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vwwestyman
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Location: Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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| rusty busty wrote: |
A few pic from a road trip I'm currently on. Old logging roads are great. The rock slides and washouts keep most "sane" people out 
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Sometimes my 3 year old likes to look at pics of buses, so I pull up threads like this.
He said, "I love that bus!"
(Blue is his favorite color.)
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Air_Cooled_Nut
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Joined: March 27, 2004
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Location: Portland, Oregon
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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Pics from this summer in Oregon.
Maupin (both kids and our husky):
Tillicum (w/shore power & water)
South Beach RV park (w/shore power & water)
Got a good number of people passing by, giving us a thumbs-up or stopping to chat about their Bus and wonderful memories. By far the most visited RV that weekend.
However, the wife bought some competition:
This will be for trips that are for more than a couple of days. The Bus is NOT leaving & not for sale! I got a new tranny w/Peloquin torsion differential & Berg shifter, all new brakes, and over $1k in Renogy stuff I've bought and installing for more comfortable boondocking.
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Did I mention that I'm an original Darksider?
'72 VW Squareback, 2007cc, GB 5-speed, rag top; '76 VW Riviera Penthouse Sundowner 2.0L; 2015 Audi S5 Cabby w/Stage II APR; '06 Ducati Sport Classic 1000; '14 Ducati Diavel Strada
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Shonandb
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Joined: January 12, 2019
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Location: Vancouver, BC
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:23 pm Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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Mountains
in case you are wondering what was inside 
Beach
Desert
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Nice Metahacker!
What do you do with the Smoker at night as we'd have bears, cougars, and raccoons visiting if we left that hanging off the back after dark?
Maybe we need to start a "Bays and Food in the Wilderness" thread. Now I'm hungry,.... and thirsty.
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Build & Trip Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=758760
Previous 1973 Panel Bus:
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notchboy
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Location: Escondido CA
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:33 am Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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^^^And that's why you are alright in my book brother. Just go for it.  ^^^
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metahacker
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Joined: May 26, 2010
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Location: san.diego
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:05 am Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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Mountains
in case you are wondering what was inside :)
Beach
Desert
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KTPhil 
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Joined: April 06, 2006
Posts: 34018
Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:40 am Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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This photo is the mental image I had when I bought my camper Bus, and look forward to once it's set up and reliable! |
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KTPhil
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Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:38 am Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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Why not hey?
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I was struck by how much this resembles the tip of Baja California del Sur, at least until I saw your license plate! Nice! |
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Dr. Larmdank
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Location: QLD
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 3:00 am Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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]Nice place! Water looks a bit sharky but there are some rideable waves. |
Amazing place! It's called Five Rocks and is pretty remote and difficult to get to. Lots of big tiger sharks and the occasional salt water crocodile but they mostly stay away from the beach and hang out in the rivers or mangrove areas.
It's a bit too far north to get consistent waves as the Great Barrier Reef blocks the swell.. but the secret is if the swell is straight east it passes through a gap in the reef and islands 🤙
Have scored massive waves there once but it's scary as hell being in the water.. knowing what lives there coupled with the remoteness and the likely fact you're alone haha
Best thing about modding your VW for offroad is to be able to go places like this!
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Shonandb
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Location: Vancouver, BC
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| Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:41 pm Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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Why not hey?
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Nice place! Water looks a bit sharky but there are some rideable waves.
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Dr. Larmdank
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Location: QLD
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| Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:33 pm Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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Why not hey?
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Shonandb
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:06 pm Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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Near Chilliwack, BC
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Build & Trip Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=758760
Previous 1973 Panel Bus:
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jmstu76
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Location: Edmond Oklahoma
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:07 pm Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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2258 cc GD case 78mm CW crank, 2.0 H-beam rods 5,325” 22mm pin, JE forged pistons with 15cc dish, JE rings, type 11 clearanced oil pump, CB Eagle 2205 Type-2 “Torque Special” hydraulic cam with matched lifters fed by CB Dual Weber 40 IDF MX with 6” foam air filters, currently 55 idle, 130 main, 200 air correction, 32 mm venturis. 27in General Grabber AT2 All Terrains, Berg Shifter, stock '76 exhaust HPC Ceramic Coated. 11/18/2020 |
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Xgeraet
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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Granddottr mugging, Upper Nicola last spring on Pushy's shakedown cruise, about a month after we bought her ( the bus, not the kid ) from a defunct autoparts shop |
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Mberglo
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 11:21 am Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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Sedona, AZ for our Daugher's wedding
Zion National Park
Arches National Park |
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dames
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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Dartmoor uk. Just a few miles from the prison. |
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Shonandb
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basssloane
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| Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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Went to Red River Valley VW show in Fargo, then headed south to the Blackhills and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Returned to Rochester, MN with zero problems (other than broken antenna mount). Great place for buses!
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MorkC68
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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In the trees at Clumber Park, Notts
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richparker
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Earl Bay
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:58 am Post subject: Re: Let's see some Bus and wilderness pics |
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About as wild as it will get over here
Old military roads in the Italien Alps around Bardonecchia
On the way down from Colle del Sommeiler 2993m, about as high as you get on 4 wheels in the Alps
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