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spanky324
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EverettB 
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Mr. Unpopular
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Location: Tampa Florida
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| Desertbusman wrote: |
Phoenix was first featured in Popular Mechanics magazine, in March, 1978.
Get your plans for $85. I can't imagine what kind of a bus you would destroy to make one. Any rust bucket worth hacking would also have a rotten frame. |
Perhaps the thousands of bay windows that have been rolled over because they dared to run car tires?
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Mal evolent
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not if you're on the inside, looking out. I don't buy cars for other people to look at, I buy them to use.
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Desertbusman
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Location: Arizona
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We've only had a couple rollovers reported on the Samba. It does seem like one of them was because of tires rolling off the rims.
Now maybe the many burnt buses would be the base for building the Phoenix campers. Just take a good Bay, ignore the fuel lines and bingo, you're all set.
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shiningstar76
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Location: Savannah
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Where's the vomiting emoticon?
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notchboy
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Location: Escondido CA
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Im not sayin its cool or ugly, but everytime I look at it I just keep thinking of all the metal removed around the cab. Your just hanging out there in a fiberglass shell doin 65 down the road.  If you crashed that thing it would blow apart 
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bignick
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Location: Chattanooga, TN
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They are large and must be scanned in sections.
I will work on that soon and it will be added to that same page. |
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| Try to find a local print shop for blueprints. They usually have large format scanners and can do things like this for cheap. Usually just a couple bucks for a cd with a PDF on it. Then you can just email it over. |
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Desertbusman
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Robert Riley had his act together. In the 5th paragraph of his instructions first page his advice is so contrary to the thinking (or lack of) of many new bus owners of today.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/phoenix_camper/0_1.jpg
Yea, don't get in a wreck.
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notchboy
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When I read it, I took it as "common sense, common sense, common sense."
Not what we see today "but I thought, but I though, but I thought."
Unless you think with common sense 
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EverettB
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| Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| EverettB wrote: |
They are large and must be scanned in sections.
I will work on that soon and it will be added to that same page. |
| bignick wrote: |
| Try to find a local print shop for blueprints. They usually have large format scanners and can do things like this for cheap. Usually just a couple bucks for a cd with a PDF on it. Then you can just email it over. |
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No need - I can do it in quarters, they fit on my scanner nicely.
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sunnydog
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| Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Now maybe the many burnt buses would be the base for building the Phoenix campers. Just take a good Bay, ignore the fuel lines and bingo, you're all set. |
Umm, howzabout you start by choosing to recover a already burnt one, rather than not servicing fuel lines on a good one and then just waiting for it to fireball?
DBM -- You, of all people.
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eche_bus
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Hey, I think the Phoenix is kind of cool! But then again, I liked watching the British TV series "UFO" in the early 70's ...
Perhaps the inspiration? 
Sorry, just couldn't resist. |
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EverettB
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Red Fau Veh
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Wow. Someone call Space 1999, we have their camper
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Red Fau Veh
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Update on my Phoenix project: It is now licensed and useable but far from finished. It's been nearly two years since I bought it and I'm very happy with my slow but steady progress.
Jason "Schmitty" Milsom |
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1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey
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notchboy
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