about it.

Demian_S · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:10 am Post subject:

I got Ben Pon the movie, in my mailbox yesterday, so I felt it´s time to share my trip.

My plan was to blend in the colors, replace the rear corners and replace the bottoms of the cargo doors before leaving for the Barndoor Gathering show. But I was out of town for work for four weeks, and when I came home, I just had about two weeks to fix my bus.

The day before leaving for Holland, my bus looked like this.

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I worked the whole night, and at 3 am I tested to fit my JP wheels. The center hole in the front was too small, but I really wanted them on my bus this season, so I had to spend some time to fix it. After that I decided to detail my rims, I was really tired, so it was a really quick job.
It looked good in the dark Smile

I went to bed at 4.30 for two hours sleep.

I left early the next morning to pick up my friend Gustaf and we left for a 6 hour trip to Gothenburg. Our plan was to take the ferry from Gothenburg to Germany.

I had no heating in the bus and the tempature outside and in the bus was very low.

After 6 hours we reached the ferry at the exact same time as Wolf and Burman. They had also been traveling for about 6 hours without any heating.

It was really nice to enter a warm ferry and enjoy a couple of beers...

The next day we reached Germany.

We were five aircooled cars on the ferry, and in Kiel a german guy with an oval beetle joined our trip.

11 hours later we finally reached Amersfoort.

We stayed at the NH hotel and it was one of my vw moments entering the garage of the hotel. All those rare cars in a public garage underneath a hotel.

Sadly, I just took one bad picture.

I think we were about 35 swedes living in that hotel and we all went for a couple of beers and some food in a nice restaurant in Amersfoort. It was a very nice evening.

The next morning we went to the BenPon show. It was a really cold morning but after a few hours it became like summer. It was amazing.
This really was one of my favourite shows.

There are a lot pictures of the show out there, so I just show you two.

I had a great day and night. There was a great party at some of the UK guys buses. Thanks for the beer... At 4 am Gustaf and I finally went to bed. Really stupid as we had a long trip ahead of us Smile

At sunday we just stayed at the show for a couple of hours and at noon Lasse Mix with his -52, Markus and me and Gustaf started the long trip back.

We found a nice hotel in Harpstedt, Germany and we stayed for the night.

The owner was a old gentlemen past 70. The hotel was built in the 70's and the whole hotel was a time machine. Except for the TV Smile

A view from the hotel room.

Two days later we finally reached home. I dropped Gustaf at his yard.

This was a very expensive trip. It costed me about 900 euro and it was about 4-5 days travel. But surely I will be there the next time again.

I also got a letter all the way from California. It contained a nice sticker.

Thanks, guys! It was very appreciated.

Hellberg · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 8:21 am Post subject:

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Demian_S · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:08 pm Post subject:

Some more pictures...

I used my bus a lot this summer. A few weeks after I was back from Holland, me and my family took the bus to visit my childrens cousins.

My friend Nicko also lives in that area, so I visit him one day. He had been working restoring his barndoor for about 8 years, and the day I visited him, was the day for the first test drive. It was a great being part of that moment Smile

In the beginning of june, Mackan from Morko had a small pre party before the BugRun show.
My friends Gustaf with his -54 and Masen with his -53 were also there.

The day after we went to visit a island with a old lime quarry. Some nice pictures.

Home again. My old -63 in the background

srfndoc · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:54 pm Post subject:

Looks like a great trip and your really enjoying the new bus. Thanks for sharing the photos!
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Demian_S · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 2:24 pm Post subject:

Demian_S · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 2:25 pm Post subject:

In the begining of august, we went to Denmark. It was a family trip. We were 5 buses and there were 7 children amoung us.

One of my friends didn´t own a bus, so I lent him my red -68 baywindow.

The other families left a day before us, so our plan was to catch up with them in Denmark.

We took the ferry from Gothenburg to Denmark. It was cheap going at night, so we stayed to sleep at the harbor.

We went on board at 3 Am and hit Denmark about 7 in the morning.

After an hour we found our friends and their camp for the night.

We went to Skagen and drove down to Blokkhus. We were camping at the beaches the whole week, and it felt we were living our dreams.

Once we got really stuck in the sand. But some german guys with a shovel helped us.

We had really nice weather, but it rained the last day, so we left for home some hours earlier than planned.

On our way home, we catched up with Nicko and visited a small show in the middle of sweden.

low54 · Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 12:00 pm Post subject:

really enjoy reading your posts Demian always great to see barndoors being used and enjoyed for family trips
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zuggbug · Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 4:55 am Post subject:

X3 - thanks for sharing - beautiful bus and family
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djfordmanjack · Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:11 am Post subject:

hahaha....

I can't stop laughing that you are burrying your bus in beach sand and soak the vintage mag wheels and the fresh chassis in salt water, while others keep their vans in climate contolled garages... Rolling Eyes

just love it. go on having fun, all the family too !
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Demian_S · Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 2:05 pm Post subject:

Thanks!!!

von_hansel · Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 4:59 pm Post subject:

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