saving Henry 77 westy barn find

[Running dad]

My family and I are jumping into the deep end of this VW world as we are now owners of our second 77 westfalia in 4 months. Our first find was Olive that we picked up in August downstate. While we were very excited to restore Olive, and not necessarily looking for another bus, jetfxr69 found another 77 westy just minutes away from us on a Sunday morning last month.

Only cause it was minutes from where we live, and we like a family adventure, my girls and I headed out to find Henry. We didnt have an address, but because the area in the Craigslist ad is so remote, we just took a drive checking roads for him.

low and behold, as we drove the roads looking, we found him. We knew immediately that this HAD to be ours. we contacted the seller through email and decided we were not gonna leave until someone showed up as we were so concerned that someone else would find it.

jetfxr69 was out of town, but we started sending pics of our find with great joy. The magical yellow pail was the icing on the cake. The seller showed up about an hour later and an immediate cash deal was struck. Our seller just bought the property and didnt have a care in the world about an old beat up VW bus. lucky us! He just needed to clean up the property and wanted it gone. What a find for us!

Now olive and Henry are together.

Henry is in amazing condition and Olive has been adopted by our daughter. we have a snowy winter ahead to get some work done. We cant wait to have our own little parade through town next summer. looking forward to the advice and support from this community going forward, Ryan

[KentABQ]

That's one heckuva second find! Congratulations!

[Jetfxr69]

happy and jealous at the same time. cheers
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‘77 westy Seamus
‘76 tintop Crusher
‘77 westy The Judge
‘72 tintop bastard westy Hudson

[MorkC68]

happy days, good luck with the pair of them and keep us posted on what youre doing with them
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[cmonSTART]

Congrats and welcome! Great to have yet another NH Bus out there!
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de K1IGS

[andrewtf]

So - What is it with all these buses coming to life in New Hampshire?
It seems like every other thread is coming from Live Free or Die.
Did I miss a mass bus migration?

Makes me wonder why I left - and wonder if I should go back. (Holderness)
My bus is often lonely in the midst of Illinois.
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'77 Riviera - Murphy' (being reborn.... slowly)
'63 Austin Healey

[Jetfxr69]

[Abscate]

Realized I have a connection to Navy Medicine for the young Bus lady in your house, jetfxr69
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[ImAddicted]

Welcome Ryan! Been following along second-hand through Jay, glad you joined us. You got some good deals, and with Jay to help out, you’ll be on the road in no time. Grew up in Whitefield, hoping to get over for a visit in near future. Keep us posted on progress.

Andrew - you know the NE type, we are kinda reserved until we start, then can’t stop us .
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KC1MUR

[notchboy]

Ok, it's official. Poo Pails are "not" special anymore.
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[andrewtf]

[Jetfxr69]

[Jetfxr69]

Peek-a-boo! There it is again.
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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa

‘77 westy Seamus
‘76 tintop Crusher
‘77 westy The Judge
‘72 tintop bastard westy Hudson

[Jetfxr69]

[cmonSTART]

poo pail aside, that's a nice interior!
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de K1IGS

[notchboy]

[Abscate]

It’s painful thinking of piles of pails of poo. Piles, ouch.
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[ImAddicted]

[Jetfxr69]

Finally got a little work going on Henry today. Here is Ryan, looking for his cheesy poofs again.

He is quite content just camping in the shed up on blocks. Of course this time of year up here, there aint much else to do beside putting up firewood, or working on plow truck, or skiing, or riding, or ice fishing, or snow shoeing, but other that, there aint nothing to do. Might as well pull a motor out.

Never cranked it over, but did pull it through by hand and felt “some” compression on all four. Dont matter. Will be broke down to short block and cleaned up anyways.

Pulled fuel tank out...not too good. Shes a rough, scaley lookin one. Gonna do the home treatment on it and reinstall with all new rubbers.

Thanks to his wife, they got the interior cleaned up and man is it nice! OG carpet front and back, and in great shape. Cabinets all intact, and other than some edge trim that will get heat massaged back in place, mint. Benches and cushions and curtains all intact. Nice all the way around.
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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa

‘77 westy Seamus
‘76 tintop Crusher
‘77 westy The Judge
‘72 tintop bastard westy Hudson

[crukab]

Good to see more Bus Dudes popping up in the Granite State !!

This was my Driveway in 1990 or so, Boscowen N.H.:

Moved to Royalton Vt. in '95.
Good luck on getting that Westy rolling, seems like you have some good local help.
I'd be up for a Northern N.H. Bus gathering.....
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My Pops:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604100&highlight=
I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....

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