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Joined: September 22, 2002
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Location: Ontario Canada
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 Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:13 pm Post subject: California Blue Plate 510 SEL Marino Yellow Westfalia |
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| Spotted you on the highway near Grimsby Ontario, 2600 miles from home. Nice looking Westy. Safe travels. |
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Cannonball Cottage
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Allow me to introduce Marigold - she is a minty fresh 1976 Westy. Marigold hails from high,dry, Riverside California. We are her proud new caretakers (her 3rd). We'll post up the whole story of how we met, and our adventures this weekend.
Briefly: In Feb we flew down to LA to check her out - and bought her on the spot. We already had a trip to California planned for March break - so we left her there for a few weeks - then flew down, picked her up, and drove from LA to San Francisco and back. Camped in her 2 nights along the way. Drove about 1100 miles. Dropped her off in LA - and had her shipped to Buffalo.
We had just cleared the US Vehicle Export Office, Canada Customs, and were driving her to Toronto (her new home) when you spotted us!
Here are a few pics from our trip.
Marigold on Pismo Beach.
Kirk Creek Campground.
Nepenthe - Big Sur.
Overlooking San Francisco.
Leaving Jalama Beach Campground.
More soon! |
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busdaddy
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Joined: February 12, 2004
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Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Congratulations and welcome!
I hope you have read the fire sticky at the top of the bay forum page, it'd be a shame to see a beauty like that get fried 
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ned
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Joined: June 28, 2004
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Location: Arroyo Grande Ca.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:19 am Post subject: |
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I think I saw you guys driving down Grand ave. on your way to Pismo. This is a small town and still apparent when strange busses come thru here.  Nice ride. |
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Marleybus
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Joined: January 05, 2013
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Location: Oro Station, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:31 am Post subject: |
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Welcome to Canada. Great to have another California bus in Canada. Just got mine in December a 1977 Westy. Same colour. Hopefully see you cruising up in the Muskokas.
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1972 VW Westy (Hit by dumptruck)
1963 VW Beetle (RIP)
1974 VW Beetle (RIP)
1981 Vanagon Westfalia (Sold)
1969 VW Beetle Convertible (Wifes)
1977 VW Westy 2.0L FI Chrome Yellow
1978 VW Westy 2.0L FI (Under Restoration)
1973 VW Westy 1.7L Tourist Delivery Orange
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Bala
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Location: Austin, TX
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| Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:16 am Post subject: |
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Very cool, looking forward to the extended story!
Did you find or lose your front emblem on the trip?
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dabble
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Location: Olympia, Wa
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Red Fau Veh
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Location: Prescott Az.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:04 am Post subject: |
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Cool stuff! I have to ask, did you get a Jalama burger?
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1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey
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70 140
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Joined: September 22, 2002
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Location: Ontario Canada
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| Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Cannonball Cottage wrote: |
We had just cleared the US Vehicle Export Office, Canada Customs, and were driving her to Toronto (her new home) when you spotted us!
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Cool story. Neat that you were able to use it in CA before you shipped it back. |
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Olddog52
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Location: Whidbey Island, WA
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| Bala wrote: |
Very cool, looking forward to the extended story!
Did you find or lose your front emblem on the trip? |
Yeah, I noticed the emblem magically appeared, or disappeared as the case may be, in Jalama Beach. 
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