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MsTaboo 
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 Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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Parked outside my EU office in one of those horrible socialist countries where everything works... |
They probably also have one of those pesky high speed rail systems 
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vanagonjr
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 1:50 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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| . Has a LIMBO sticker on it, so wondering if VanagonJR or other locals might recognize it. |
I do not recognize it from LiMBO events.
Yeah surprised how it winds up on used car lot unless something like someone passed along and they just wanted this and any other cars removed.
Ain't going to move at that 20K price, especially when there is likely no history on it at all. I'd say 10K max if I were interested - which I am, but life is too busy and too short at this point.
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Abscate
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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Spotted this Syncro for sale in a small used car lot in Ayer, MA. Was quite surprised to see it there, for sure. I wonder how vehicles like this end up in these places. I don't remember seeing it for sale here or on FB or CL, not that it means anything. My son went in and asked what they wanted for it. 20K. Rough body - no clue on the rest. Has a LIMBO sticker on it, so wondering if VanagonJR or other locals might recognize it. |
it will sit for a long time at that price
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 12:28 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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arked outside my EU office in one of those horrible socialist countries where everything works...
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bobhill8
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 11:39 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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Spotted this Syncro for sale in a small used car lot in Ayer, MA. Was quite surprised to see it there, for sure. I wonder how vehicles like this end up in these places. I don't remember seeing it for sale here or on FB or CL, not that it means anything. My son went in and asked what they wanted for it. 20K. Rough body - no clue on the rest. Has a LIMBO sticker on it, so wondering if VanagonJR or other locals might recognize it.
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campism
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 4:52 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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Could well be. I didn't get a chance to make a positive ID but it was sitting about three miles away from the antique shop where I first saw it in '23 when I posted pix of it then.
The mismatched paint on the driver's side, the window rust and dealer logo (Lee in Springfield VA) are pretty distinctive, and the asking price is waaay too high. And I see that the seller joined Samba just last month and posted his ad the very next day.
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campism
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2025 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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Heading for HoDepot I spotted this one at a nearby eatery. Swung by after my stop and it was gone, so good thing I got this shot from the hip.
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campism
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2025 5:12 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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I've posted this one before. It's about an hour away and I always check on it when coming back from the mountains. Fellow forum member Popsvan lives closer to it and he might also be keeping track of it. I believe he mentioned it has a Sube swap and it looks like it's being worked on.
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Shonandb
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MsTaboo
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 11:46 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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(Didn't realize until after making this post that the bus pop top is reversed from the Vanagon) |
Actually, depending on year, the Baywindow Westies came with poptops facing either direction. Early model Bays opened at back and starting in 1974 (IIRC) the top was changed to the style that opened at front like the Vanagon, going from a one person folding cot to the two person bed.
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Camper_Velourium
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2025 5:18 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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This was back in early July. Sugarloaf State Park, Sonoma California.
I actually blame this one for making me buy mine recently. I met up with an old coworker for drinks. He mentions off hand he's got to sell his recently deceased grandmother's old camper. Shows me some photos and I'm vaguely interested but not really. Then I see this thing like five days later and it's super clean. Lit the fire under me, took awhile to get the dmv title sorted and here I am now, attempting to smog it next week.
Also that same camping trip had two cool buses 
I apologize for the hastily taken photos.
(Didn't realize until after making this post that the bus pop top is reversed from the Vanagon) |
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campism
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 9:21 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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With the closure of a couple of independent VW places in town, this shop has become one of the defaults for Vanagon repair.
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shadetreemech
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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Pulling out of Trader Joe's in Claremont, CA. Cindy sez, "There's a Westy". Turns out, it's a pretty-much very clean copy of the Van I'm drivin'. Mine's an '88. This one's an '89. Body's straight, no visible rust. Same wheels. I park next to it to take a pic. The owner, Lesley, a lady about my age, walks up, we talk. We both live in the same town and, apparently, there's a guy, Mark, with another Dove Blue Westy. Small world.
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campism
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2025 6:25 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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We saw a clean white Syncro Westy here in Kihei, buy My wife is still in training when I scream photo opp and slam on the brakes
But she was able to get this shot.
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She got a T3 and three engine donors in one shot! |
Plus an alternate mode of transportation while the van is out of commission for the swap.
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Abscate
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2025 1:40 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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We saw a clean white Syncro Westy here in Kihei, buy My wife is still in training when I scream photo opp and slam on the brakes
But she was able to get this shot.
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She got a T3 and three engine donors in one shot!
Well done!
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deaddrift
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2025 9:01 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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Not on the road, exactly, but I thought it might fit.
https://youtu.be/wC6m2KNpcto?si=re3vi_k0T3kJ1Srw&t=63
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JEL91Westy
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 4:21 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread |
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Last night in PA on I-81 headed south around Hazleton around 9PM. We were in the van headed home from VT and I had just remarked we had net seen another van the entire trip when a silver Westy towing a small camping trailer camp past and gave a friendly beep before disappearing up the road. I was cruising around my normal 3.8K so 67MPH or so, and it went past at at least 75. Am curious what is under the engine lid.
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