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ThorAlex Samba Member
Joined: August 31, 2006 Posts: 620 Location: Norway
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 8:47 pm Post subject: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! |
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I've had this idea for a wile so i finally decided to make a thread for this. The goal is to collect pictures and stories of vanagon mechanical failures, crashes, body damage, fires and any other damage. Hopefully this could help some people avoid doing the same mistakes or get stuff fixed before the disaster happens, and comfort other worried about crash safety.
I'll go first:
This is a syncro i got for parts. I was told the owners daughter ran of the road and rolled on a field. (I got it a year or two after the accident, the snow has noting to do with it).
Rust! This was my first car, 1987 syncro doka. The rear of the sill was rusted out due to water from the bed running down the side and in to the locker, were it rusted trough to the sill and attacked from the inside. something to watch out for for the doka people. It finally gave up when, during a wheel change, the jack point started bending in to the sill.
Now, dig up those pictures and stories and have fun! _________________ 1990 syncro 1.6TD "Smily"
Ex-vans:
1990 Caravelle coach 1.6TD
1986 Transporter Double cab syncro 2.1 112hp
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RCB Samba Member
Joined: September 05, 2005 Posts: 4143 Location: San Francisco-Bay Area
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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With all due respect, this idea is bad joo-joo. We allready have plenty of pictures of burned, crashed,and rusted out Vans, a simple search will bring up 100's of photos.
On a side note.... digging up those pictures and stories is not fun |
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debbiej Samba Member
Joined: December 14, 2008 Posts: 1556 Location: las cruces, nm
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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It is a good thing to be informed and warned, but I agree, let's not have a "bummer thread" of sad and scary pictures. I get a little sick every time I see a picture of a van in flames or crunched.
maybe if there was a way to put a positive spin on it? like thankful for what you walked away from........... |
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WestyBob Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2004 Posts: 2346 Location: Portland, Oregon
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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The frozen syncro pics make me shiver with cold.
I tend to agree that this might be a 'bummer' thread that few would want to visit more than once. While it's a good idea to inform regarding vanagon weaknesses perhaps it could be done in a more genteel way. |
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whynotvw Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2004 Posts: 1322
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:19 am Post subject: |
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RCB wrote: |
With all due respect, this idea is bad joo-joo. We allready have plenty of pictures of burned, crashed,and rusted out Vans, a simple search will bring up 100's of photos.
On a side note.... digging up those pictures and stories is not fun |
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ashafer Samba Member
Joined: May 01, 2010 Posts: 78 Location: Denver, CO 80205
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:40 am Post subject: |
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Am I the only other one that wants to see some carnage?! |
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GWTWTLW Samba Member
Joined: April 22, 2008 Posts: 2174 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:21 am Post subject: |
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ashafer wrote: |
Am I the only other one that wants to see some carnage?! |
If you want carnage, search or look in the galleries. There is plenty... _________________ 89 Syncro Westy - GW 2.5, now with a double knob job
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EvilDNA Samba Member
Joined: January 10, 2006 Posts: 116 Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:51 am Post subject: |
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Tread lightly on this 'tread'. Hahahaha. Yeah, this adds nothing to the collective that hasn't already been added in the other 'treads' dealing with this topic. _________________ 1990 4 Speed Orly Blue Multivan |
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Robw_z Samba Member
Joined: April 28, 2007 Posts: 983
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:25 am Post subject: |
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Wow, I was all excited for this and I'm surprised everybody seems to be taking it so seriously! I mean the OP's pics aren't even all that bad! And unless there is some other thread where busted up Vanagon pics are consolidated I disagree with the notion that it is easy to find pics like this, they are fairly common but very spread out and rather difficult to search for.
They're just vans!
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Captain Pike Samba Member
Joined: December 30, 2003 Posts: 3343 Location: Talos IV, Piedmont Arizona
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:41 am Post subject: |
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Robw_z wrote: |
Wow, I was all excited for this and I'm surprised everybody seems to be taking it so seriously! I mean the OP's pics aren't even all that bad! And unless there is some other thread where busted up Vanagon pics are consolidated I disagree with the notion that it is easy to find pics like this, they are fairly common but very spread out and rather difficult to search for.
They're just vans!
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Wimps, the lot of them.........
The rust out on the jack point_picture speaks a 1000 words. I can tell you not to buy a rusty van,replace your fuel lines,put the proper strength tires on but you may not understand the issue.
Graphic photos hit home. _________________ LEARN TO SELF RESCUE
59 Panel bus, 1966 Single cab. 73' 181. 73 Westy. 91' H6 Vanagon 3.3L.
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RCB Samba Member
Joined: September 05, 2005 Posts: 4143 Location: San Francisco-Bay Area
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 8:22 am Post subject: |
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Kaiser Soze wrote: |
Robw_z wrote: |
Wow, I was all excited for this and I'm surprised everybody seems to be taking it so seriously! I mean the OP's pics aren't even all that bad! And unless there is some other thread where busted up Vanagon pics are consolidated I disagree with the notion that it is easy to find pics like this, they are fairly common but very spread out and rather difficult to search for.
They're just vans!
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Wimps, the lot of them.........
The rust out on the jack point_picture speaks a 1000 words. I can tell you not to buy a rusty van,replace your fuel lines,put the proper strength tires on but you may not understand the issue.
Graphic photos hit home. |
Hiya Kaiser..Im not in agreement with everything you said but I do think your new avatar is cool |
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Captain Pike Samba Member
Joined: December 30, 2003 Posts: 3343 Location: Talos IV, Piedmont Arizona
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 8:42 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, its a M C Escher sketch/painting. Made me think of my Grateful Dead, skirt wearing,kind hippy bro on tour days.
My how things have changed. _________________ LEARN TO SELF RESCUE
59 Panel bus, 1966 Single cab. 73' 181. 73 Westy. 91' H6 Vanagon 3.3L.
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Christopher Schimke Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2005 Posts: 5391 Location: PNW
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 8:54 am Post subject: |
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It is actually very sad just how serious the tones have become around here lately. Lighten up people, it's all in good fun. If Vanagons weren't fun, I wouldn't own one.
I, for one, find destruction photos very interesting. Not from a morbid standpoint, but from a technical one. You can learn a whole lot from just studying photos of bent up sheetmetal. I do not enjoy hearing about someone else's loss, but the results are interesting nonetheless. _________________ "Sometimes you have to build a box to think outside of." - Bruce (not Springsteen)
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Captain Pike Samba Member
Joined: December 30, 2003 Posts: 3343 Location: Talos IV, Piedmont Arizona
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:18 am Post subject: |
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loogy wrote: |
It is actually very sad just how serious the tones have become around here lately. Lighten up people, it's all in good fun. If Vanagons weren't fun, I wouldn't own one.
I, for one, find destruction photos very interesting. Not from a morbid standpoint, but from a technical one. You can learn a whole lot from just studying photos of bent up sheetmetal. I do not enjoy hearing about someone else's loss, but the results are interesting nonetheless. |
Agreed. NTSB does it all day long. _________________ LEARN TO SELF RESCUE
59 Panel bus, 1966 Single cab. 73' 181. 73 Westy. 91' H6 Vanagon 3.3L.
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PNWesty Samba Member
Joined: October 18, 2010 Posts: 138 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:33 am Post subject: |
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This is one of those threads that's easy to not open for those thinking it's too morbid. But there's certainly some education in seeing photos of this topic and I'd be one viewing it with interest. |
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VanWilder Samba Member
Joined: October 09, 2009 Posts: 1349 Location: PDX-Weird Town, USA
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:42 am Post subject: |
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PNWesty wrote: |
This is one of those threads that's easy to not open for those thinking it's too morbid. But there's certainly some education in seeing photos of this topic and I'd be one viewing it with interest. |
As someone that has been on here for a while, and has read many a tragic thread, I agree there is nothing positive about tragic photos and stories.
We have read so many stories and there is definitely an archive for already that genre.
I think benplace.com had some tragic photos on there.
"Change your fuel lines" _________________ VW
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debbiej Samba Member
Joined: December 14, 2008 Posts: 1556 Location: las cruces, nm
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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my very favorite threads here are the ones featuring vanagons out in the wilds, woods and water...
I agree that it is really helpful to have illustrated things that can happen through neglect or lack of knowledge.
but "car"nage just for the thrill factor? to each their own.
in real life, I pass accidents with eyes averted. in fact going to a junk yard makes me kind of sad.
if this thread does get going with pictures of disasters, we wimps can avoid it, or steel ourselves before taking a peek. |
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joetiger Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2005 Posts: 5078 Location: denver
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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debbiej wrote: |
in fact going to a junk yard makes me kind of sad. |
I had a '79 Rabbit, yellow with black interior, 5-speed, rare and perfect. Sold it to a guy and less than a year later saw it in a u-pull-it-yard. The front end was completely smashed and it was stripped of everything of value. I only recognized it by a couple of cracks in the dash and the flat-black rear hatch decal around the window. I almost threw up.
Okay! Back to Happy Vanagon Threads! _________________ 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
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thummmper Samba Member
Joined: November 25, 2009 Posts: 2015 Location: Meadow Valley, California Republic
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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murphys law dept. crash testing at its finest.
chronicalling the problems of the vanagon? of course we do. this could be a centralization tool for data. like when my middie implodes, we will know why. plus, Im waiting for someone to make a shell into a garden window/ breakfast nook. with ferns just outside..... |
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noganav Samba Member
Joined: January 06, 2006 Posts: 1236 Location: San Diego CA
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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Bring the pain |
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