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Zeitgeist 13 Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2009 Posts: 12115 Location: Port Manteau
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:23 pm Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe "euroBus" |
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Dave, I'm following your lead wrt the mounting of flexible solar panels on the roof of my wife's EV. I'm using the Coroplast, Eternabond and 3M VHB. If anything goes wrong, I'll be sure to blame you, but I'm sure you've done your homework, and that won't be necessary. _________________ Casey--
'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
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DuncanS Samba Member
Joined: October 17, 2013 Posts: 4583 Location: New Hampshire
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:42 pm Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe "euroBus" |
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Ah--5200 don't leave home without it. |
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dobryan Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2006 Posts: 16504 Location: Brookeville, MD
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:55 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe "euroBus" |
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Zeitgeist 13 wrote: |
Dave, I'm following your lead wrt the mounting of flexible solar panels on the roof of my wife's EV. I'm using the Coroplast, Eternabond and 3M VHB. If anything goes wrong, I'll be sure to blame you, but I'm sure you've done your homework, and that won't be necessary. |
I copied my answers from the guy next to me....
But seriously that air gap will help. It would be better if I did not seal the edges but I decided I did not want crap getting in there. _________________ Dave O
'87 Westy w/ 2002 Subaru EJ25 and Peloquin TBD
"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive." Robert Louis Stevenson
MD>Canada>AK>WA>OR>CA>AZ>UT>WY>SD
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=620646
Building a bus for travel in Europe (euroBus)
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=695371
The Western Syncro build
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=746794 |
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heretodayvanagontomorrow Samba Member
Joined: June 29, 2012 Posts: 49 Location: Comox, BC
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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:15 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe "euroBus" |
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Haven't been on in a while and just catching up on this thread but we shipped our '87 Syncro to Europe in 2015 and travelled around for almost a year. We had an amazing time and I am looking forward to following along with your travels. Best of luck getting everything sorted - I imagine COVID has changed your expected departure date? What is your plan? |
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dobryan Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2006 Posts: 16504 Location: Brookeville, MD
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heretodayvanagontomorrow Samba Member
Joined: June 29, 2012 Posts: 49 Location: Comox, BC
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:07 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe "euroBus" |
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Out of Vancouver, BC, we used JustWorld Cargo and shared a container (this is pre-hightop) into Tilbury. On the way home we went Zeebrugges to Halifax RoRo and Busman helped organize that all for us. Are you planning on going the route of getting a temporary import permit into the Belgium and then re-importing it every six months to re-set the import of the vehicle? Did you find a good comprehensive insurance plan? That ended up being the most expensive cost for us. The usually third party coverage was mild, but to insure for total loss or theft was insane. Very exciting times ahead !! Our plan has always been to do it again - this time I think we would drive across the country to Halifax and RoRo there as well, now that we have the hightop. |
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dobryan Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2006 Posts: 16504 Location: Brookeville, MD
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heretodayvanagontomorrow Samba Member
Joined: June 29, 2012 Posts: 49 Location: Comox, BC
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 1:30 pm Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe "euroBus" |
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Yes, we did the same. Installed anti theft and were very careful about where we left it. We were asked to provide proof of importation in every country when we were stopped by the police because of our Canadian plates. Most of the time we were pulled over out of curiosity but in a few countries they went over the paperwork pretty thoroughly. |
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shagginwagon83 Samba Member
Joined: February 07, 2016 Posts: 3800 Location: VA/TN
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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shagginwagon83 wrote: |
I love this so much. Great choice with the victron products. You'll be ready for lithium when you make the switch!
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I was thinking about this the other day. I said that in April. Now look who is getting LiFePo4 _________________ Brandon
"Jo Ann" - '83.5 Westfalia EJ22e w/Peloquin
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dobryan Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2006 Posts: 16504 Location: Brookeville, MD
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe |
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shagginwagon83 wrote: |
shagginwagon83 wrote: |
I love this so much. Great choice with the victron products. You'll be ready for lithium when you make the switch!
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I was thinking about this the other day. I said that in April. Now look who is getting LiFePo4 |
I remember your comment about how I’ll be ready for LiFePO4. If Covid had not delayed everything it would be in Europe now with those AGMs. You called it, LiFePO4 install in the next month, and very glad too.
I have kept track of our energy use when camping and we regularly use 80ah in 24 hours. The AGMs are depleted in a day if no solar or engine running. The LiFePO4s will triple that. _________________ Dave O
'87 Westy w/ 2002 Subaru EJ25 and Peloquin TBD
"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive." Robert Louis Stevenson
MD>Canada>AK>WA>OR>CA>AZ>UT>WY>SD
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=620646
Building a bus for travel in Europe (euroBus)
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=695371
The Western Syncro build
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=746794 |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22668 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:08 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe "euroBus" |
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You'll be ready for lithium |
Im on lithium as a condition of my parole. _________________ .ssS! |
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dobryan Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2006 Posts: 16504 Location: Brookeville, MD
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dobryan Samba Member
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jacklar Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2018 Posts: 9 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 11:19 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe "euroBus" |
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Having a blast following along and reading as the build comes together! Looking forward to seeing ya on the road with it. |
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dobryan Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2006 Posts: 16504 Location: Brookeville, MD
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djkeev Samba Moderator
Joined: September 30, 2007 Posts: 32625 Location: Reading Pennsylvania
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DuncanS Samba Member
Joined: October 17, 2013 Posts: 4583 Location: New Hampshire
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Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:43 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe "euroBus" |
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The more you drive it the more there is to fix? With a Vanagon? Really? But that's part of the fun, isn't it? Well, maybe not so much fun some of the time. |
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dobryan Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2006 Posts: 16504 Location: Brookeville, MD
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dobryan Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2006 Posts: 16504 Location: Brookeville, MD
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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:39 am Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe "euroBus" |
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And the euroBus is helping out with the other bus projects.
A very rare event taking place. John Charlton keeps this a secret but the NAHT occasionally molts in the spring. We were fortunate enough to just catch it in progress. You can see a very rare double molt as it sheds last years skins.
We were lucky enough to capture the molted skins before they flew off and they are now safely under our deck awaiting transplant onto the West Coast Westy and then the '87 Westy 3NTROPY.
_________________ Dave O
'87 Westy w/ 2002 Subaru EJ25 and Peloquin TBD
"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive." Robert Louis Stevenson
MD>Canada>AK>WA>OR>CA>AZ>UT>WY>SD
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=620646
Building a bus for travel in Europe (euroBus)
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=695371
The Western Syncro build
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=746794 |
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4Gears4Tires Samba Member
Joined: October 08, 2018 Posts: 3047 Location: MD
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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: Building a bus for travel in Europe "euroBus" |
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They're multiplying! I see you are 100% sold on the NAHT! _________________ '87 Syncro
Ferric Oxyhydroxide Superleggera Edition |
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