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HerrBGone
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| ProvoCyclist wrote: | | i can't decide on good name. |
The key is to ride around quietly contemplating and listening and the van will eventually tell you. But it has to be ready. Sometimes Volkswagens make you wait a while before telling you their name.
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A fellow wanderer on the road less traveled
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ProvoCyclist
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Yeah, im going to be doing alot of major work on her, and shes changed alot since i bought her, hence the new name. Do you think she'll be jealous if i get another van? im looking at a white 85 westy in great shape.
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DanJReed
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oldskewlsk8ter
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Location: Lufkin, TX
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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here's mine...you can kinda see my weekender in the background
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[email protected]
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Location: Englewood, FL
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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Just got my Projektzwo fogs installed today-
They look cool from a few feet away and in all the pics I have seen, but honestly they look a little strange when you are right up on them  still pretty cool though. They don't fit all that great either, kinda like an EMPI part ( if you have ever done aircooleds you know what I mean) 
I also got the "city" lights wired in today as well. I still could not find correct bulb socket for my missing one, and hella does not sell parts so I would have to buy new lenses. So I used some sort of universal rubber holders like used on the aftermarket front signals, they are also used in those generic H4 conversion bulbs that are avail. I found a set on rabbit in the junkyard and heisted the city lights out of them. They fit snug in the holes in the lenses and then I used high temp RTV to "seal the deal" I wired those direct into the ignition so they are always on with the key. Anyone know if they should not be one when the bulbs are (for heat reasons etc..)?
Now all I need is to install that Winzer fiberglass spoiler and get a Hannover designated europlate for the front and my ride will be complete, at least for the visual part-still deciding on what I am going to use for lowering etc...
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Markus
'63 Single cab
2-'67 Eriba puck's (built 5 units apart on the assy line!)
'88 Westfalia
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Bubs
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| Anybody else? The deadline is when I start making the slide show. I will post again when I begin. |
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firebug
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My 86 Westy
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vwjedi
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Location: G-ville, FL - hopefully on a trail.
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Dang Markus, you are a baller', aren't those projektowtz light like $300 bones. Kinda disappointing if they are Empi quality.
Firebug- Looks like your van had them at one time?
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firebug
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Nope, I just painted the area between the lights and the grill, I also painted the outsides of the turn lenses. you can see better in this one
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lovedavdubs
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| firebug wrote: | Nope, I just painted the area between the lights and the grill, I also painted the outsides of the turn lenses. you can see better in this one
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I was about to give ya hell. We spent over a week talking you out of selling that beauty for the quick cash. And now $300.00 on fog lights 
Crises averted  Good to see you still have it. What happend to your front rim?
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sc-surfer
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firebug
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| lovedavdubs wrote: |
I was about to give ya hell. We spent over a week talking you out of selling that beauty for the quick cash. And now $300.00 on fog lights
Crises averted Good to see you still have it. What happend to your front rim? |
I need new front tires, but I can't spare the money for them yet.
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| vwjedi wrote: | Dang Markus, you are a baller', aren't those projektowtz light like $300 bones. Kinda disappointing if they are Empi quality.
Firebug- Looks like your van had them at one time? |
Yea, they are like $350 or somthing like that new (if they are still avail) I got them used for 2 bills site unseen But they guy came through, they are in real good shape and the tabs weren't broken like most of them.
Drove back from the Orlando show last night with them on. We took some back roads to get back, you could actually see the Fear in the Possums eyes right before I flattened him out on the desolate part of state road 64. It was a smooth smooshing, the van took it like a champ 
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'63 Single cab
2-'67 Eriba puck's (built 5 units apart on the assy line!)
'88 Westfalia
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peaceful warrior
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| Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:14 am Post subject: Just got it....well a couple of weeks ago |
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Recently purchased this 1980 Vanagon Westy, my first Vanagon, so I will be spending some time this Spring giving it a little TLC and surface rust control. It will be mainly used to get to mountain biking locations and the too infrequent fly-fishing trip.
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vwjedi
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Markus- you are quite the animal rights activist mang.
SC surfer- I dig your van alot, does the stock jack not work so well for ya? That is quite the "offroad" highjacker mounted up there.
Firebug- Glad to hear you kept the Vanagon, I hate to see someone sell befor they are ready. money comes and goes.
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noganav
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Better late than never  |
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alw911
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alw911
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 [/url] Hope this works better. Man I love this baby! |
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VW12Step
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'84 Std. Vanagon. Still "...driving and contemplating..." to come up with her name.
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aviatorjames
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