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iowegian Samba Curmudgeon
Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 9829 Location: Somewhere between Dubuque and Keokuk
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:44 am Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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Hey---I can play
NEXT UP: your VW with a tow boat & barges or a tug boat |
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12730 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 4:00 pm Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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That is definitely a challenge for us land locked prairie guys. Have at 'er all you Old Salts! Lets see those hard working boats! (the equivalent of the farm tractor here...)
NEXT UP: your VW with a tow boat & barges or a tug boat _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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iowegian Samba Curmudgeon
Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 9829 Location: Somewhere between Dubuque and Keokuk
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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oprn wrote: |
That is definitely a challenge for us land locked prairie guys. Have at 'er all you Old Salts! Lets see those hard working boats! (the equivalent of the farm tractor here...)
NEXT UP: your VW with a tow boat & barges or a tug boat |
We will accept a combine pulling a canoe. |
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Iowa Mark Samba Member
Joined: May 06, 2004 Posts: 1071
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:26 am Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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Gleaner or John Deere? Mad River or Coleman? |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12856 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:51 am Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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Iowa Mark wrote: |
Gleaner or John Deere? Mad River or Coleman? |
Massey Fergusson, Aquatech. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12730 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:24 am Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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I have a Massey Harris Pony and a Coleman canoe, close enough? The Coleman has a split in the bottom from towing the grandsons across the fields behind a Jeep in the snow!
My 8 passenger 22' canoe is much closer to barge size though...
NEXT UP: your VW with a tow boat & barges or a tug boat _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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iowegian Samba Curmudgeon
Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 9829 Location: Somewhere between Dubuque and Keokuk
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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2021 12:03 pm Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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oprn wrote: |
I have a Massey Harris Pony and a Coleman canoe, close enough? The Coleman has a split in the bottom from towing the grandsons across the fields behind a Jeep in the snow!
My 8 passenger 22' canoe is much closer to barge size though...
NEXT UP: your VW with a tow boat & barges or a tug boat |
The more I look at that picture, O'porn, the crazier it looks.
So, by the power vested in me, I hereby declare you the winner of this here challenge.
You pick the next one.
(no fair demanding that a moose or a platter of poutine be included-----Hockey, on the other hand, is to be expected) |
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12730 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:33 am Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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That picture was from last summer so really it doesn't count. This challenge has only been going 3 days and I like seeing things nautical so I suggest we wait the week and if there are no takers I will rig the Barge (canoe) to something sillier.
Deal?
NEXT UP: your VW with a tow boat & barges or a tug boat _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12730 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:48 am Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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Just for your amusement and to prove this was a real thing that happened last summer, here is a couple more...
Imagine the amusement of other motorists on the way to the pond!
NEXT UP: your VW with a tow boat & barges or a tug boat _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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rcroane Samba Member
Joined: January 03, 2013 Posts: 2000 Location: Springfield, Virginia
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Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 6:03 am Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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Are my eyes deceiving me, or is that a really long canoe? _________________ '65 Sunroof Bug |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12856 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 6:41 am Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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rcroane wrote: |
Are my eyes deceiving me, or is that a really long canoe? |
Uh, right there in the original post…
oprn wrote: |
My 8 passenger 22' canoe is much closer to barge size though...
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_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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vwwestyman Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2004 Posts: 5688 Location: Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:01 am Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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Unfortunately, I don't think a picture survives. But years ago I had an '86 Cabriolet that I would strap a canoe to the roll bar and windshield frame. One time, with the canoe up there, I also towed my small ski boat to the lake. It looked absolutely ridiculous as you couldn't see the car at all from behind, and both the canoe and boat were larger than the car. _________________ Dave Cook
President, Wild Westerner Club
1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
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Da TOW'D Samba Member
Joined: December 25, 2005 Posts: 1321 Location: Bella Coma Canada
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Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:02 pm Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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mighty Tow'd
we towed many a boat that had problems during the 16 years I ran it
not a contender for the contest the picture is a few years old
cheers
Hank _________________ '57 type 1 Blackberry
'58 SC Ruf
'62 type 3 Notch
'92 Eurovan Willy DD
and NUTS |
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Mr. Mike Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2015 Posts: 513 Location: Shoreline, WA
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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Late entry on next to air cooled vehicles
Current challenge: your VW with a tow boat & barges or a tug boat _________________ 1964 Sedan 6 volt |
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vwwestyman Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2004 Posts: 5688 Location: Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Mr. Mike Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2015 Posts: 513 Location: Shoreline, WA
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 11:02 am Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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Western Towboat Co Seattle
_________________ 1964 Sedan 6 volt |
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67rustavenger Samba Member
Joined: February 24, 2015 Posts: 9767 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 1:54 pm Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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Mr. Mike wrote: |
Late entry on next to air cooled vehicles
Current challenge: your VW with a tow boat & barges or a tug boat |
Fn sweet. A Corvan and a Corvair! A couple of my favs growing up in Ca.
BTW, Nice pull on the Tug-Boat pic!
What's the next challenge? _________________ I have learned over the years.
Cheap parts are gonna disappoint you.
Buy Once, Cry Once!
There's never enough time to do it right the first time. But there's always enough time to do it thrice.
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
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iowegian Samba Curmudgeon
Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 9829 Location: Somewhere between Dubuque and Keokuk
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 2:05 pm Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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Mr. Mike wrote: |
Western Towboat Co Seattle
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BINGO. |
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Mr. Mike Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2015 Posts: 513 Location: Shoreline, WA
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 2:27 pm Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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Thanks everyone! The Corvair's are for sale (or on display) at the local Chevrolet dealer. There are plenty of boats around here, but difficult it's to get a car on the waterfront.
Next Challenge: Your VW next to carnivorous plants—bonus if they're native.
Cheers!
Mike _________________ 1964 Sedan 6 volt |
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12730 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:47 am Post subject: Re: VW Fun Challenge |
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I wasn't aware we had any in North America... _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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