The mossyest bus contest.

[airschooled]

Ha!!! I love the chia-bus reference. And yes, Frodo called and wants his bus back.
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5...ht=moss%2A

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[Elrick]

Some good contenders, but I think mine still is the winner of the mossyest bay contest. Some of you may be happy to see I've removed the offending sticker and spent some time with the pressure washer this morning. I haven't really washed it yet but it looks a lot more presentable and is probably about 10 lbs lighter than before I started. What do you think?

Someone commented on the smell of the camper, not sure why moss on the rood would make the inside smell? Smells just fine inside and out.

[TomWesty]

Looks good! But you know what they say: "A rolling bus gathers no moss".
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[Elrick]

Funny thing about moss, it takes about 13 yrs to get it started. but once it starts it gowns pretty fast as long you keep out of the sun. Luckily, I parked facing S. with some trees in the parting strip offering afternoon shade. My advice is don't give up after the first 10 yrs, just stay the course and the moss will come in.

Before:

24 hrs later:

[cdennisg]

Not too bad, but it is gonna be really hard to beat the buses from the wet side of the cascades...

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[nathansnathan]

A google search, I found some on pinterest and bustopia that have those beat.

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[Elrick]

cdennisg - Great pic, what model is that, way too big to be a sunroof? Almost looks like a camper van that lost it's top.

I suspect my best moss competition is going to be from some place like Eugene, OR or maybe Vancouver/Victoria BC, my neighbors or maybe some plush big treed area from Seattle or Portland but those kind of folks wash their cars.

Original rules is the bus needs to be a driver, so those forest finds don't count. Nice examples non the less.

[cdennisg]

Didn't know it had to be a driver. When I took that pic it wasn't yet driveable, but a few weeks later it did an 800 mile round trip to a show in Lacey, WA. Looked like this after cleaning and a mechanical resto...

When it came home...

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[Elrick]

cdennisg, what's the deal with the roof of your bus?

Yes, the moss criteria is quite strict. Has to be a daily driver, that's why I think I should win. It's so against the grain of an enthusiast site.

[cdennisg]

Just a stock bus roof. The first photo shows it halfway through scrubbing the black mold/lichen off.

I may have missed it, but I didn't see anything in your original post that says the bus need to be a driver to qualify.
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[Elrick]

cdennisg - on your first picture of your bus that shows it with 1/2 cleaned you can plainly see the outline of the original cutout of the Westphalia pop top. Why is that there? It's too big to be sliding top.

About the rules, I thought is was implied since mine was a year round daily driver that the contestants would be also.

[busdaddy]

Any bus has those stamped lines in the roof, one all the way around and a stripe across the middle over the dome light.
Peek under the front and rear of your Westfalia, you'll see some of them on it too.
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[cdennisg]

^^^ Yep.
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[Elrick]

Busdaddy - I didn't know that. For some reason I thought the standard top was seamless. I stand corrected, but do the earlier busses have those seams?

[Stuartzickefoose]

Just met a guy last month who rolled on pink house paint thick, and is purposely missing up his bus. I'll text him and get a pic. 73 riviera...
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