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Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:45 pm

Well its winter time and what else can you say exep for snow snow snow.
Anyhow I always like those pictures of cars in the snow so lets let everyone enjoy some pics of baywindow busse in the snow. Funnies are aloud Merry Christmas everyone

Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:48 pm

Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:18 pm

Here's one a couple winters ago...'72 Westy with 18" of snow in one night...

Pulling the engine and tranny out of a parts Bus:

One more...

I will definitely have some pics this winter with my '74 Rivi when we go get the Christmas tree and then again in February for the Great Canadian Winter Bus Campout. Waddya think Northeastern folks, wanna join me for some winter camping in the Great White North??

Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:44 pm

snow would be nice ! Its 34 and dont seem right at christmas time, cat.3 water restrictions! Having moved from Nottingham England brrrrrrrrrrr!

Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:59 am

Man, we had a brief snow two days ago (outlandish here in the willamette valley). I should have taken photos of my bus with it's snow coat.

Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:07 am

Here is my bus in the fall of 2006, north of Toronto Ontario.

Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:27 am

Here's my 77 Westy and my 79 Panel (behind the Westy).

Here's inside the engine bay of the 79 Panel, the engine is running.

Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:28 am

directly from Anchorage Alaska first snow winter 05

Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:07 am

FLT4 wrote: snow would be nice ! Its 34 and dont seem right at christmas time, cat.3 water restrictions! Having moved from Nottingham England brrrrrrrrrrr!

I can relate! Here in New England we havn't had ANY snow yet! Usually we have at leat a quick flurry or storm before December! Its global warming man!! I don't have any snowwy picts yet cuz this would be my first year with my bus going through winter! I'll post some later come first snow storm!

Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:26 am

Santa's bus heading to the workshop to pick up his german aircooled toys for all those good boy's and girl's. If you've been bad this year you won't get a lump of coal, instead the aircooled elfs have decieded to give the bad boys and girls GEX heads..... :lol: :lol:

edit - Hey 56Ovalbug - that's one way to keep the heat soak low. :wink:

Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:49 pm

Quote: Here's inside the engine bay of the 79 Panel, the engine is running.

Yesh! Did that all come in from the rear vents? Anyone have recommendations on how to keep this from happeneing? Is it a good idea to block off those vents?

Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:05 pm

I've never had a problem with snow getting in the vents of my Bus in the wintertime. Considering your engine is AIR COOLED and the air to cool your engine comes from those vents, blocking them off is not a good idea at all.

Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:10 pm

Duuh... I suppose I should have that a bit harder about that one. :lol:

Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:09 pm

Well, no pics to post (no digi cam)

But yesterday we got about 5 inches 'o snow.......no plows on the dirts roads for that.

I drove down (7% grade) to the highway, and up to the town. (no issues)

On the way back up my dirt road, I was stuck......tried 3 times, tires spinning in the mirror.

I went back to the bottom of the hill, dropped my rear air presure to 27psi, and drove up the 1 mile hill like I had chains on.......

just sayin'

p.s. tire pressure matters

Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:28 pm

blitzkrieg59 wrote: Quote: Here's inside the engine bay of the 79 Panel, the engine is running.

Yesh! Did that all come in from the rear vents? Anyone have recommendations on how to keep this from happeneing? Is it a good idea to block off those vents?

Yep! But it was a big storm - 95cm of snow!

Here's another:

Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:32 pm

Don't believe the Global Warming hype. It snowed in my Sunshine state last week. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2006-11-21-florida-cold_x.htm

And they said we would be trashed by Hurricanes this year also, and hurricane season is over. Scientific guesses. That's all predictions are. No snow touched my bus, but it could happen. Even in FL. :D

Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:34 pm

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Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:21 pm

flabay wrote: Don't believe the Global Warming hype. It snowed in my Sunshine state last week. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2006-11-21-florida-cold_x.htm

And they said we would be trashed by Hurricanes this year also, and hurricane season is over. Scientific guesses. That's all predictions are. No snow touched my bus, but it could happen. Even in FL. :D

HA!! It's been in the 60's since last Saturday here in beautiful Central New York. In fact, today it was damn near 70 and we had record warmth. I wore shorts all day and loved it. We haven't had so much as a dusting of snow yet.

Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:39 pm

VDubTech wrote: In fact, today it was damn near 70 and we had record warmth. I wore shorts all day and loved it. We haven't had so much as a dusting of snow yet.

Funny, we've been having a record cold streak here in Sonoma County, California. :shock:

Silly 'ol Alaskan cold front forgot it's way. No snow this time, although it does happen on occasion.

Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:40 pm

flabay wrote: Don't believe the Global Warming hype.

You may want to read a bit more and look closely at ice cap photos...yeah, its happening...I'm stocking up on VW's to help ease the pain.