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douginsacto
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 Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 9:05 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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| Spotted a green Westy with GoWesty decal on the top, on I80 near Davis CA, March 29. |
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WestyWanter
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Location: San Diego
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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Was on my way to Duluth MN to pick up a surfboard and passed these! There was even a splitty doka sitting outside! Along with that a bay, a few euro vans and at least 4 sycnros!
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campism
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Location: Richmond VA
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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Caught a glimpse of something in oncoming traffic that turned out to be this. Nice to see a hardtop after all the Westy sightings lately.
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SteveVanB
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Location: This side of Daytona
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 4:35 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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Saw this old gal in Ormond by the Sea 
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WestyWanter
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Location: San Diego
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:25 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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| i hope that girl was able to avoid that telephone pole! |
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Zeitgeist 13
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Location: Port Manteau
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 7:25 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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The damned paparazzi relentlessly follow Britney Spears' second cousin around wherever she bikes.
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campism
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Location: Richmond VA
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| Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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Saw this one while running an errand in a different part of town, and it turns out I know this van and have driven it. Previously owned by a guy named Robert who did the Sube swap (and who let me test drive the swap), it now lives in here with an '83 Westy that I did not see.
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bobbyblack 
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:51 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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Took a trip out to Cali, landed at SFO, headed up the 101, then the coastal highway 1, saw a few, but only was able to catch about 1 out of 5 on camera. The white ones are on 1, near Stinson Beach. The brown one is about 2 miles north of the Golden Gate, headed into the city when we were on the way back to the airport.
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campism
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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| bobbyblack wrote: |
| ...but only was able to catch about 1 out of 5 on camera. |
I've had two point-and-shoot cameras die on me, but each was vastly superior to an iPhone for rapid deployment photo ops. Just can't get the phone primed and aimed as quickly. Seldom missed a shot with the cameras.
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Steve M.
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Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fl.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:19 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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So I got a call from a Captain on a boat asking me if I was interested in 4 weeks of work as a relief Engineer while his Engineer went on vacation.
So I drove up there and was being interviewed by the Captain being shown the Engineer Room when his Engineer returned from getting parts and it turned out that we knew each other. Not a surprising coincidence in the yachting world since it is a small world.
The funny thing is I've got my Syncro and he has his high top!
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levi
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:32 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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Wow.
That's quite an elaborate cage system he's got there....
Lot's of spots for the eye to fall on.
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Steve M.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 4:34 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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| levi wrote: |
Wow.
That's quite an elaborate cage system he's got there....
Lot's of spots for the eye to fall on. |
Yeah it is. Too much parasite drag on the aerodynamics for me, but sure does look great.
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theadventureneverends
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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wa syncro
I noticed this one at the HD in Gig Harbor a week ago, wife took a pic of it while I was in Portland. In Portland I saw just 2 in 4 days. I think one was a blue westy behind an iron fence at what looked like a vehicle repair shop probably NE area. The other was Thursday at 0700, believe it was a blue westy that looked to be in great shape it passed me as I was walking into Whole Foods on NE Sandy. |
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jimf909
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:29 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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| Steve M. wrote: |
So I got a call from a Captain on a boat asking me if I was interested in 4 weeks of work as a relief Engineer while his Engineer went on vacation.
So I drove up there and was being interviewed by the Captain being shown the Engineer Room when his Engineer returned from getting parts and it turned out that we knew each other. Not a surprising coincidence in the yachting world since it is a small world.
The funny thing is I've got my Syncro and he has his high top!
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Either that’s a remarkable coincidence or yacht engineers often think alike...or both.
There are a few posts on that Orange van starting on 4/15/2016 of this thread:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...;start=806
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro). |
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HackAl
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:57 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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Two weeks ago in Cape May, NJ.
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jimf909
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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^^^ That’s pretty.
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro). |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 4:28 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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Except parking meters on beaches suck...that’s why Why approach them from the other side...
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llilibel03
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:18 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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| WestyWanter wrote: |
Was on my way to Duluth MN to pick up a surfboard and passed these! There was even a splitty doka sitting outside! Along with that a bay, a few euro vans and at least 4 sycnros!
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A lot of surf shops in Duluth? 
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jimf909
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:36 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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| WestyWanter wrote: |
Was on my way to Duluth MN to pick up a surfboard and passed these! There was even a splitty doka sitting outside! Along with that a bay, a few euro vans and at least 4 sycnros!
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A lot of surf shops in Duluth? |
Duluth is on the largest lake on the planet. It has tides, breaks and a shoreline three times as long as California’s. So yeah, there are some surf shops. 
https://www.surfer.com/the-other-north-shore/
(I’m a midwesterner at heart )
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro). |
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levi
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 11:58 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? Spotters thread |
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....and no sharks.
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