I Should Name Him "Lucky"

[Vanagon Nut]

My van hasn't achieved a name yet but I'm thinking "Lucky" might suit.

Trees fell 20 paces from midpoint of garage where my Slate Blue '88 Westy is. The trees weren't huge but sure made a lot of noise. This property is covered in trees. I had wondered if renting (living) here was risky in that regard.

Neil.

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1981 Westy DIY 15º ABA

1988 West DIY 50º ABA

VE7TBN

[campism]

We have similar surroundings and gravity has been good to us so far.
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'87 Westy in Wolfram Grey Metallic

[Vanagon Nut]

I surely enjoy living here; its ideal and idyllic. But. Nothings perfect. Having a bunch of giant trees near my Westies is a concern.

My neighbour just now suggested the ivy growing on the trees in question may have been a factor. He knows more about the woods than I ever will.

I'd suggest that any Vanagon owner thinking of moving to an area like mine would be well advised to try and identify any "widow makers" (trees more likely to fall than others)

Neil.
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1981 Westy DIY 15º ABA

1988 West DIY 50º ABA

VE7TBN

[kaalualu]

Might want clean the ivy off the tree next to your carport....
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'84 Transporter 16" CLK's/LED's/ AT's/Mansi injectors
'86 Wolfey Weekender Westfalia AT's/otherwise stock
Sold-'82 TinTop Diesel

[Vanagon Nut]

[Abscate]

You can't begrudge trees falling once in a while to live amongst their beauty...put in perspective , if you live in Orange County, you Vanagon could suddenly fall into one of the giant (***)holes and leave you that way...easy choice
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.ssS!

[E1]

We had a giant pine tree fall within a few feet of the buggy during last fall's hurricane, near Savannah.

We had every chance to camp elsewhere, but Nooooo......!

Living dangerously sometimes really is!
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‘84 Westy, 2.1L with Digijet, 5.43 R+P, GT Gears
"Adding power makes you faster on the straights.
Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
— Colin Chapman

[Zeitgeist 13]

It's all a matter of perspective


Link

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Casey--

'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[E1]

True dat.
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‘84 Westy, 2.1L with Digijet, 5.43 R+P, GT Gears
"Adding power makes you faster on the straights.
Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
— Colin Chapman

[Vanagon Nut]

^^

not sure what happened there but....

It's all good. Was just sharing.

Now if the van were brown.....
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1981 Westy DIY 15º ABA

1988 West DIY 50º ABA

VE7TBN

[E1]

I refuse to acknowledge Assuan Brown as brown, except when misbehaving.

Rather, ours is decidedly "Performance Burnt Orange."
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‘84 Westy, 2.1L with Digijet, 5.43 R+P, GT Gears
"Adding power makes you faster on the straights.
Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
— Colin Chapman

[alaskadan]

I did my suby conversion on my syncro in washington. With only a few hours of driving time in it, i was on the way back to my friends house on a calm sunny day. A back road in the woods doing 40 to 45 mph. I suddenly noticed movement on the left side of the road as a large rotten alder had picked this second in time to collapse under its own weight and fall across the road! Large meaning 12" or a little bigger at the stump. There was no stopping. I swerved to the right shoulder as much as possible and stomped the gas. Luckily the top was really rotten and the part that hit the van ( about 4 to 5" dia ) obliterated. When i got to my friends house there was bark jammed between the windshield gasket and top of the A pillar. And my underwear jammed somewhere else! When a tree falls in the woods and you are there to hit it with your van it does make noise.

[Zeitgeist 13]

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