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Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:48 am

I have a brochure from Riviera showing a model known as the Ski Bum. This model came with stuff for a ski lover including a heater and insulation, custom spare tire cover and of course a custom mural on the bus side! Anyone seen one before or have one of these rare campers?

Mon Nov 24, 2014 4:45 pm

:shock:

I want this, though I bet anyone who came upon one of these used in the last 20 years assumed the skier paint job was some PO hack and sadly had it repainted not knowing it came 'from the factory' like that.

Also, I image the guy who airbrushed that skier looks like Bob Ross and showed up everyday for work at the Riviera factory in a corduroy suit.

Mon Nov 24, 2014 6:55 pm

^^^only he didn't use an airbrush. He used a painting trowel and big wooden palette to hide happy little squirrels in the trees :lol:
I want one if those!

Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:37 pm

My god that is ugly.

-jeffrey

Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:46 pm

That thing should come with an 80's rocker playing air guitar.

Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:03 pm

That is rad! I am in the process of building my own "lot bum" riviera with extra insulation, furnace, etc...thx for sharing :D

Tue Nov 25, 2014 1:47 pm

Alive and well in southern Colorado. :). Ski on!

Tue Nov 25, 2014 7:22 pm

Aloha
tp

Tue Nov 25, 2014 8:10 pm

First time i saw this thread title, i thought rich started this thread with that pic, and when i opened it i realized i was wrong....lol

Tue Nov 25, 2014 9:36 pm

Hitting the slopes tomorrow. The mountains to the west of me got pounded with snow this week so hopefully the bus will make it through.

Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:44 pm

Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:48 pm

sonofamitch wrote: Hitting the slopes tomorrow. The mountains to the west of me got pounded with snow this week so hopefully the bus will make it through.

piece of cake...

while you go off to slide around in the snow on planks of wood (awesome sports, i love them...) ill stick to doing something like this:

Thu Nov 27, 2014 6:45 pm

Ahh yes, I just found my favourite thread; ski bums and van murals lol! which reminds to ask why no one has van murals on their vw? Not the hippie flower crap, I'm talking about epic star wars portraits or wild horses airbrushed onto the side of a panel van hahah!

I would love to do a winter ski roadtrip in the canadian rockies and in the US like jackson hole or lake tahoe... Only problem is my bus is nearly rust free and I don't know if its worth the trade off of introducing new rust. Does anyone have an opinion on that? Plus i would probably have to buy 4 new winter tires or at the very least chains.

Thu Nov 27, 2014 6:47 pm

Ahh yes, I just found my favourite thread; ski bums and van murals lol! which reminds to ask why no one has van murals on their vw? Not the hippie flower crap, I'm talking about epic star wars portraits or wild horses airbrushed onto the side of a panel van hahah!

I would love to do a winter ski roadtrip in the canadian rockies and in the US like jackson hole or lake tahoe... Only problem is my bus is nearly rust free and I don't know if its worth the trade off of introducing new rust. Does anyone have an opinion on that? Plus i would probably have to buy 4 new winter tires or at the very least chains.

Thu Nov 27, 2014 9:24 pm

I want that hand knitted orange and yellow beanie!

Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:42 pm

Bottom lot of Purgatory Ski Resort. Looking at Engineer Mountain, 13,218'.

Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:17 pm

I was at Tahoe, but I drove the Vanagon.

Aloha
tp

Mon Feb 20, 2017 10:15 pm

Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:11 am

Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:11 am

3 1/2 yr old ski bum P, ready to rip it!