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 Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:36 am Post subject: Re: Corkey! The 1980 Westfalia Vanagon |
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Holey Shit! Thats a complete about face. 
You gota show off the goods. |
But will he post all the broken down, running bad again on 1 or 2 cyl. stories that used to grip us daily when Stu owned it..... 
Sigh, those were the days....  |
You never own these cars. You are the temporary caretaker.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:24 pm Post subject: Re: Corkey! The 1980 Westfalia Vanagon |
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Great Asset!!
I'm wondering how the air conditioner system works in an Air Cooled VW ? |
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jlrftype7
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:06 am Post subject: Re: Corkey! The 1980 Westfalia Vanagon |
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| notchboy wrote: |
Holey Shit! Thats a complete about face.
You gota show off the goods. |
But will he post all the broken down, running bad again on 1 or 2 cyl. stories that used to grip us daily when Stu owned it.....
Sigh, those were the days....
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lostwesty
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| Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 2:41 pm Post subject: Re: Corkey! The 1980 Westfalia Vanagon |
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Here is Wendigo, formally Corkey, a year later...
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Here’s the url that links everything done from this babies birth.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: Corkey! The 1980 Westfalia Vanagon |
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| Stuartzickefoose wrote: |
So the new owners came and picked me up this morning, and were kind enough to take me back to riverside (100 miles one way!) and during the trip we got to talk about different driving techniques and suggestions for best highway actions. And offroad and wherever else they wanna go. But good time together learning the new to them van!
And although i will see them again soon to pass along as much of my spare parts as i can, and to continue answering anything the can ask...here was the final goodbye today...:
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Good luck Chris and Erin! Heres to many trouble free adventures! |
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‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:32 am Post subject: Re: Corkey! The 1980 Westfalia Vanagon |
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.....and another adventure begins....good luck kids!
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:42 am Post subject: Re: Corkey! The 1980 Westfalia Vanagon |
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So the new owners came and picked me up this morning, and were kind enough to take me back to riverside (100 miles one way!) and during the trip we got to talk about different driving techniques and suggestions for best highway actions. And offroad and wherever else they wanna go. But good time together learning the new to them van!
And although i will see them again soon to pass along as much of my spare parts as i can, and to continue answering anything the can ask...here was the final goodbye today...:
Link
Good luck Chris and Erin! Heres to many trouble free adventures!
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: Corkey! The 1980 Westfalia Vanagon |
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Corkey lives on.
Great story Stu.
What is next?  |
2011-14 jetta tdi sportwagen 6 speed with a panoranic sunroof.
Nothing to specific.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:52 am Post subject: Re: Corkey! The 1980 Westfalia Vanagon |
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What a roller coaster of emotions
"Here's pics of some epic adventuring with my sister......and now it's sold"
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:48 am Post subject: Re: Corkey! The 1980 Westfalia Vanagon |
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Which brings me to my last update for now.....
I decided to empty most of the van for a couple days in san diego, and was going to sort it all out when i got back to rialto this next monday. well, due to a few people contacting me about the van being for sale, i also left it empty in case one came through.
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they did. 
Meet Chris and Erin, the ECSTATIC new owners of Corkey the Van. after telling them every fault and glitch I could think of I simply couldn't talk him out of it.
they are excited to do some upgrade, learn their new van, and experience vanlife! hes ready to dig in an learn, so theres a big chance he will pop up here soon, in which case ill be sure to link the two threads together
They are on their way to pick me up (they live 15 minutes from where im at in San Diego) and we are going to carpool back to Rialto to get my other car, but also to spend 100 miles learning how to properly drive a aircooled vanagon, and answering questions and just becoming good friends and passing Corkey along the right way. They always have permission to call me with questions and if I can ill be happy to help them out where I'm able. Absolutely wonderful new owners that the van totally deserves
Its been an adventure for sure. Time to hit the next chapter in life!
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:40 am Post subject: Re: Corkey! The 1980 Westfalia Vanagon |
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 You go Taylor. You even managed to keep Stuart’s windshield on the van
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as if this page can take any more pictures and video updates....heres another two weeks of fun.
i flew back into LA and when i landed they got DUMPED on again with rain. which meant i was happy to stay inside for a bit and stay dry.
but I had a trip planned from Riverside to Auburn, CA, up by Sacramento (LA to Sac) and needed to prep for it! during our offroad experiences, taylor and I had managed to rip the dryer vent host used to move the heat from the engine up to the cab....
i had forgotten it required dropping the gas tank to fix that...
thankfully i had left it nearly empty right before had knowing it was a possibility.
got the hose replaced:
and took off to see if any of the fuel lines would leak and make me explode.
nope.
see the missing mudflap?
so i hauled the van back to the house and loaded up all this and more into it:
and headed north! took off about 1 am, and with up the 15, across the 138 to i5, and then north on 5 to the 80, the east on the 80 about 45 minutes to where i was headed. arrived at 10:05 AM. held 70 mph nearly the whole way, cracking a nice and comfy...8 MPG?!?!?! i was getting less then 130 miles per tank! (16 gallons) OUCH!!!
but not a hiccup, which was a huge blessing since i had NO fast way to get to my engine or my tools without unloading the carpet into the rain. yuck. smooth and warm trip north, and then took it MUCH easier after that.
spent a week at Christian Encounter Ministries, my favorite non profit of all time. this is the place i ride for in the Agony ride mentioned in my signature (Riding again this July! ) which is also the whole reason i have the roadbike anyways
then went up to visit a fellow rider, Scot, who lives at 4500 ft elevation right off the 80 in Alta. he got around 2 feet while i was there....i had to chain up just to get to his house!
left a small electric heater running inside the van to keep windows clear... which worked well till i had the hatch open for a couple minutes.
then the power went out, so that got veto'd. it got deep....FAST.
decided to chain up all four tires...I accidentally had to buy a set of chains because i had stashed mine and forgot where i put them. thought i left them in rialto, but just buried deep in the van. so now i have two sets.....
scot and i decided we should try and get the van down the hill...
right about this time my starter decided it would stick and stop working.
and my shift linkage froze.
did i mention while taylor and i were in mexico i broke my early NLA hard to find unobtanium slider door handle off? it USED to be all one key. 
got those working briefly, and made it out and onto the roadway....3 miles of forest service road....with a fresh foot or two of powder....
did beautiful 
then my shifter froze on the way down and i broke the linkage trying to shift back into park. had i known how hard they were to find i would have just disconnected it before forcing it and saved myself $150 on the replacement cable
got it back into town, and replaced the starter. magical, not the thing cranks over fast again! the old one had been badly abused the last few months due to FI issues when i couldnt get it to start last summer. thankfully its an autozone special so lifetime warranty
can you see the gold dusting of brass all over the inside of the bell housing?
got that replaced and then headed over to the home depot.
and proceeded to clip a curb.
 
those tires have lasted me the ENTIRE time i owned the van thus far.
swapped the spare on and and the went on to my next appointment with a buddy for lunch.
on the way back into town ran out of gas.
having a REALLY great day here.
got gas in it (carry the can on the roof, full at all times so not a huge deal) and then made plans to head to Oakland area to see this guy ( https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8984677#8984677 ) and took it light and easy the whole way. got much better gas mileage!
stopped in Citrus heights to meet Jason, the best vanagon parts source ive yet to meet. guy has just about anything and everything.... email him at [email protected] ....been in the business for over 20 years and is a great guy. Had my linkage and got that picked up and then stopped by Stephans Autohaus in Sacramento to see the fabled 1.8t experts. ( https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6272866#6272866 ) They had recommended i check with Jason to find the linkage, and they sure saved my tail on that one!
then finally got over into oakland area (Moraga actually...) and met Alex and his family and the 85 westy he just got. very kind family let me hang out with them and fed me dinner and let me take a shower. (MUCH NEEDED!) swapped some fuel lines and spark plugs on his, my shift linkage, saw an EPIC rainbow, and called it a day....
then took the vans out for some photoshoot fun
stayed the night and then took off in the morning and headed to Kingsburg to meet the one and only Wasted youth....(or did we all waste our youth?) and to see his collection....
then on to bakersfield to get a late lunch with my cousin and her husband there.
took my time the whole way back down and up and over the grapevine and back to riverside, and managed to clock a epic 16-17 mpg, and the lowest of 15.5 over the grapevine. just gotta slow down and take it WAY easier and suddenly my trip gets cheaper in fuel and broken parts costs.....magical!
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