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NorCalWeekender
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I don't think they all did...but let me go check mine...
*time passes*
Nope...just has the bracket for the stock air cleaner.
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WhitewallsJohnson
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Okay, I want my fellow Riviera owners to chime in on this. This is a nice Riviera, but in your honest opinions...has the price of Rivieras genuinely reached this level?
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=496951
Personally, I don't think so. I think many people see what the Westies are fetching and figure any old camper could get that much. |
I don't think so either. Maybe if the brakes were fixed etc. I think people asssume if it needs brakes, it will need lots of other things too.
I did see a VERY nice, low milage velvet green Riviera for sale at a show a few years ago... he wanted $13,500 for it.  Since this was a few years ago when the prices of buses were lower, that was a BIG price for a camper, but it was in very nice condition, looked like it had been garaged all its life. No fade on the paint, no rust, no dents.
It did have the heavy duty air cleaner on it. I've noticed that on a few of these Rivis, MUCH more that usual. Must be cause the dealers were thinking of dirt road camping  |
Mine has one.
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Yeah, mine has the extra large oil bath too.
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WhitewallsJohnson
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Empicollector
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Can anyone confirm that Rivieras came with the heavy duty aircleaner as a standard item? Is there an m-code for it? Maybe it was part of the panel m-116 package? No upper vents, dirty conditions intended maybe? Can I ask more questions?  |
Only if it was ordered from the factory before it was sent to asi--It would be on your M-code plate---M 156----Annie`s has both M 116 --no vents
and M 156--large oil bath filter----------Whitewalls has no vents but nothing on his M-codes---but has M166-large oil bath filter stamped on his----maybe they forgot to stamp M116 on his m-plate |
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NorCalWeekender
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| NorCalRiviera wrote: |
I don't think they all did...but let me go check mine...
*time passes*
Nope...just has the bracket for the stock air cleaner. |
Mine has the tab for the regular air cleaner in addition.
But does yours have bolt holes in the inner rear fender where an extra large oil bath bracket might have been mounted? |
Nope. And my M-Codes only include 043, 080, and 425.
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arthurnugen
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| NorCalRiviera wrote: |
| WhitewallsJohnson wrote: |
| NorCalRiviera wrote: |
I don't think they all did...but let me go check mine...
*time passes*
Nope...just has the bracket for the stock air cleaner. |
Mine has the tab for the regular air cleaner in addition.
But does yours have bolt holes in the inner rear fender where an extra large oil bath bracket might have been mounted? |
Nope. And my M-Codes only include 043, 080, and 425. |
Crikey! I have m-025!? Isn't that 6 popouts?
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NorCalWeekender
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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And US-Spec bumpers...
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| The larger oil-bath filter is code M156. Mine has one. |
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Clara
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| Can anyone confirm that Rivieras came with the heavy duty aircleaner as a standard item? Is there an m-code for it? Maybe it was part of the panel m-116 package? No upper vents, dirty conditions intended maybe? Can I ask more questions? |
No, it was not.
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My 67 walkthrough panel based Riviera camper does not have the heavy duty air cleaner option.
Camping in the PNW means driving up unpaved logging roads, right? That means dust. (or mud hah hah) So it makes sense for it to be something they added to campers, as an option, for a small nominal fee 
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arthurnugen
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Clara wrote: |
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| Can anyone confirm that Rivieras came with the heavy duty aircleaner as a standard item? Is there an m-code for it? Maybe it was part of the panel m-116 package? No upper vents, dirty conditions intended maybe? Can I ask more questions? |
No, it was not.
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My 67 walkthrough panel based Riviera camper does not have the heavy duty air cleaner option.
Camping in the PNW means driving up unpaved logging roads, right? That means dust. (or mud hah hah) So it makes sense for it to be something they added to campers, as an option, for a small nominal fee |
 Same goes for the heaters, right? Who else but those of us in the PNW would want to camp in November?
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arthurnugen
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| Can anyone confirm that Rivieras came with the heavy duty aircleaner as a standard item? Is there an m-code for it? Maybe it was part of the panel m-116 package? No upper vents, dirty conditions intended maybe? Can I ask more questions? |
Only if it was ordered from the factory before it was sent to asi--It would be on your M-code plate---M 156----Annie`s has both M 116 --no vents
and M 156--large oil bath filter----------Whitewalls has no vents but nothing on his M-codes---but has M166-large oil bath filter stamped on his----maybe they forgot to stamp M116 on his m-plate |
Bill is the man! 
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| Don't worry too much. You can always trust a lawyer. |
ALWAYS WEAR STEEL-TOE BOOTS IN THE GARAGE!
1965 Bus (Riviera camper)
1972 Bug 'vert
1967 Bug sunroof
1961 Ghia 'vert
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Mowser
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:44 am Post subject: |
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Same goes for the heaters, right? Who else but those of us in the PNW would want to camp in November? |
Those of us in the Great White North! My Riv didn't come with a gas heater though. It's parked now till the great white north is green once more.
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WhitewallsJohnson
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| Can anyone confirm that Rivieras came with the heavy duty aircleaner as a standard item? Is there an m-code for it? Maybe it was part of the panel m-116 package? No upper vents, dirty conditions intended maybe? Can I ask more questions? |
Whitewalls has no vents but nothing on his M-codes---but has M166-large oil bath filter stamped on his----maybe they forgot to stamp M116 on his m-plate |
Mine has no vents but its because its a walkthrough.
Is 156 a common code among non-campers in the PNW?
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arthurnugen
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:43 am Post subject: |
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^ That looks like a Riviera with maybe a later 70s top grafted on?
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ALWAYS WEAR STEEL-TOE BOOTS IN THE GARAGE!
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1972 Bug 'vert
1967 Bug sunroof
1961 Ghia 'vert
1957 DKW 3=6: 3 cylinder 2 stroke! |
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Kombi
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Hey guys, Kong made it to Bulli and Bug Jam last weekend. It was awesome. Awesomely disastrous and some of the regular kind of awesome too
Anyway, i found this in the parkinglot of Bug Jam. Got any ideas? It looks like a 66 Rivi to me but whats up with the pop top and no bay window?
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Not all riviera's had the big side window, a few had that style.
I think the top is Danbury, a pop top that pops straight up, if it had hinges I'd suggest it was a dormolbile top.
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arthurnugen
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I think it's a '65 because of the paneling for the interior. Also, it has three windows on the driver's side, not one long window. It looks like ASI changed the wood paneling and switched to the long window in '66, though that is just a working hypothesis.
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1972 Bug 'vert
1967 Bug sunroof
1961 Ghia 'vert
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cdennisg
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Sportsmobile made tops like that, though I have only seen bay window sportsmobile conversions in the past. I have heard that one could get a riv with a pop top but I thought they were smaller like the westy style.
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