Wild Westerner Club

Kirk · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:57 am Post subject:

I love that picture of the buses on the line! Sweet!
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98rocket · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:10 am Post subject:

Hey Wildwesterner! We are neighbors, I am in Thousand Oaks! My oldster car guy Dad and I go to a lot of local shows, with his mint 1979 Lincoln Mark V. When I was young, living in the West Valley, there were TONS of these buses around, I never knew they had a name....but I wanted one BADLY! I still would love to have one!

I can't believe they are virtually gone, I would have thought (judging by the fact that there would be several in every grocery store parking lot) that there would be more of these than anything else, VW van wise, out there! If nothing else, there must be a number of them hiding in back yards in the San Fernando Valley!

Kathleen

Rob R · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:44 am Post subject:

My Wild Westerner sn# 2232187686.
Running and driving in Park City, Utah. I found it at world famous Tom Tom's in Moab Utah. The Title had been signed by three owners before I got it dating back twenty years, meaning it had not been registered or licensed by the three previous owners. All it really needed was a good engine.

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Bill Sullivan · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:10 am Post subject: Wild Westerner Club

chazz79 · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club

[quote="Bill Sullivan"][quote="Rob R"]My Wild Westerner sn# 2232187686.
Running and driving in Park City, Utah. I found it at world famous Tom Tom's in Moab Utah. The Title had been signed by three owners before I got it dating back twenty years, meaning it had not been registered or licensed by the three previous owners. All it really needed was a good engine.

m code plate

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You like that! where the rest of the bus world gets paint codes our m-plates are blank.

This is another oddity that drives me nuts.
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Bill Sullivan · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:09 am Post subject: Wild Westerner Club

BOLO BOLO BOLO Shocked

Be On the Lookout For

All Wild Westerners Dead Or Alive !!!

The list is growing of people wanting to own this mystery machine.

Kirk in Texas
Kathleen in California
Dan in Canada
Paul in Nashville

So we need spotters any Wild Westerners laying around in yards or in scrap yards we need to get them out and running. A great source is craigslist use vw as the search word.

Also i have info on classic car insurance that will save you lots of money. Send me a private message for details.

We appreciate everyone's help in the search for the origin. Please stay tuned for we will unravel this mystery.

Bill

Stuartzickefoose · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:08 am Post subject:

i know of one, but at the moment, its getting a new engine by its new owner, then possibley being sold back to the first kid who had it....kirk knows which one i speak of....i just found out about that one buddy....ill find you another! Very Happy

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Collie · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:10 am Post subject:

I love this pic...its like walking into a room and you catch a glimpse of that beauty on the far side....then the music starts and you run slowly to eachother...

HAHA

Stuartzickefoose · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:58 am Post subject:

isnt that pic one that notchboy posted? lol
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Bill Sullivan · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 5:41 am Post subject: Wild Westerner

notchboy · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:15 am Post subject:

Collie · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:34 am Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner

notchboy · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:46 am Post subject: Re: Wild Westerner

Collie · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:48 am Post subject:

Like herding cats.....

notchboy · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:20 am Post subject:

secretsubmariner · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:24 am Post subject:

Semi-relevant thread jack----
We should start a Champagne 'Club' but instead of a mail-in log of addresses and phone numbers, it could just be a thread where everybody shares adventures for or in their Champagnes. I would never willingly just send someone my home address and phone number unless it was a purchase.

I have thought about this much since this thread was started, but since Karl is gone I haven't been able to find if he ever posted any of the info he collected on them. Just partial threads where people state their vin or build date.

Special editions are cool, and I fully agree that we should keep them alive. Be they green, be they brown, be they silber. Laughing

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Stuartzickefoose · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 11:25 am Post subject:

chazz79 · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 6:07 pm Post subject:

Are champagnes really that rare? I thought that was a well recieved special edition that sold tons because you still see those everywhere. The silverfish is obscure because they weren't sold here and the westerners were all left to die because of their hideousness. I believe actual production # and sales info aren't available because this was a sales embarassment that vwoa chose to omit from history.

Placed in a show today!

woot woot!

category was "most origional"

I seriously explain a couple dozen times that this wasn't my idea and vw really made it.

I should just give up and tell folks this idea came to me after a crazy acid trip, I'm sure they'll believe me easier this way.
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