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George Evans Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2005 Posts: 632 Location: Flowery Branch , Ga
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:37 am Post subject: |
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Not meaning to be negative but what is wrong with a nice simple tent? |
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Hakka Samba Member
Joined: November 21, 2004 Posts: 619 Location: PNW or Norway
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:55 am Post subject: |
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Not a thing! I would love to see pictures of people camping in general with their beetles. That set up with that 67 sure is neat! |
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LuckyMonkeyGarage Samba Member
Joined: September 11, 2001 Posts: 937 Location: Arizona up north, near a mountain with a big "J" on top of it
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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George Evans wrote: |
Not meaning to be negative but what is wrong with a nice simple tent? |
Good question, I'll take a shot at it...
Tents take time to pitch, tents add weight, if it rains you put it away wet, no poles to keep track of, you can add the option of a Eberspacher heater with timer to a bug for a quick warm up on cold nights (if you have the cash), if you're camping and don't like your neighbors you can put up your seats and drive to a new location, you have a radio, a light, and two ash trays, you have better insulation from the cold, being in a bug muffles outside noises or inside noises, and a bear can rip through a tent quicker than a bug.
If you want to compare it to a Westy there's more head room in the bed area. I compared my SO-69 to my bug. _________________ http://ghostwagens.blogspot.com/
http://vintageswampcooler.blogspot.com/
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LuckyMonkeyGarage Samba Member
Joined: September 11, 2001 Posts: 937 Location: Arizona up north, near a mountain with a big "J" on top of it
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:07 am Post subject: |
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Keiper camping seats
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bill may Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2003 Posts: 14160 Location: san diego,ca
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:11 am Post subject: |
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George Evans wrote: |
Not meaning to be negative but what is wrong with a nice simple tent? |
tents are ok until it rains.you should have been camping with us. 1-66 westy,1-69 bay campmobile,my 65 sportsmobile, 1-62 beetle. it rained really hard,the tent was leaning and filling with water. i think the guy crawled under the 66 westy to get out of the rain. _________________ Admin note: Bill Passed away - July, 2017
1965 panel bus-Kermit
"Camping is cheaper than therapy"
www.sv2s.com
www.steeringboxscrapers.net
SBS #100
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=453617 |
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bill may Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2003 Posts: 14160 Location: san diego,ca
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:15 am Post subject: |
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Kanzapanzer wrote: |
NOTAHONDA wrote: |
The Brokeback Mountain moment in the square?
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MAN-O-MAN, THAT'S FUNNY RIGHT THERE!
"Dave, how was it?"
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only canadian literature has 2 guys in a camping mode. all us shows 1 guy 1 lady. _________________ Admin note: Bill Passed away - July, 2017
1965 panel bus-Kermit
"Camping is cheaper than therapy"
www.sv2s.com
www.steeringboxscrapers.net
SBS #100
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=453617 |
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bill may Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2003 Posts: 14160 Location: san diego,ca
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AlteWagen Troll
Joined: February 23, 2007 Posts: 8497 Location: PNW
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:44 am Post subject: |
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since it was built in the 70s I bet it was long hair on both! |
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LuckyMonkeyGarage Samba Member
Joined: September 11, 2001 Posts: 937 Location: Arizona up north, near a mountain with a big "J" on top of it
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know.....sorta looks like the 80s to me......I'm thinking Prince, Purple Rain when I see this? _________________ http://ghostwagens.blogspot.com/
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Miklo ¡Chale!
Joined: August 27, 2008 Posts: 2058 Location: Antelope Valley, Ca
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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LuckyMonkeyGarage wrote: |
Here's a few accessories..
Rare camping table..
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There's one of these for sale on Ebay. _________________ ✠Miklo✠
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'66 Type1 "Charlotte" RIP
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LuckyMonkeyGarage Samba Member
Joined: September 11, 2001 Posts: 937 Location: Arizona up north, near a mountain with a big "J" on top of it
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:39 am Post subject: |
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Just got my Volmac recliners in
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cory464 Samba Member
Joined: November 25, 2010 Posts: 659 Location: kokomo in
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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bill may wrote: |
George Evans wrote: |
Not meaning to be negative but what is wrong with a nice simple tent? |
tents are ok until it rains.you should have been camping with us. 1-66 westy,1-69 bay campmobile,my 65 sportsmobile, 1-62 beetle. it rained really hard,the tent was leaning and filling with water. i think the guy crawled under the 66 westy to get out of the rain. |
you get a lot of strange looks setting up a tent in a truck stop parking lot. |
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LuckyMonkeyGarage Samba Member
Joined: September 11, 2001 Posts: 937 Location: Arizona up north, near a mountain with a big "J" on top of it
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:03 am Post subject: |
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Any ideas on how to make a stock steering wheel removeable with a quick release
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cory464 Samba Member
Joined: November 25, 2010 Posts: 659 Location: kokomo in
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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LuckyMonkeyGarage wrote: |
Any ideas on how to make a stock steering wheel removeable with a quick release
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not really any safe ways. you can look in some off road catalogs but you would have to cut the steering shaft to put the connector in. that would make all sorts of issues for turn signals and such. most quick release setups are designed for off road purposes or racing. things like a horn or turn signals aren't terribly important to them. |
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gavin.dude Samba Member
Joined: December 29, 2011 Posts: 282 Location: Cobb, Ga
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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Been wanting to mod some low back seats to camp in my bug for a while. I have to be pretty wasted to sleep in my bug the way it is. I also like to get to work real early so I can take a nap but cant really do it in the bug _________________ 73 SB, Hormiga |
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LuckyMonkeyGarage Samba Member
Joined: September 11, 2001 Posts: 937 Location: Arizona up north, near a mountain with a big "J" on top of it
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 7:42 am Post subject: |
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Here's something for the tent lovers..
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BigBlueVW.blogspot.com Samba Member
Joined: October 04, 2007 Posts: 317 Location: Petaluma, CA
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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I wanted to keep this in this thread, even though it is old, but I found this artwork in a shop this weekend and am trying to find out anything I can about it. I can't tell if it was someone just making a piece of "art", or if this was a printer proof of some ad artwork or something. It seems like a really bad ad, or a piece of a larger brochure. Anyone recognize it?
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=1105779 _________________ '56 Bug - no name yet
'63 Bug "Little Blue"
'68 Bus "Big Blue"
Find bus camping friends at http://VWCamperFamily.com/
A west coast VW bus camping adventure at: http://bigbluevw.com/
Interested in VW buses and have a Facebook account? Check out Big Blue's Fan page: http://www.facebook.com/bigbluevw |
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taylorb1 Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2012 Posts: 709 Location: Canton, Georgia
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Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:36 am Post subject: |
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This is a cool thread. I had a 74 std and me and my girlfriend would tent camp out of it allot. Then we got an71 Tin top westy which was bad ass. Had to get rid of it now I'm in a 67 bug.
My question is, has anyone done a DIY seat layback bracket or anything to an early seat? Or somehow modify the origional brackets? It would be sweet to sleep in the bug _________________ It's not dented, it's just been environmentally streamlined!
76 STD Bug-Sold
71 Transporter Converted To Camper. |
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747frieghtdog Samba Member
Joined: August 14, 2007 Posts: 215 Location: JAX, FL
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Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:08 am Post subject: |
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NOTAHONDA wrote: |
The Brokeback Mountain moment in the square?
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I love it!
And I'm sorry to say that was the first thing I thought of as well. _________________ 55 Oval |
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elanelias Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2012 Posts: 67 Location: Burbank, CA
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:39 am Post subject: The Camping Bug Sleeps Two! |
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Earlier in the year, I was stranded in Wildomar California in my '69 bug with a busted valve. I was saved by Relic VW, and this is what I found.
The owner told me that the old man who designed the Camping Bug device had stopped in umpteen years ago and hand delivered a number of scrolls of diagrams detailing the construction and installation of the Camping Bug camping conversion. She said she has somewhere a box with the rest of these scrolls partially eaten by mice.
But, the photos I took were of the surviving blueprint, in its entirety, of The Camping Bug.
I hope this is of some use to you, and happy motoring!
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