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Paulbeard Samba Member
Joined: July 10, 2015 Posts: 2604 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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A stealthy blue Syncro Westy fueling up at my local gas station, couldn't tell it was a Syncro until I saw the fuel filler.
A showroom white Westy outside FLAPS, where I chatted with the owner for a few minutes. Nice H4 headlight conversion, immaculate condition… _________________ Currently -> Frida: 87 Tizian Red (mostly) Vanagon GL Westfalia w/ 2.0L ABA conversion
Formerly -> Steward of a 73 Super Beetle (Beater) and 67 Beetle 1300 (Little Max) both names by POs
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campism Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2007 Posts: 4485 Location: Richmond VA
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 4:59 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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Saw this one today after completing a ride on the Cap Trail. Guy started taking pictures of me taking pictures of him and looked miffed until I told him I have one and that, "I'm no ordinary crazy stalker, I'm a Vanagon guy."
_________________ '87 Westy in Wolfram Grey Metallic |
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sanchius Samba Member
Joined: May 03, 2007 Posts: 1446 Location: IN
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Paulbeard Samba Member
Joined: July 10, 2015 Posts: 2604 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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Exchanged the Westy Wave with the driver of a nice all white (post-87) Westy yesterday
Saw a late-model Westy (with the darker burgundy (?)) paint this morning as I was walking through the 'hood _________________ Currently -> Frida: 87 Tizian Red (mostly) Vanagon GL Westfalia w/ 2.0L ABA conversion
Formerly -> Steward of a 73 Super Beetle (Beater) and 67 Beetle 1300 (Little Max) both names by POs
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levi Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2005 Posts: 5522 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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sanchius wrote: |
Stepped out of my hotel to go for a walk in Cape Town South Africa and immediately saw this tidy kombi...
Note the taller side slider passenger windows on the S.A. vans.
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I like that microbus badge, double slider windows. _________________ One of these days I'm gonna settle down,
but till I do I won't be hangin round.
Going down that long lonesome highway,
gonna see life my way
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Team WorldTour Samba Member
Joined: September 02, 2010 Posts: 2426 Location: Der Vaterland
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Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 11:33 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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Rocked up to Karl's (The Bus Doktor, Fürth, DE), and saw these three lovelies shining in the sunlight....
That's my rig in the background (the green guy, not the white Westy...) _________________ 1990 Feldjäger Syncro AAZ
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When All Else Fails: Lather, Rinse, Repeat! |
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Paulbeard Samba Member
Joined: July 10, 2015 Posts: 2604 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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Just saw a burgundy Syncro tintop with rocket box go by my place as I was walking home. _________________ Currently -> Frida: 87 Tizian Red (mostly) Vanagon GL Westfalia w/ 2.0L ABA conversion
Formerly -> Steward of a 73 Super Beetle (Beater) and 67 Beetle 1300 (Little Max) both names by POs
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Merian Samba Member
Joined: January 04, 2014 Posts: 5212 Location: Orygun
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:34 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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wow 108 pages
where I live I can barely make it home by having to dodge past all the Vanagon fuel line fires
at least one on every block (my block has 2) _________________ .... |
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Dan Hiebert Samba Member
Joined: July 14, 2016 Posts: 169 Location: Northern Maine
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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The morning of March 7th I saw a brown Westy southbound on I-95 in New Hampshire on my way to Boston. On my way back the morning of March 8th there was a green/white split window bus with a big square patch of something on the driver's side southbound in almost the same place (there's only 15 miles or so of I-95 through NH). I'll count the 7 or 8 that were at The Beetle Shop in Belfast, ME that I stopped by on my way home, too. |
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whip618 Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2002 Posts: 761 Location: Albuquerque
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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Some of the VW's I recently saw while on Crete.
Phil _________________ Life is simple....either you're qualified or you're not.
USSVI.......Pride Runs Deep
USSVI Life member and Holland Club member
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Paulbeard Samba Member
Joined: July 10, 2015 Posts: 2604 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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Went to the nearby high school for a basketball game and saw two Westies, a white and a gold, both Weekenders, both Wolfsburg. Also a blue tintop somewhere in my travels/errand running. _________________ Currently -> Frida: 87 Tizian Red (mostly) Vanagon GL Westfalia w/ 2.0L ABA conversion
Formerly -> Steward of a 73 Super Beetle (Beater) and 67 Beetle 1300 (Little Max) both names by POs
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Paulbeard Samba Member
Joined: July 10, 2015 Posts: 2604 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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And today I saw five in one drive…are we sure these are no longer manufactured? Three Westies and two tintops, all in the NW of Seattle. _________________ Currently -> Frida: 87 Tizian Red (mostly) Vanagon GL Westfalia w/ 2.0L ABA conversion
Formerly -> Steward of a 73 Super Beetle (Beater) and 67 Beetle 1300 (Little Max) both names by POs
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raoul mitgong Samba Member
Joined: July 05, 2009 Posts: 1338 Location: Denver, CO
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 10:50 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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Busy couple week of Vanagons around Denver.
I saw my Syncro's twin at Denver Airport two weeks ago. Two Savanah Beige tin top Syncros parked 100 yards from each other.
Blue Westy parked on the sidewalk on Tennyson St near the Oriental Theater.
Also saw a nice white tin top Syncro at New Terrain Brewery in Golden yesterday. Best trailhead for a mountain bike ride I know of.
-d _________________ 84 Westy with a 2.1 (Groover)
86 Tintop Syncro (Crow)
86 Tintop Syncro to Westy project (Tom Servo)
91 Westy (Only the top 12 inches of this van (a burn victim)) |
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HackAl Samba Member
Joined: March 12, 2016 Posts: 338 Location: Bergen County, NJ
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:05 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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Today in Hackensack, NJ: River and Anderson Streets:
(Objects in mirror are cooler than they appear)
Only one I've seen in town for years. _________________ 91 Westy.
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jkallo Samba Member
Joined: July 26, 2016 Posts: 208 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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I forgot this thread existed. From my trip to Europe in the fall.
On Montmartre in Paris. Very cool bench front seat:
In Hungary, there were TONS of Eurovans (badged as Transporters). Seriously, sooo many. Only saw one Vanagon, but wow was it a doozy. An 82 diesel (like ours!) so we figured it was fate. Or something. We have a long way to go to achieve this level of style:
_________________ I'm Joe
The bus is Gus, the 1982 Westy Diesel 1.6na |
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Paulbeard Samba Member
Joined: July 10, 2015 Posts: 2604 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 6:46 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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Saw three on a trip out to Granite Mountain on Saturday but only one running under it's own power…
* a white Westy on the roadside heading East (no one inside so I didn't stop)
* a blue one heading East as I was heading West for home
* a gray one on a flatbed (might have been a Syncro, had stickers but couldn't see if they said 4WD or 2WD: no other clues). _________________ Currently -> Frida: 87 Tizian Red (mostly) Vanagon GL Westfalia w/ 2.0L ABA conversion
Formerly -> Steward of a 73 Super Beetle (Beater) and 67 Beetle 1300 (Little Max) both names by POs
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joetiger Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2005 Posts: 5068 Location: denver
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:56 am Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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I just saw this one walking to lunch in Denver.
I walked back by the other side and was very surprised to find that it's a Syncro Westy, '87 I'm guessing.
It's definitely been used to its fullest and them some. It's rare to see coat hanger wire holding a rear bumper on, but you gotta work with what's available. _________________ Joe T.
'86 NAHT Vanagon GL Syncro/ supercharged ABA 2.0 "Pigpen"
'04 GTI 1.8T
'04 Golf R32
"get metaphysical with it. if it's simply a means to get to and from places, it will let you down. if it becomes your zen, it can't fail you." -dabaron
"Still, it's good to be afield."--VWagabond
Available Now! Vanagon to Louisiana--A Two-Lane Reckoning Through Past and Present
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seans67 Samba Member
Joined: October 06, 2004 Posts: 453 Location: End of the Road, Alaska
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 2:57 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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Same Burgandy Syncro Westy that I see every summer in Whittier, AK. Never met the owner. I'll take a pic next time I'm in town. _________________ Sean
'71 Squareback '71 Porsche 914 ‘80 Camper '87 Syncro Weekender 1.8T '87 Wolfsburg Weekender '97 Toyota Land Cruiser ‘03 Audi A6 Quattro 3.0 ‘04 Audi A4 Avant Quattro 1.8T ‘05 Audi A4 Quattro 3.0
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Zeitgeist 13 Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2009 Posts: 12103 Location: Port Manteau
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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I saw a nice looking dark grey late model Westfalia w/SA grill being flat-bedded on the on ramp from 101 to North bound I-5 a little past noon today. Perhaps someone's weekend trip was cut short _________________ Casey--
'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
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Eric_Taylor Samba Member
Joined: January 21, 2011 Posts: 291 Location: Bend, Oregon
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE, lately? |
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It seems like it's pretty rare for most of the country to see one. Is that fair to say?
I live in a mountain town (Bend, Oregon) and it's a rare day that I don't see one. If i'm driving across town, it's typically 5 or more westys and a couple more tin tops.
Is this the same for other mountain towns? When I lived in the willamette valley I almost never saw one, so i'm assuming our situation here is unique. |
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