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crownline
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Skills, that picture of the installed engine looks like a factory build only cleaner. Makes me want to pull the engine out of my wife's WRX.  I like what you do to these. Will you post a video of it running after your done?
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Wish I still had the ones I got rid of.
"It"s got some dings and dents and neither of us is going to SEMA."(Update, I went to SEMA in 2019 but the Bus stayed home)
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skills@eurocarsplus
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thank you
I can do a video I suppose. it will be a craptastic cell video if you can stomach it
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Xevin 
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:46 am Post subject: |
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
thank you
I can do a video I suppose. it will be a craptastic cell video if you can stomach it |
Yes please 
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Ride_On
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Location: Ottawa, Canada
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:50 am Post subject: |
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Ditto - interested in the noise level vs stock.
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kennybench
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Joined: July 15, 2007
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 11:52 am Post subject: |
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| Really sweet set up on this one Skills. Fun to watch the projects and read your running commentary. Brother Mike and I are blasting up into the hills this weekend. what fun it is to power up the narrow mountain roads WITHOUT A LONG LINE of pissed off drivers behind us. In fact not even one pissed off driver. your customers will love these build ups. |
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skills@eurocarsplus
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Location: sticksville, ct.
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thanks Kenny
we need to have a swapped bus only show. we could talk about....nothing. no stupid vw issues leaving us, no chest pounding about how we did 55 "the whole way there"
well, here is you shitty cell phone video as promised
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and a couple minutes of it's first ride
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so far, so good. still have more to do but she's almost done...I think
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| gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
| Jake Raby wrote: |
| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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tristessa
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Location: Portland, OR
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome! I really got a kick out of the "Radar Love" soundtrack on the first video.  |
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Tcash
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Joined: July 20, 2011
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Location: San Jose, California, USA
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
we need to have a swapped bus only show. we could talk about....nothing. no stupid vw issues leaving us, no chest pounding about how we did 55 "the whole way there" |
Hay you still have a lot in common with the air cooled group. We could talk.
Interior
Exterior
Stopping distance
Rust repair
Slow wipers
Cross winds, well maybe that is not a problem because you guys are going so fast?
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skills@eurocarsplus
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Location: sticksville, ct.
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| Awesome! I really got a kick out of the "Radar Love" soundtrack on the first video. |
you must have bionic ears. I think it was on the radio. can't hear it in the video myself...
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Hay you still have a lot in common with the air cooled group. We could talk.
Interior
Exterior
Stopping distance
Rust repair
Slow wipers
Cross winds, well maybe that is not a problem because you guys are going so fast?
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true. I guess we could talk about conversions 
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
| Jake Raby wrote: |
| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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Xevin
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
thanks Kenny
we need to have a swapped bus only show. we could talk about....nothing. no stupid vw issues leaving us, no chest pounding about how we did 55 "the whole way there"
well, here is you shitty cell phone video as promised
and a couple minutes of it's first ride
so far, so good. still have more to do but she's almost done...I think
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Skills. Awesome job! Thanks for posting videos But I thought I heard this on the radio 
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| GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
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| Damn that Xevin... |
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| I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
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| My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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skills@eurocarsplus
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Location: sticksville, ct.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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naaa.... driving a swapped bus is like
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
| Jake Raby wrote: |
| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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Xevin
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^^^ So that's what's it's like to drive a swapped bus. Awesome! But driving a
" Bus" is more ironic in Sammys words. " I can't drive 55" Some buses can't
And some buses can't Again nice work! Glad to see someone going after it with Bays. Someday Vanagon guy is going to bitch about how all the bay guys keep jacking up the prices of Subie motors  keep doing what you doing. Someday folks will say. "Shit I should have got a Skills Subie swap kit when it was $7k now it cost $20k." Camper Special reference. If you know what I mean
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| GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
| Clatter wrote: |
| Damn that Xevin... |
| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
| I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
| SGKent wrote: |
| My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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airschooled
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Joined: April 04, 2012
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Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Oh man! That video was shot at Saugus Speedway, where my dad would take me to watch nitrous stock car races as a kid! I never made it through a whole race; too loud! I guess that's why my bus is slow and quiet and I'm cool with that…
Driving my bus be like:
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skills@eurocarsplus
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Location: sticksville, ct.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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this is how I feel doing the swaps
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the bus being "people" not the customer...well.....
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| gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
| Jake Raby wrote: |
| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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tristessa
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
| you must have bionic ears. I think it was on the radio. can't hear it in the video myself... |
I only heard the bassline -- faintly -- before the startup, but that bassline is *very* distinctive. |
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Xevin
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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Damn, Skills that's a lot of cheddar
But Robbie's statement makes a nice metaphor. Classical music is nice. Metal music is nice. But a lot of shitty composers in both genres. I'm no musician but I want to hear good music. And I know it when I hear it. I appreciate both. Cheers Skills, I will stop hijacking your thread. Good stuff, and that Richard Cheese vid is awesome going to send that to my wife. She will truly appreciate it as I do.
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| 67rustavenger wrote: |
| GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
| Clatter wrote: |
| Damn that Xevin... |
| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
| I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
| SGKent wrote: |
| My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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mlesniak
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 7:03 am Post subject: |
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F**K YEA!
looks and sounds amazing!
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cmonSTART
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 10:03 am Post subject: |
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I've never seen my speedometer needle move that quickly....
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| I've never seen my speedometer needle move that quickly.... |
neat, huh
the owners of dumpy came by today to go for a ride/drive it
still need to dial in a few things, but the look on the faces were that of a 10 year old at Christmas getting a new bike. it was warm and toasty...like window open HOT in there and the bus drives like a new car. I am so glad that I have met their expectations.
they have an awesome bus, I have insurance money for another 6 months of business and me and the wife can split a mc double. score
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
| Jake Raby wrote: |
| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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notchboy
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Location: Escondido CA
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I've never seen my speedometer needle move that quickly.... |
neat, huh
the owners of dumpy came by today to go for a ride/drive it
still need to dial in a few things, but the look on the faces were that of a 10 year old at Christmas getting a new bike. it was warm and toasty...like window open HOT in there and the bus drives like a new car. I am so glad that I have met their expectations.
they have an awesome bus, I have insurance money for another 6 months of business and me and the wife can split a mc double. score |
Nice! 
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