Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread

[MsTaboo]

Great shots Sodo, brings back memories!
It's been decades since I've visited that part of Washington; I need to reconnect.
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'90 Syncro Westy 3 knob w/Zetec

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[campism]

[bsrad]

Missoula Ice Floods.. It's kinda hard to get your mind around when you see all that out in central Washington.
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1987 Syncro Westy
1967 OG Single Cab
1976 FJ40

[MsTaboo]

You can still see the various Ice Age lake levels on the hillsides above Missoula as the lake filled and drained several times.

As you drive around the Scablands in eastern Washington you'll see giant boulders in the middle of some wheat farmers field and get a sense of the power.
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Currently:
'90 Syncro Westy 3 knob w/Zetec

The information age has morphed into the age of disinformation and willful ignorance. Agnotology!
When you stir up shit you're bound to get some on yourself.
Resist Kleptocratic Oligarchy (and Idiocracy)!

[alaskadan]

Yeah that's a cool area, used to bird hunt around there.

[Klister]

Great place

[steve244]

That bottom pic is worthy of a Playvan centerfold.

Submitted for your approval: Boondocking in the Ozarks of Arkansas for the eclipse.

Next time bring tick repellent. Lyme disease sucks. $75 urgent care and $20 of doxycycline cleared it up better than the clap.
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82 AC vanagon approx 200K miles (3K are mine).
DD is a 2015 Leaf
Road Trip to Hell (FL 2023)
The Vanagon's drivetrain and chassis restomod thread. Best sung to the tune of I Did It My Way...

[HKS]

Here are couple of pics from our Bluestar westfalia in the wild

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(996 seats, 968 cup steering wheel, rear disc brake conversion, 1.9Td)
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[campism]

Welcome! Nice looking van.
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'87 Westy in Wolfram Grey Metallic, tragically crushed by a falling hickory tree in my own driveway and now gone, leaving me Vanagonless and with no plans to replace it, alas.

[4Gears4Tires]

Right hand drive model? What's with your wood gas cap thing?
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'87 Syncro Ferric Oxyhydroxide Superleggera Edition
'85 Westy Sciuridae Domus Edition

[HKS]

[TopBud]

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86 bostig syncro tin top
66 convertible Karmann Ghia

[MI-Bug]

Badlands SD

[alaskadan]

That's really cool. What caused the pink layer?

[4Gears4Tires]

[Synergy Solutions]

Took a van out for a little dirt action.

This seemed like a promising place for a trail to start….:

But it soon got better:

And then a little better

And action video:


Link

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[4Gears4Tires]

That was quite a lot bobbing down the hill. How was going back up? Nice video!
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'87 Syncro Ferric Oxyhydroxide Superleggera Edition
'85 Westy Sciuridae Domus Edition

[Synergy Solutions]

Most of it was graded road that one spot was optional, and one way. And the teeter totter was just for visual fun, it could have been done much smoother if there was a desire
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Im a Mobile Aircooled VW mechanic, and work on old and new cars alike. Specialty in Camper busses/Vans, TDI, and FI diagnosis and repair.

(206) 841 7324

[Sodo]

Parked for the night in a green meadow at Yuba Gap, 5700ft elev.
Just off California hwy80.
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'90 Westy EJ25, NEW oil rings (!) 2Peloquins, 3knobs, SyncroShop pressure-oiled pinion-bearing & GT mainshaft, filtered, cooled gearbox.
'87 Tintop w 47k 53k, '12 SmallCar EJ25, cooled filtered original gearbox
....KTMs, GasGas, SPOT mtb