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carbonspork
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Location: Iceland
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 Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:19 am Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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Other than the super sweet paint job, this weird home made? high top that some Icelander installed.
Hi BTW, been reading so many old articles during this rebuild that I figured I should make an account  |
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joetiger 
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Location: denver
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:06 am Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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| carbonspork wrote: |
Hi BTW, been reading so many old articles during this rebuild that I figured I should make an account |
Beautiful pic and van! Welcome...More about your van?
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'86 NAHT Vanagon GL Syncro/ supercharged ABA 2.0 "Pigpen"
'04 GTI 1.8T
'04 Golf R32
"get metaphysical with it. if it's simply a means to get to and from places, it will let you down. if it becomes your zen, it can't fail you." -dabaron
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vwKind
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Joined: June 23, 2006
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Location: Suffolk, VA
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:29 am Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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Recaro's from a rare beast. Can you guess the car from the brand on the seat??
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1982 VW Westfalia (formerly a diesel and now has a VW MK2 1.8L swap)
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clift_d
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Joined: December 02, 2012
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Location: Hackney innit, UK
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:29 am Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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| carbonspork wrote: |
Other than the super sweet paint job, this weird home made? high top that some Icelander installed.
Hi BTW, been reading so many old articles during this rebuild that I figured I should make an account |
Cool! We didn't see many other T3s when we were over there in 2016.
Our van has a snorkel fitted, as well as a second towing eye at the front. We also have a marine diesel filter with water separator fitted, but I don't have any pics of that.
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DuncanS
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Location: New Hampshire
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:05 am Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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Bumper modified to fit US plate size
Rear heater moved to DS seat pedestal with proportional valve control at driver's legs and reachable while driving. All the way to the right is off so matches the dash levers for max defrosting.
Sear's sunroof first installed in new '83 T3 and transferred 3 or 4 times.
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carbonspork
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Location: Iceland
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:31 am Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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| joetiger wrote: |
Beautiful pic and van! Welcome...More about your van? |
1985 Diesel Automatic. My wife and I are here in Iceland for a few years for her job and I got it for very little from what I believe was the 9th owner. Lots of history, much of it neglect and hack jobs. Figured it'd be something to do this summer since I've always loved these things, and I've always wanted to learn to work on a diesel. I don't know if there's a "show off your van" thread but she's quite a beast. Lots of damage in the house electronics from what was a clear electrical fire (probably caused by the button to start it that someone at some point wired to the house battery) , I re-did all of that from scratch, spent entirely too much time getting her to start and run reliably, but it's been a fun project. I know these things are unreliable, but for the US equivalent of a few hundred bucks, it was a really cool experience to get it going again, and now my wife and I have it camp-worthy for the rest of the summer in Iceland. |
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RoryGirl
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Joined: October 14, 2016
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Location: WestWorld Nanaimo BC
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:46 am Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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| crez wrote: |
Recaro's from a rare beast. Can you guess the car from the brand on the seat??
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Zimmer...cool seats!
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PDXWesty
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:14 am Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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My van has $8k of my money sunk into it over the years on repairs. 
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mikemtnbike
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:19 am Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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| PDXWesty wrote: |
| My van has $8k of my money sunk into it over the years on repairs. |
Distinctive because the # is that low?
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:21 am Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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| mikemtnbike wrote: |
| PDXWesty wrote: |
| My van has $8k of my money sunk into it over the years on repairs. |
Distinctive because the # is that low? |
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bobbyblack
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:32 am Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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Where is the dancing money emoticon? If there was one, I'd install it in my bus(es)..
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kamzcab86
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:19 pm Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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| mikemtnbike wrote: |
| PDXWesty wrote: |
| My van has $8k of my money sunk into it over the years on repairs. |
Distinctive because the # is that low? |
Yeah, seriously. I updated my van's spreadsheet recently, after sitting idle for years, and fully regret adding in the costs. Holy [bleep]!! 
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Snoww_
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:01 pm Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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Idk if it was a good idea or not but I haven't seen another van with a bedliner roof at any meet I've been too. Probably makes it hotter inside but I already don't have AC so....  It was cheaper than having it repainted after the paint started peeling.
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Captain Pike
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:04 pm Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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Me mofo, me.
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Zeitgeist 13
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:47 pm Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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| joetiger wrote: |
Beautiful pic and van! Welcome...More about your van? |
1985 Diesel Automatic. My wife and I are here in Iceland for a few years for her job and I got it for very little from what I believe was the 9th owner. Lots of history, much of it neglect and hack jobs. Figured it'd be something to do this summer since I've always loved these things, and I've always wanted to learn to work on a diesel. I don't know if there's a "show off your van" thread but she's quite a beast. Lots of damage in the house electronics from what was a clear electrical fire (probably caused by the button to start it that someone at some point wired to the house battery) , I re-did all of that from scratch, spent entirely too much time getting her to start and run reliably, but it's been a fun project. I know these things are unreliable, but for the US equivalent of a few hundred bucks, it was a really cool experience to get it going again, and now my wife and I have it camp-worthy for the rest of the summer in Iceland. |
Do you have any pics of the engine compartment? I'd love to see how VW connected the throttle arm to the pump on a T3. I will be converting my TDI Vanagon from manual to auto in a little while.
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vwKind
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:15 am Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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| RoryGirl wrote: |
| crez wrote: |
Recaro's from a rare beast. Can you guess the car from the brand on the seat??
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Zimmer...cool seats! |
Yes, indeed!! I think the seats are worth more than i originally paid for the van lol.
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Chris
1982 VW Westfalia (formerly a diesel and now has a VW MK2 1.8L swap)
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taigagreen
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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Lutefisk stickers  |
Nice 🤓
Have you tried it?
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taigagreen
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:51 pm Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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I have an -88 club joker with -91 Atlantic seats, front and rear 🤓 Bought the Atlantic for cheap and sold it on after swapping out the painful ISRI seats that came in the club joker.
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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| Merian wrote: |
| Lutefisk stickers |
Nice 🤓
Have you tried it? |
An acquired taste, often a waste of perfectly good cod...and drain cleaner...
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DuncanS
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: What is Distintive About Your Vanagon That No One Else Has? |
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I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Although it got cropped, the VIN is a match. Note Fahrvergnugen is free. They may think so, but I've found it's far from free.
Paid $4500 for it 8 years ago and now have about........................$18,610 in it. Well, maybe about a couple short of it, but it won't take long.
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