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Red Fau Veh
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 Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:48 am Post subject: Where are the Ski Bum Buses at? |
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I have a brochure from Riviera showing a model known as the Ski Bum. This model came with stuff for a ski lover including a heater and insulation, custom spare tire cover and of course a custom mural on the bus side! Anyone seen one before or have one of these rare campers?
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DenverB
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I want this, though I bet anyone who came upon one of these used in the last 20 years assumed the skier paint job was some PO hack and sadly had it repainted not knowing it came 'from the factory' like that.
Also, I image the guy who airbrushed that skier looks like Bob Ross and showed up everyday for work at the Riviera factory in a corduroy suit.
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Xevin 
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^^^only he didn't use an airbrush. He used a painting trowel and big wooden palette to hide happy little squirrels in the trees 
I want one if those! |
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jhicken
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My god that is ugly.
-jeffrey
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Malokin Martin
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| That thing should come with an 80's rocker playing air guitar. |
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haydenslides
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That is rad! I am in the process of building my own "lot bum" riviera with extra insulation, furnace, etc...thx for sharing  |
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richparker
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Tom Powell
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Aloha
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Stuartzickefoose
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First time i saw this thread title, i thought rich started this thread with that pic, and when i opened it i realized i was wrong....lol
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sonofamitch
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Red Fau Veh
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1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
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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Stuartzickefoose
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| Hitting the slopes tomorrow. The mountains to the west of me got pounded with snow this week so hopefully the bus will make it through. |
piece of cake...
while you go off to slide around in the snow on planks of wood (awesome sports, i love them...) ill stick to doing something like this:
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Goldibox
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Ahh yes, I just found my favourite thread; ski bums and van murals lol! which reminds to ask why no one has van murals on their vw? Not the hippie flower crap, I'm talking about epic star wars portraits or wild horses airbrushed onto the side of a panel van hahah!
I would love to do a winter ski roadtrip in the canadian rockies and in the US like jackson hole or lake tahoe... Only problem is my bus is nearly rust free and I don't know if its worth the trade off of introducing new rust. Does anyone have an opinion on that? Plus i would probably have to buy 4 new winter tires or at the very least chains.
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Goldibox
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Ahh yes, I just found my favourite thread; ski bums and van murals lol! which reminds to ask why no one has van murals on their vw? Not the hippie flower crap, I'm talking about epic star wars portraits or wild horses airbrushed onto the side of a panel van hahah!
I would love to do a winter ski roadtrip in the canadian rockies and in the US like jackson hole or lake tahoe... Only problem is my bus is nearly rust free and I don't know if its worth the trade off of introducing new rust. Does anyone have an opinion on that? Plus i would probably have to buy 4 new winter tires or at the very least chains.
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notchboy
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richparker
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Tom Powell
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: Where are the Ski Bum Buses at? |
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I was at Tahoe, but I drove the Vanagon.
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Pinetops
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Bulli Klinik
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:11 am Post subject: Re: Where are the Ski Bum Buses at? |
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. Ski on!
