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Don66bus
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 Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:29 am Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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Tizian,
Nice picture of your Deluxe on that lake.
I did a trip in a 15 window across Canada in January 1978, Night time temperatures reached -40C on the prairies (about the same in Fahrenheit). We had to be pull-started by tow trucks each morning on that trip. |
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 7:29 pm Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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| Don66bus wrote: |
Tizian,
Nice picture of your Deluxe on that lake.
I did a trip in a 15 window across Canada in January 1978, Night time temperatures reached -40C on the prairies (about the same in Fahrenheit). We had to be pull-started by tow trucks each morning on that trip. |
-40 is exactly where F and C cross over. I have seen those temps, and it is not fun. But at least the sun is shining.
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nlorntson
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:52 pm Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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Some photos from our trip down to Buses Nowhere Near the Arch (BNNTA) and back.
We drove just over 1200 miles including an overnight stop at Rock Creek State Park in Iowa on the way down and on the way back, and a trip into Hannibal to visit the Big River Steampunk Festival.
BNNTA is a must attend event for any bus lovers!
Rock Creek State Park (we were the smallest RV there  )
BNNTA
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pyrOman
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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Just completed a 9 day and 1707 mile road trip! 
Providence, Utah
Brice Canyon, Utah
Riverton, Utah
Zion, Utah
Never been to Utah before! First time ever going past the speedway in Vegas on I-15. 
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Don66bus
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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| Bus among the behemoths at Zion .... |
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mandraks
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 6:47 pm Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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This was my farest one back in 2000. From southern Germany to Finland (1500 miles) in winter! Only idiots do that when its -22 F. Had to push the bus off the ferry because the battery died. Bought a new one up there which still exists and works. Must be some kind of russian nuclear thing  . You had to keep breaking when starting the bus because the oil in the tranny got that thick it would immediately start the bus moving even whith no gear engaged... Scary!
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I have told this to many people, most do not believe it. They have just never seen temperatures that low.
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mcarls
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:25 pm Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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| I'm sure it's not just me- isn't there something about driving a bus that's just super cool- maybe like piloting a plane- kind of hunched over but strangely comfortable- I don't know how to explain it- but unique to a bus- that makes it so great to take on a long road trip...? Something that no other vehicle can provide? Man I love my bus. |
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Tizian
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 5:53 am Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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| Tizian wrote: |
This was my farest one back in 2000. From southern Germany to Finland (1500 miles) in winter! Only idiots do that when its -22 F. Had to push the bus off the ferry because the battery died. Bought a new one up there which still exists and works. Must be some kind of russian nuclear thing . You had to keep breaking when starting the bus because the oil in the tranny got that thick it would immediately start the bus moving even whith no gear engaged... Scary!
Driving on a frozen lake.
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Found some more images of this trip. I stayed up there for half a year...
Very slippery when you don’t have spikes on your tires. Stay in the middle of the road, otherwise you will slip off...
One day I decided to drive to the Russian border on my own. Got stuck in the snow in the middle of nowhere. I tried all kinds of things to free her. Finally I succeeded kneeing besides her one hand on the clutch the other rocking her back and forth. Don’t want to imagine what would have happened if I did’nt made it - Scheisse! Probably some Russian bear would have had me for breakfast.
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Enkiel
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 6:22 am Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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that's pretty epic... -22 farenheight is about -30 celcius.... that's a cold day up here... wouldnt imagine driving an old vw in that temperature... even new car struggle.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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| that's pretty epic... -22 farenheight is about -30 celcius.... that's a cold day up here... wouldnt imagine driving an old vw in that temperature... even new car struggle. |
It hit a low of -23 in Richfield Utah when we had the 56 westy on a road trip in 2007. The bus shuddered and shook when I started it up in the morning, I had to sit there with my foot on the clutch a few minutes.
I suddenly understood why there were sump heaters.
It was warmer when this pic was taken:
We did camp in the bus after that, with normal freezing temps.
It did not get above freezing for the next 1000 miles, but it did warm up enough to snow maybe 60 miles from home.
I love that Eberspacher
Zion:
a lake somewhere:
windsheilds after camping in the bus:
Did I mention the Eberspacher? The bus was really drafty then, we taped up the roof hatch with 2" blue painters tape. Ditto for the rear hatch and pop out windows.
Now the rust is fixed and the bus has good seals, so it is warmer in cold weather. But I don't think I've driven a bus in anything below 20F since.
It was very dry and felt very cold.
The bus started every time on that trip, 6V 1600. It shortly afterwards developed a hot start problem. |
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Lind
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:22 am Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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I drove my '50 bus on a little 2500 mile jaunt down to California, up and down the coast and to a few VW shows. Carrie Joined me for a good bit of the trip, opting to fly in for the most scenic stretches. So far this year, she has put down over 1500 miles in the passenger seat of sudfunk, about 700 of those miles on this trip. I got to drive the long desert stretches all by myself.
Jordan Valley, Oregon,
McDermitt, Nevada
Donner
Golden Gate bridge
got some good parking at Kelley Park
bixby bridge
got some good parking in the tent at the treffen
3 1950 buses
brothers together again after almost 71 years
sunrise in the sierras
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pyrOman
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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Totally forgot about this thread! 
San Diego to Saint Augustine, to Key West, to Tampa, to Nashville, to Ft. Worth, to Santa Fe, to Phoenix and back to San Diego, 7000 miles in 5 weeks.
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Lind
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 5:35 pm Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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Great pics Lind.
Where is this cool apartment(?) building at? |
Thanks.
That is the Morgan hotel in San Simeon, California. It is a nicer place than we normally stay, but since the Hearst Castle is closed for the pandemic, the rates were reasonable.
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mtnbus
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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| great photos/trips ! |
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BarryL
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:32 pm Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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What did that used to be? So many graffiti colors matching your Barndoor. |
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Lind
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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What did that used to be? So many graffiti colors matching your Barndoor. |
I don't know. It is at the junction of state highway 360 and US-95 in Nevada. It is hella dry desert around there, and there is no agriculture anywhere near it, so I would think it was for mining, but that is just a guess. When I saw the industrial look with all the graffiti, I just had to stop for some photos. The HotVWs feature for sudfunk has graffiti backgrounds from "freak alley" in my town. The bus likes such settings.
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'64cal lookdub
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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Looks like a blast, the mango photo you took is one of my favorites as well.
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Lind
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:29 pm Post subject: Re: Road trips over 1000 miles |
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Looks like a blast, the mango photo you took is one of my favorites as well.
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Its fun watching that place change over the years. I have a few more pics of different buses in front of it. I'll try to find them. The mango pic was from 2005 if I remember right. I have driven eight different split buses through that town over the last few decades, and all were on trips of over 1000 miles, since I live in the middle of nowhere, and almost every road trip ends up being over 1000 miles.
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