Things your van did recently

dhaavers · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 5:49 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

^^^ Cute puppy! Cool

Me, recently:
1) Cleared garage, loaded half a summer’s recycling to town, then…
2) Cleared classroom, loaded 40 years accumulated teaching materials back home.

Now to fix an exhaust leak & grease CV joints, then I’m finally ready for a good stint of extended fall camping…

Ah, retirement! Laughing

- Dave
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joetiger · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:27 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

Klister · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

jlrftype7 · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 4:33 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

Perfect weather for a day at Dog Beach, and a picnic afterward, so off we went.
More dogs than people at the Dog Beach on Lake Michigan, so our Dog was thrilled. Afterwards we stopped at our favorite Mexican restaurant and picked up Lunch to go. Found a very nice shady spot next to a Park some blocks North of where we live, so we dropped the side table down, opened windows and the Slider and had Lunch.
Once we polished off Lunch, tacos and Tostados, it was off to Dairy Queen for dessert… Laughing

No counting calories today I guess… Razz

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dhaavers · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

bobbyblack · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2022 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

Today was moving my boy back to college, about 150 miles South. Forgot to snap pix of the college stuff, I'm daft I guess.

The return trip had air cooled parts from sister / BIL for my Notch project. Heads, a short block, multiple boxes of bits and bobs, and the coop dee grass; a type 3 longblock that isn't seized!!! Cool beans!! Thanks Sis/BIL!!

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Mpg with about 800 extra pounds each leg was 18.2. Some A/C engaged, but not the whole trip.
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bobbyblack · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:38 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

Perhaps I misunderstood; the engine seen above is a CB code engine, which makes it a type 2 engine 72-73, 1700cc. Probably not useful in the '63 Notch project, without serious concessions. Hmmm... Sad

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jlrftype7 · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:49 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

bobbyblack · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

TomInAlaska · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:35 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

Drove up the very steep gravel road to Arctic Valley to hunt for blueberries. Van did amazing, no issues whatsoever, but the berries were a little past prime and picked over. And it got cloudy and windy and I was a little underdressed so packed it in after only getting about about a pint of berries. Views were worth the trip in any event.
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jlrftype7 · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:37 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

indianpeaksjoe · Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:23 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

Cruise down Kane Creek.

-Joe

Klister · Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:06 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

Sweet!

indianpeaksjoe · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

Got all the pups out when the desert finally cooled down. Then I got in a short evening cruise.

indianpeaksjoe · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:48 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

Cruising.

bobbyblack · Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2022 12:45 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

Finally determined that a Queen box spring goes on top of, not in sides bus. So, after work yesterday, strapped it on and headed down to Iowa City to drop it off at my son's apartment. Then, drove over to my sisters house and picked up a boiler they'd replaced on misdiagnosed plumber logic.. The new one did the same thing, so eventually their heat got fixed. But, score for me, it'll get used here, somewhere, sometime. I was going to driveway camp down there last PM, but the furnace was just big enough to not let the bed fold flat Sad

so we drove home again. Got stopped by a friendly police officer to tell me a brake light was out. I said I could fix that in two seconds, he said he'd wait and watch while I did it. Thump thump on the tail light housing, and brake light back on, he just chuckled and said, yup, that's fixed! No ticket. It was 1:00 AM, so I guess he was looking for other kinds of offenses that would be easily spotted or smelled, and clearly I didn't fit those categories.

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Googledave · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

elizer · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:17 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

Got rained on.

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Kdj · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

Went camping above the ohio river.

Jeffrey Lee · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently

Used the Westy to haul gear for a trade show booth at a local car show today. The kids wanted to climb to the upper bunk; the aspiring vanlife hipsters wanted to hear about our travels.

The old gal turns 40 in March, and has the rough edges to show for it, but she still slowly but steadfastly does month-long road trips.

At the end of the day, as I was loading gear back in and looking forward to our upcoming 4000-mile road trip, someone asked if we were part of the car show.

I looked over at the chromey Camaros and pampered Porsches, some being loaded back onto their trailers.

"Nah, she's less a show pony and more of a workhorse."
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