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dobryan Samba Member
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thatbaldwinlife Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 7:18 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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Love watching this build! Nice work
nate _________________ 1987 Westy
Insta: @Thatbaldwinlife
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dabaron Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 10:10 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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dobryan wrote: |
My wife and I are camping this weekend at Cunningham Falls State Park near Thurmont, MD.
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back when i worked for MD DNR, Cunningham Falls was one of the sites i supported. very nice people at that park, and they have some great stories since Camp David is just a stone's throw away.
how was the Vanagon on the hill up to the camp office? _________________ 1991 Vanagon GL Camper
i had no idea i wanted to be a mechanic
"burnin oil and cookin coils" -- Destructo
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Ride-Fly Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:28 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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dobryan wrote: |
dabaron wrote: |
wow. the cabinets look great. what are you doing with the panels you removed? |
They were the a/c panels. I am eventually going to list the entire a/c system for sale as a set. |
Wow, the AC system doesn’t seem as daunting when you display it like that! I need to replace the AC compressor and dryer on my Westy. _________________ 1987 Westy, Dove Blue
1987 Wolfsburg Tintop, Vesuvius Grey no more
1977 Toyota FJ40, Freeborn Red
2018 Ford F-350 Platinum, Ruby Red Metallic
2017 Mercedes GLE350, Polar White |
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dobryan Samba Member
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Howesight Samba Member
Joined: July 02, 2008 Posts: 3262 Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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dobryan wrote: |
dabaron wrote: |
wow. the cabinets look great. what are you doing with the panels you removed? |
They were the a/c panels. I am eventually going to list the entire a/c system for sale as a set.
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Hi Dave:
First, allow me to compliment you on the excellent ideas, execution and craftmanship on your Euro-Westy project! And an even bigger compliment concerning the great photography! I can see that when it's time to leave your day job, you will have no shortage of hobbies. Very nice cabinetry, by the way.
Now a quick question concerning Vanagon A/C: Is it possible for you to measure (and list here) the various AC hoses? I never had factory AC when I fabricated my DIY front AC system, so for those considering making up new hoses for their old ones (something I might do for locals here in BC), I have no specs on the factory hoses. _________________ '86 Syncro Westy SVX |
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Zeitgeist 13 Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2009 Posts: 12103 Location: Port Manteau
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw that pic. Those dimensions would be helpful. _________________ Casey--
'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik? |
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dobryan Samba Member
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tjet Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:05 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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I don't think you will ever need air conditioning in AMS, except maybe to defog the windows. |
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dobryan Samba Member
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tjet Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:30 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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I'm gonna miss going to Europe as much as I have from my airline job (like 6x a year). I try to fly into Amsterdam as they have the best deals on rental cars (1/2 price vs anywhere else). I drive from there to Germany to visit my son in college.
I saw this beauty somewhere near Luxembourg on my last trip. It's too bad they never sold these in the US.
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bobbyblack Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:33 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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How much for that pan of liquid Kryptonite?
_________________ '87 Westy 'Flossie','86 Westy 'R1','86 tintop GL - Subi2.2 'J2','83.5 stock tintop L 'ZoomBus','74 Karmann Ghia, '63 Notch |
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dabaron Samba Member
Joined: June 21, 2018 Posts: 2558 Location: Philly, mang
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:21 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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dobryan wrote: |
dabaron wrote: |
how was the Vanagon on the hill up to the camp office? |
What hill? |
i see, you stayed at the Manor Area which has no hill _________________ 1991 Vanagon GL Camper
i had no idea i wanted to be a mechanic
"burnin oil and cookin coils" -- Destructo
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dabaron Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:23 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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bobbyblack wrote: |
How much for that pan of liquid Kryptonite?
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i thought it was a giant Jello Shooter. _________________ 1991 Vanagon GL Camper
i had no idea i wanted to be a mechanic
"burnin oil and cookin coils" -- Destructo
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thatbaldwinlife Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:24 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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My first two cars were Scirocco's. Love to grab one on those German ones.
nate _________________ 1987 Westy
Insta: @Thatbaldwinlife
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dobryan Samba Member
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DuncanS Samba Member
Joined: October 17, 2013 Posts: 4580 Location: New Hampshire
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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Been playing around with roof ideas myself. May put a fixed sunroof in behind the C pillar and raise the roof over the AC so it doesn't impinge so much inside and obscure the rear window. It occurred to me that in your case you could have removed the roof tin behind the C pillar and gained some more space in the head banger cabinet. Is this something you considered, but decided not to. Why not remove all the tin aft of the B pillar when installing a high top?
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dobryan Samba Member
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J Charlton Samba Member
Joined: August 24, 2007 Posts: 1544 Location: The True North Strong and Free
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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DuncanS wrote: |
Why not remove all the tin aft of the B pillar when installing a high top?
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The roof ribs that transverse the van over the B and C columns are structural and integral to the rigidity of the van. The opening that is made for the vast majority of NAHT installs removes only the metal between the roof ribs that extend across from the B and C columns. If the roof rib that extends across the top above the C column is removed it must be replaced by a fabricated brace that extends from side to side. Some folks have done this but it is a very expensive proposition - and given that the space is finite, what you gain "upstairs" comes at the expense of what you lose "downstairs"- and given that one's space to stand up is limited to the space between the rear seat and the front seats - which corresponds to the removed area between the B and C column roof ribs - all but a very few have chosen to limit the removal of the roof of the van to that area. _________________ NAHT hightop availability May 18 2023 -
Bend Oregon - for Oregon, California- (7 tot , 3 available), Kennewick Wa (6 tot, 3 available), Small Car Performance Fife Wa. (7 tot 5 avail ), Fairbanks Alaska (1 tot 0 avail)
Future availability TBD : Springfield Mass. Staunton Va, Florida, Colorado, Grand Junction Co., SLC probably late 2023 |
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DuncanS Samba Member
Joined: October 17, 2013 Posts: 4580 Location: New Hampshire
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:02 pm Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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I didn't make myself clear. I meant just the roof tin. I realize the C pillar rib is extremely important. I saw a jeep in Connecticut this past weekend with an electric power rag sunroof like the old split window busses had. About a seven foot long opening. Peeked inside and it was essentially what triggered my thoughts. The rib was there, but no roof tin behind it. Couldn't we do that to our T3's?
In the case of a high top, with the back section you would be looking at the underside of the bed, but it would give more interior cube.
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