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joetiger 
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: Articles About Vanagons |
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Umm, yeah...I tried helping with this a week ago... (posted Sat. Feb. 17)...
 
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danfromsyr
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: Articles About Vanagons |
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well shyt,
hafta give you an atta-boy.
but that was back a page, and we all know no one reads backwards.. 
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: Articles About Vanagons |
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LOL - All I really wanted was bragging rights! (That, and one of those cool sweatshirts...)
What's a guy gotta do, commission a limited edition run...????
<shrug>
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Tobias Duncan
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: Articles About Vanagons |
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| dhaavers wrote: |
LOL - All I really wanted was bragging rights! (That, and one of those cool sweatshirts...)
What's a guy gotta do, commission a limited edition run...????
<shrug>
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Do I smell a group buy? |
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danfromsyr
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: Articles About Vanagons |
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git me one with #TheSambavanlife
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0to60in6min
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: Articles About Vanagons |
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MsTaboo
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:21 pm Post subject: Re: Articles About Vanagons |
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Most of those builds are so overkill it's silly. I wonder how many actually use them to their full capacity.
I can understand if you're doing full-on Sahara/African expeditions, but tooling around Europe?
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Tobias Duncan
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I will never understand why people choose crappy music over narration when making videos like this. |
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0to60in6min
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 4:11 pm Post subject: Re: Articles About Vanagons |
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at 5:20 there's an orange/white vanagon with a strange top/contraption..
as for music.. I'd say it's matter of taste, some have, some don't...  |
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campism
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 6:04 am Post subject: Re: Articles About Vanagons |
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Pic assist. I've seen tops/trailers like this but never set up on a Vanagon. The rear section pivots up and down on that front hinge, and that section of the roof has its own poptop section with a rear pivot. Innovan is one manufacturer who builts hinged units like this.
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Jake de Villiers
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:57 am Post subject: Re: Articles About Vanagons |
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I like the little girl in the pink helmet sitting on her bike and checking out the arrinving vehicles!
And I'd much rather hear the sounds they make than any music whatsoever! 
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SyncroHead
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Syncronauts,
I couldn't find this "article" thread a while back, so I posted this info elsewhere. I came across this thread today.
I have an article from June 2019 OutdoorX4 magazine about Syncros to share.
I’ve been a subscriber of OutdoorX4 Magazine since they started several years ago and I’m excited that they have published an article about Syncros, focusing on our 2018 Safari adventure in Moab. It’s a great article, but then again I’d say that since I wrote it.
To see the Syncro Safari article excerpted from Issue 32, go here:
https://www.syncrosafari.org/moab-18---overview.html
The cover and pertinent article pages are shown in a photo gallery.
Check out OutdoorX4 Magazine at: https://outdoorx4.com/
Thanks for the photos from David Moise and Ron Chandler!
Wishing you all the best with your Syncro adventures!
Regards,
Jim Davis
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levi
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| Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:19 pm Post subject: Re: Articles About Vanagons |
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| campism wrote: |
Pic assist. I've seen tops/trailers like this but never set up on a Vanagon. The rear section pivots up and down on that front hinge, and that section of the roof has its own poptop section with a rear pivot. Innovan is one manufacturer who builts hinged units like this.
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Hey! What the heck kinda double pop top is THAT.
Must be a home made job?
Found it in the video at 5:00 and 5:20, looks intriguing.
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levi
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Is the driver hitting a joint?
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Team WorldTour
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It's a hi-res photo.
...and a glowing cherry right where it's supposed to be.
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