Things your van did recently

dhaavers · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 8:09 am Post subject:

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General Lee! Laughing

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sanchius · Samba Member Joined: May 03, 2007 Posts: 1455 Location: IN

It finally got a Colorado State Park pass on its windshield and we spent some time in Eldorado Canyon...

Due to close proximity to Boulder & Univ of Colorado, Eldo's walls figure prominently in the fascinating & cautionary series "Accidents in North American Mountaineering".
http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/search/solr?all=eldorado+canyon

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andafiro · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:36 pm Post subject:

What my van did recently: She won my heart (AGAIN)!

I have two boys, 4 and 5 years old. Desert children, they'd never seen the ocean and I decided it was time.

2,178 miles and ten days.

We crossed the desert in 108-degree heat with no AC. The kids had cold air blasting on them from our "cooler-cooler", a regular cooler filled with ice and with two holes cut out of its lid--one 6" to hold the 12v van face-down, the other 4" and holding a PVC pipe aimed at them in the back.

I broke a window crank on the first day, we had a low tire in Ojai, and in Phoenix on the second-to-last day, I lost my radiator cooling fan.

This was the first big trip out with the North Westy tent, which I LOVE. Camping in Joshua Tree, I slept upstairs and thought I was in heaven. And when I got home, the van got an oil change and a quick once-over at F.A.S.T. (-the- Vanagon shop in Santa Fe), and was off again--my partner and I camped for another six days in Colorado.

We had thundering herds of Harleys all waving as they passed by, and sweet old ladies grinning and waving from their cars. Semis blew their horns, and my two kids had no idea why. Smile

The camp site at El Capitan Beach State Park (one of those children is not mine)

The view from my seat. (At Petrified Forest National Park)

Joshua Tree!!!

At the Very Large Array in New Mexico

Making breakfast!

EDITED TO ADD THIS: I got pulled over for speeding, yes I did, between Phoenix and Show Low, Arizona, in my hot Vanagon! It resulted in a warning, and plenty of jokes from my friends that surely the radar was defective.
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Dampcamper · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 12:30 am Post subject:

This picture cracks me up:

I hope you didn't tell them what the sign said until much later. Smile

oldhuldy67 · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 6:27 pm Post subject:

"Aah, come on, Ma...we want to see the aliens, too,"
You are raising them up right... Wink

joetiger · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:14 am Post subject:

I had a very rare few free hours on Saturday. Instead of doing the usual and heading west from Denver into the mountains, I decided to head north to another planet.

I went to Pawnee Buttes, in the Pawnee National Grassland, up near the Colorado-Nebraska border. There's the two buttes, a little canyon, pronghorn sheep, rattlesnakes, a few cows, ghost towns, the remnants of homesteads, and of course, oil production. The desolation is difficult to describe. Dizzying.

If you go, make sure you have a full tank of gas, a snack, and extra bike tubes.

I punctured both tires put-putting around on my bike; there are goat heads everywhere. Also, my Tom Tom GPS didn't work worth a damn, and had no access to Google maps on my phone. I had to go old-school and actually pull out my trusty road maps to find my way back.

If you're actually interested in visiting, somebody did a good blog entry with beautiful photos:

http://www.awayfromthegrind.com/blog/hiking/colorado/pawnee-buttes/

I'd like to hike in a bit and camp at some point, but for this trip I only had a few hours to scratch the surface.
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campism · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:59 am Post subject:

Took me to a meeting with my finance guy who told me I'll be able to retire December 31st. Epic trips to come, Westy!
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dobryan · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:14 am Post subject:

DAIZEE · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 12:54 pm Post subject:

CONGRATS!

Today Scooby brought home a new metal bed for me!
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sanchius · Samba Member Joined: May 03, 2007 Posts: 1455 Location: IN

It was a beautiful day and we spent a couple hours harvesting some rare early westy parts at the local bone yard

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SteelB12 · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 8:11 am Post subject:

It took me to and from work.

First time I have driven it in probably three months. It now can get out of its own way thanks to the top end rebuild by AlaricH. Sounds cool as well.
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oldhuldy67 · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:24 pm Post subject: Shepherd Mountain surprise..

My 1980 Westy just got a fresh tuneup, new KONI shocks and Continental VANCO D-
load rated tires. So, it's off to north Georgia for apples and a test drive. The difference was expected but still a surprise. The OG shocks (185K) liked to pogo and the 205/70s (95t) that came with the alloys, steel belted and well, they were the wrong tire altogether. Nothing beats stock..or stockish improvements that function better and look original...INMHO.

I had wanted to explore the road that winds up the mountain beside Panorama Apple Market, just south of Jasper,GA on Hwy. 515 for 20 years.. so off we went. I was surprised to find how much she handles like a much lighter vehicle..cornering felt safe for the first time and...dare I say it? Even a bit nimble on the tight, second gear turns...NO PICS..had to drive.

Then, as I topped the neatly paved road I was surprised to find this cross..dwarfed and nearly surrounded by a grove of cell tower and assorted antennas..but, there it stood with His creation all around..

I hope Brooke got the message..and makes this vandal come back up here and clean it off. Mountain-tops are a sure place to bring a verse or two to mind, like this one..
"For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity, have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made (His handiworks) "[Ps. 19: 1-4.]
...even VW mechanics are known to exist because their handiwork exists.

And for those of us who drive old Volkswagons..."We know that the whole creation [of irrational creatures] has been moaning together in the pains of labor until now." [Jer. 12:4, 11.] (‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭22‬ AMP)

Then, the oil filler tube trouble began...sigh.

outdoornate65 · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:23 pm Post subject:

Vanaganistan · Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 9:39 pm Post subject:

Mine decided to blow through a brake light switch. Brake fluid poured out onto the floor and I had to use the emergency brake to slow down and troubleshoot. I think Shaggy was mad that I had took the awning off for a cleaning... Crying or Very sad

oldhuldy67 · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:52 pm Post subject:

She attended a local car show in Canton, GA, mostly muscle cars but a wide variety of vintage cars, too. We had lots of visitors, teeny bopper-car heads who asked the right questions and loved taking selfies inside the van, one older (than me) gentleman who brought a Mexican 2009 beetle on a 49 Ford car hauler offered me some serious cash..but, it's a long walk home. ( I hope she didn't hear that).

vw4wd · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:42 pm Post subject:

We had a great day trip out with a bunch of other syncronauts on Salisbury Plain - which has one of the greatest concentrations of unsurfaced vehicular routes in southern England. The weather started out a bit wet but improved as the day went on. At least it was warm.

The dark green vehicle at the front of the line is still a 4wd camper though not a syncro. It is a Duro - a Swiss(?) made military style light truck.[/img]
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Type17 · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 10:06 pm Post subject:

3,704 miles
15 days
4 states
1 coolant temp sensor

flomulgator · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:19 am Post subject:

Took us up to the Colchuck Lake TH near Leavenworth, WA late at night to facilitate an early morning start on a 2-day Enchantments traverse. The reason I find this noteworthy is that the trailhead parking lot had three other pop-tops: a beefed-up 2WD camper, a kitted-out Syncro camper, and a Eurovan camper. Adding to the culture was a converted 4WD Ford van. It was a good sign we had come to the right place, a suspicion that the arduous trek confirmed.

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(Sorry no photos of the vans because it was dark)
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RCB · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:50 pm Post subject: My Vanagon passed smog today

My 1982 Westy passed smog this morning. All her numbers were well under the max limits.Every two years here in California we have to have the smogtologest insert the probe up our tail pipe and sniff away. Madam Helga didn't squirm a bit as she was being tested...shes a tough ol' broad. Laughing


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