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VeeDubn
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Location: Olympia, Washington
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 Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 6:58 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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Enjoyed a beautifully sunny day - fun to meet so many wonderful people and view some fabulous VWs! Thank you pnwkayaker for bringing the meetup to our attention!
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GoEverywhere
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Joined: December 13, 2020
Posts: 1050
Location: Portland, OR
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:55 am Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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| Xevin wrote: |
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| Xevin wrote: |
| That looks fun. I’m sorry I missed it. I did have a productive day replacing exhaust parts and dialing in the Van. Next year maybe. Up next, Un Super Bowl meet up. Nehalem Bay state park, Oregon coast. Hope to meet some of you there. Bleyseng? |
Ohh, when is that one? Nehalem Bay is an AWESOME area. |
Super Bowl weekend  many many Vanagons, busses, and others. Here’s a link. I didn’t own the Vanagon for the last event before Covid. Probably bring the Van this year.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...b63c43e5c0
The pictures are staged. The officer patrolling is a VW nut. He likes to check out the cars. |
Lol, guess that makes sense given the name! Thanks for the heads up. I'll have to add that one to the calendar as I'd rather be doing nearly ANYTHING other than the Super Bowl. |
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Xevin 
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Joined: January 08, 2014
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:51 am Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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| Xevin wrote: |
| That looks fun. I’m sorry I missed it. I did have a productive day replacing exhaust parts and dialing in the Van. Next year maybe. Up next, Un Super Bowl meet up. Nehalem Bay state park, Oregon coast. Hope to meet some of you there. Bleyseng? |
Ohh, when is that one? Nehalem Bay is an AWESOME area. |
Super Bowl weekend many many Vanagons, busses, and others. Here’s a link. I didn’t own the Vanagon for the last event before Covid. Probably bring the Van this year.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...b63c43e5c0
The pictures are staged. The officer patrolling is a VW nut. He likes to check out the cars.
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GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo!  |
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| Damn that Xevin... |
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GoEverywhere
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Location: Portland, OR
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:09 am Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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| Xevin wrote: |
| That looks fun. I’m sorry I missed it. I did have a productive day replacing exhaust parts and dialing in the Van. Next year maybe. Up next, Un Super Bowl meet up. Nehalem Bay state park, Oregon coast. Hope to meet some of you there. Bleyseng? |
Ohh, when is that one? Nehalem Bay is an AWESOME area. |
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Xevin
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:06 am Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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That looks fun. I’m sorry I missed it. I did have a productive day replacing exhaust parts and dialing in the Van. Next year maybe. Up next, Un Super Bowl meet up. Nehalem Bay state park, Oregon coast. Hope to meet some of you there. Bleyseng?
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| 67rustavenger wrote: |
| GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
| Clatter wrote: |
| Damn that Xevin... |
| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
| I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
| SGKent wrote: |
| My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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brautigansbus
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Joined: July 08, 2011
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Location: West of the Cascades, East of the Olympics
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:02 am Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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Thank you Hugo for organizing and thank you to all who showed up! It was a pleasure to meet you all and a good moment to air out the Lederhosen!
Tschüss!
-Alex
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jimf909
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:37 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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What a beautiful day for some vanagon chit chat. I'm sorry I missed it this year (I was out of town).
pnwkayaker, thanks for getting the gang together.
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rmcd
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Location: PNW - its a dry rain.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:10 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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Not sure who makes this organizer, but it looked great (and carried lots and lots of tools)
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Big thanks to the organizers and participants. I got some good ideas.
Here are the locals that produce the leather goods.
https://www.venturelibre.com/#/
A few months ago I had lunch with These guys (livethevanlife.com ) at a pdx food cart pod in NE.
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pnwkayaker
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Location: Sammamish, WA
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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These two vans decided to show what's possible with skill, time and dedication.
Super, super nice woodworking job, Westfalia should take a look to it:
And last but not least, this aircooled van belonging to a couple from Olympia was amazing: it has a great paint job (some blue color that changes depending on the sunlight) and an unique interior made of extruded aluminum (8020 I believe) . She designed all the interior and he did all the build-out, excellent teamwork!
It also had some unique headlights (second van from the left):
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pnwkayaker
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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One of my favorite things to do is see how each owner personalizes their vans, they're all unique and awesome in their own way.
For instance, this van has a very nice wooden table (bamboo?) and a spice cabinet - simple, unique and very useful.
This second van is unique inside and outside too, lots of interesting things - the owner must be spending hours customizing it, and it truly shows, each year gets better!
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pnwkayaker
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Location: Sammamish, WA
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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We brought some of the Halloween cheer
and realized we were not the only ones who love to goof around
Lots of nice goodies brought by corwyn, ended up with a smaller steering wheel and some headlight protectors (thanks Sam!)
This Tristar looked amazing, didn't have a chance to talk to the owners.
Not sure who makes this organizer, but it looked great (and carried lots and lots of tools)
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pnwkayaker
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Location: Sammamish, WA
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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Thanks to all who came in to the meetup today, my brother in-law was counting vans as they were arriving/leaving and the total count was 50 or 51 (with as many as 44 parked together at one time). The weather was amazing and the new parking location was great - people brought coffee, donuts, lots of cookies, etc. and all was gone at the end of the day (we stayed for more than 4 hours).
Part of the crew:
Overall view of the vans, split into 2 rows (why? I have no idea, that's how we ended up aligning):
First row:
Second row:
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GoEverywhere
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Location: Portland, OR
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:18 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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| Nice to meet ya all! That was a fantastic day of Vanagoning! |
👍🏽👍🏽You even got to go under the van! |
No trip is complete without fixing something |
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Sodo
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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| GoEverywhere wrote: |
| Nice to meet ya all! That was a fantastic day of Vanagoning! |
👍🏽👍🏽You even got to go under the van!
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All Vanagons should do this:
Add direct starter-to-chassis cable THEN delete ground strap at front transaxle mount.
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GoEverywhere
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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| Nice to meet ya all! That was a fantastic day of Vanagoning! |
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Corwyn
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Location: Olympia, Washington
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 5:55 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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Great time! Good weather, lots of vans (and buses and Eurovans). Thanks Hugo for organizing!
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The Annual Baja Rally
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604813&highlight=baja
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bajabones
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 4:21 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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I will go 1st from today
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Bleyseng
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:50 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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Damn Xevin you always pass out on me!
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GoEverywhere
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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Dang me! I will not make it up this weekend. I get to troubleshoot some Van issues instead  I look forward to the pictures. Thanks for the offer Bleyseng. |
Aww dang, sorry to hear that Xevin!! |
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Corwyn
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:20 pm Post subject: Re: Seattle Meetup - Oct 30, 2021 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell |
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I had it last year, but if anyone wants to see/hear a FAS 2.0 Gen V, I'll open my engine compartment.
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FAS Gen V 2.0
The Annual Baja Rally
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604813&highlight=baja
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