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PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

Seen at a local repair place, an '85 with mods.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2023 5:35 am    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

It has been awhile since a saw a Vanagon locally in the wild!

They aren't a common sight here in the Reading Pa area.

I found this one yesterday heading out of Douglasville.

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I finally was able to get close at the light in Yellowhouse.......

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It was covered with bicycles front and rear....... Pa plate...... nice shape.
From the color I'm guessing early mid 80's with a 1.9
He was running a tad rich for I sucked in his rich exhaust until I turned off onto Oley Turnpike and he went on straight towards Oley.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

Dan- when you come out to AZ please look me up. I'd love to get together again.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:47 am    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

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I saw a red Westy on 5th street in Bemidji today. I was waving like crazy but was in my father in laws Toyota. Pretty sure it was Dan from this area. Only Vanagon we have seen in this area. We flew so just a short visit.


late to the game here but yeah, that was me wondering who the heck was waving like maniacs at me in a Muggle car! Tony and i connected afterwards. that same ratty 87 will likely be headed toward AZ again this spring to visit friends in Florence.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:41 am    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

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Saw going Eastbound on HWY 50 outside of Sacramento. Red Syncro


That's a tough looking Syncro, headed for the boonies!
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 4:14 am    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

Medium green Doka seen on an auto transport heading west on I-90 in South Dakota or Wyoming. I was heading east so I couldn't get a photo.

The Doka has a bed cap and two big spare tires hanging off the back. Here's hoping it makes it to the destination safely.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 26, 2023 8:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

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Saw going Eastbound on HWY 50 outside of Sacramento. Red Syncro
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

I saw several on the road today. We were headed north on CA-101 not terribly far from the Humboldt Redwoods State Park when we passed an entire parade of southbound Buses, Vanagons, and other misc VW vehicles.

Funny thing was a bit earlier in the day i was thinking how I hadn't seen a single Westy on our trip from San Diego so far...
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 5:50 am    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

Saw an absolutely Stunning 91ish white and black tintop 7-22
I-76 westbound east of Pittsburgh
Had a "Mansispeed" Sticker in the rear window and 3 foglights in (Pyramid style)
Center had a amber lens
Looked fresh from the factory
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 5:37 am    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

Saw an absolutely Stunning 91ish white tintop
I-76 westbound east of Pittsburgh
Had a "Mansispeed" Sticker in the rear window and 3 foglights in (Pyramid style)
Center had a yellow lens
Looked fresh from the factory
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

TopBud wrote:
I saw a red Westy on 5th street in Bemidji today. I was waving like crazy but was in my father in laws Toyota.
Pretty sure it was Dan from this area. Only Vanagon we have seen in this area. We flew so just a short visit.

Who the *F* leaves Flagstaff to go to Bemidji? You’re doing it wrong… Shocked

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

I saw this one at the auto glass store, they said they were fixing the windows so the owner could sell it. They also said it won’t start, the outside is great, the inside is a mess. But it is in town…

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 13, 2023 8:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

I saw a red Westy on 5th street in Bemidji today. I was waving like crazy but was in my father in laws Toyota. Pretty sure it was Dan from this area. Only Vanagon we have seen in this area. We flew so just a short visit.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 10:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

^ That red one was parked there again today so I went in to ask about it. The lady phoned the guy she said owns it and reported that it's for sale for $17,500 and has less than 100K miles. It's very clean and looks original but that sounds like a lot for a passenger van.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 4:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

Saw this '91 tintop parked at a nearby antique shop, looking like it's in really nice original condition.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 11:44 am    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

I tried to get my phone camera to shoot a pic, but fumbled. So I went through my dash cam videos.

I spotted this early T3 Westy July 7 (yesterday), Northbound on US 52 about 20 miles South of Rochester MN, around 5 PM.


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

Damn GPS stopped working on my way to get some food while touring Albuquerque. Pulled into a grocery store parking lot and low and behold a Syncro! Met and talked with Joe for a while about vans and such. Thanks for local tips!


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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2023 9:18 am    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

After the Edinburgh van above, wife and I took the train to Fort William and then rode bikes over 3 days up the Great Glen Way to Inverness. I saw so many vanagons- including at least 3 Westfalia high tops- that I gave up on trying to get pictures.

This van outside of a camper rental deserves a post though. Pop top high top and double windows obviously well loved and used.

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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2023 7:35 am    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

This last Sunday (May 21), the wifey and I were on the I-405 South just north of Santa Ana, heading back to San Diego in our white '87 Westy when we spotted another white Westy behind us with round headlights and Arizona plates.
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PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2023 8:49 am    Post subject: Re: Have you SEEN ONE on the road lately? Vanagon Spotters Thread Reply with quote

as i was enjoying a "Dope Moves " 8.1% IPA at Woodstock Brewing in the Catskills on Saturday, 20 May 2023, a white Westy blasted past heading west on NY 28 just outside of Phoenicia, NY.

looked fast Smile
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