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Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:07 am

JazzBass64 wrote: RPGreg2600 wrote: Looks like an oil cooler to me. Seen plenty of buses with that set up. Must have been a common kit back in the 70s.

oh really? ive only seen few on the east coast. Are there any advantages to haveing one, or is it rather pointless?

Some old hippy guy I talked to who had one on his bus said it greatly reduced his oil temp. Not worth it to be because it looks like shit. Maybe we see mroe over here because it's warmer?

RINC wrote: Easy peazy set-up an teardown

Awesome high roof slider! Never even seen a pic of one of those before!

Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:10 am

Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:15 am

Camping is cheaper than therapy.

Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:58 am

bill may wrote: Camping is cheaper than therapy. That is Sig material

Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:24 pm

This is how SwervyJoe goes camping...

Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:35 pm

Looks familiar.

Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:12 pm

RPGreg2600 wrote: JazzBass64 wrote: RPGreg2600 wrote: Looks like an oil cooler to me. Seen plenty of buses with that set up. Must have been a common kit back in the 70s.

oh really? ive only seen few on the east coast. Are there any advantages to haveing one, or is it rather pointless?

Some old hippy guy I talked to who had one on his bus said it greatly reduced his oil temp. Not worth it to be because it looks like shit. Maybe we see mroe over here because it's warmer?

agreed, they do look horrible, and speak of the devil, i was going down the road yeaterday, and stopped into sheetz to get a drink and some gas, and another bus pulled up........ i haven't seen another split in a while around here, but i go out and hes looking at my bus so we start to talk and he had an oiler cooler, and its welded on to the panel in front of the vent on the Drivers side, appearently it was there when he got it........... it worked on his bus, and looked descent :? but he had a rat looking panel with holes everywhere, so to each his own i suppose.

Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:29 pm

DakDak67 wrote:

that is just simply perfect.

61TXghia wrote: bill may wrote: Camping is cheaper than therapy. That is Sig material

most defiantly

Wed Feb 01, 2012 2:30 pm

different ways, different setups, different places :D

Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:12 pm

61TXghia wrote: bill may wrote: Camping is cheaper than therapy. That is Sig material

I thought so...

Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:26 pm

Right click. Save.

Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:29 pm

big bus mike wrote: 61TXghia wrote: bill may wrote: Camping is cheaper than therapy. That is Sig material

I thought so...
thanks i have been saying that for years.

Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:47 pm

bill may wrote: big bus mike wrote: 61TXghia wrote: bill may wrote: Camping is cheaper than therapy. That is Sig material

I thought so...
thanks i have been saying that for years.
Now you have a new screen saver Bill. \:D/

Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:00 pm

Busryder wrote: bill may wrote: big bus mike wrote: 61TXghia wrote: bill may wrote: Camping is cheaper than therapy. That is Sig material

I thought so...
thanks i have been saying that for years.
Now you have a new screen saver Bill. \:D/

But But ...... that aint Kermit is it Mike ?

Sorry Bill, aint seen your bus in years

Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:10 pm

Metal teepee camping

I also like camping with other pink busses

Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:08 pm

:? :? :roll: :? :?

RINC wrote: Busryder wrote: bill may wrote: big bus mike wrote: 61TXghia wrote: bill may wrote: Camping is cheaper than therapy. That is Sig material
I thought so...
...for years.
Now you have a new screen saver Bill. \:D/
aint seen your bus in years

@ RPGreg2600, and with no personal gripe...

RPGreg2600 wrote: JazzBass64 wrote: RPGreg2600 wrote: Looks like an oil cooler to me. Seen plenty of buses with that set up. Must have been a common kit back in the 70s.

oh really? ive only seen few on the east coast. Are there any advantages to haveing one, or is it rather pointless?

I mention the oil lines in my one of my first posts, below:
Busryder wrote:
Nope. It's a hot-dog warmer... or a 'dumb' Chick burner, whichever works for your individual locale. :twisted:

It was on there when I found my Westy and I haven't had the heart to yank it from its moorings.

It would work if it were to be hooked up... but then I would have to bend one of the louvers back in, it had been tastefully cut at only one end, and then it was bent in to provide space for the oil lines. I am just fortunate that that was the only thing cut way back then... it was done in the seventies.

Could'a been the wheel-wells, no? :roll:

Here you forget the cardinal rule: It's my bus... and I can do with it as I damn well please. It pleases me to honor the Vietnam Vet that both, put the oil cooler there and sold this Westy to me for a Grand. (It's a good that opinions are only as plentiful as are... everything else, and thus only valuable when warranted. :roll:
RPGreg2600 wrote: Some old hippy guy I talked to who had one on his bus said it greatly reduced his oil temp. Not worth it to be because it looks like shit. Maybe we see mroe over here because it's warmer?
Again, only one opinion...

Then you mention something else that you've never seen before, RINC's HighRooof, and offer another opinion:
RINC wrote: Easy peazy set-up an teardown

Awesome high roof slider! Never even seen a pic of one of those before![/quote]

This used to be RINC's Avatar (image "Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 6:52"):

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/641367.jpg

This bus has been posted, over and over, for years on this site, and Rinc is famous for doing so. \:D/ Good on him for doing so, too....... more power to you brother.

My point:

Do with your bus as you will, it's your shit.

Sig it if you wish, but this is only MY opinion.[/url]

Happy Motoring Greg, (and camp with no reservations...)
-Damian

Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:56 pm

RPGreg2600 wrote: JazzBass64 wrote: RPGreg2600 wrote: Looks like an oil cooler to me. Seen plenty of buses with that set up. Must have been a common kit back in the 70s.

oh really? ive only seen few on the east coast. Are there any advantages to haveing one, or is it rather pointless?

I mention the oil lines in my one of my first posts, below:
Busryder wrote:
Nope. It's a hot-dog warmer... or a 'dumb' Chick burner, whichever works for your individual locale. :twisted:

It was on there when I found my Westy and I haven't had the heart to yank it from its moorings.

It would work if it were to be hooked up... but then I would have to bend one of the louvers back in, it had been tastefully cut at only one end, and then it was bent in to provide space for the oil lines. I am just fortunate that that was the only thing cut way back then... it was done in the seventies.

Could'a been the wheel-wells, no? :roll:

Here you forget the cardinal rule: It's my bus... and I can do with it as I damn well please. It pleases me to honor the Vietnam Vet that both, put the oil cooler there and sold this Westy to me for a Grand. (It's a good that opinions are only as plentiful as are... everything else, and thus only valuable when warranted. :roll:
RPGreg2600 wrote: Some old hippy guy I talked to who had one on his bus said it greatly reduced his oil temp. Not worth it to be because it looks like shit. Maybe we see mroe over here because it's warmer?
Again, only one opinion...

Then you mention something else that you've never seen before, RINC's HighRooof, and offer another opinion:
RINC wrote: Easy peazy set-up an teardown

Awesome high roof slider! Never even seen a pic of one of those before![/quote]

This used to be RINC's Avatar (image "Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 6:52"):

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/641367.jpg

This bus has been posted, over and over, for years on this site, and Rinc is famous for doing so. \:D/ Good on him for doing so, too....... more power to you brother.

My point:

Do with your bus as you will, it's your shit.

Sig it if you wish, but this is only MY opinion.[/url]

Happy Motoring Greg, (and camp with no reservations...)
-Damian[/quote]

I ment no insult by asking about the oiler cooler, i asked wether it was practical as to use, because i thought it was an interesting peice of equipment, i ment no disrespect to you or the vietnam vet, i was just wondering what it did for a bus, not trying to be disrespectful, i barely see them out here in VA and was interested in finding out more about them, i actually thought it was pretty neat looking thats why i asked in the first place to you, due to it being your bus, i am really sorry if i offended you in anyway.

Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:04 am

JazzBass64 wrote: I ment no insult by asking about the oiler cooler, i asked wether it was practical as to use, because i thought it was an interesting peice of equipment, i ment no disrespect to you or the vietnam vet, i was just wondering what it did for a bus, not trying to be disrespectful, i barely see them out here in VA and was interested in finding out more about them, i actually thought it was pretty neat looking thats why i asked in the first place to you, due to it being your bus, i am really sorry if i offended you in anyway.

None taken, my friend... it was Greg, not you, that I took offence to... but again, it was only his OPINION. And it is his to make, but it only holds so much weight.

I, myself, am not personally offended by Greg's post, but it is a cardinal rule that if it is YOUR bus you can do with it as you wish, whatever you like with it, IF it belongs to YOU... and everyone has the right to play with their own bus, as well as the right to form an opinion on someone else's bus, AND to form an opinion on the choices that one may make regarding the style in which that one other person chooses to rock said bus.

No more needs to be said. Carry on genitalmen... :wink:

(No hard feelings Greg.) :-s

Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:01 am

too much excitement. we should go camping friday morning and come back sunday afternoon.

Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:28 am

Busryder wrote: JazzBass64 wrote: I ment no insult by asking about the oiler cooler, i asked wether it was practical as to use, because i thought it was an interesting peice of equipment, i ment no disrespect to you or the vietnam vet, i was just wondering what it did for a bus, not trying to be disrespectful, i barely see them out here in VA and was interested in finding out more about them, i actually thought it was pretty neat looking thats why i asked in the first place to you, due to it being your bus, i am really sorry if i offended you in anyway.

None taken, my friend... it was Greg, not you, that I took offence to... but again, it was only his OPINION. And it is his to make, but it only holds so much weight.

I, myself, am not personally offended by Greg's post, but it is a cardinal rule that if it is YOUR bus you can do with it as you wish, whatever you like with it, IF it belongs to YOU... and everyone has the right to play with their own bus, as well as the right to form an opinion on someone else's bus, AND to form an opinion on the choices that one may make regarding the style in which that one other person chooses to rock said bus.

No more needs to be said. Carry on genitalmen... :wink:

(No hard feelings Greg.) :-s
Off topic. I'd rather see pics of camping setup's please