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woody with a view
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Registered: 11-8-2004
Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
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i had a stripped 68 that i outfitted with closet, table, chairs, sink, cooler and fold out bed. took that bad boy into san carlos in '90 and ALMOST
high centered coming up out of a wash.... lotsa good times (and girls!) in that van...
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Whale-ista
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Registered: 2-18-2013
Location: San Diego
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Ha! Ok, how about just "Westie" ?
Thanks for the spell check!
However it's spelled, they were fun. Definitely not for anyone in a hurry though.
But those strong old transaxles held up well on lots of rocky roads and vados in the mountains.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Russ
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I had a '72 lots of good times in it. But the best time was in my Bro-in-law's in '68. Here's some shots my sister sent me.
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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monoloco
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Location: Pescadero BCS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
Yesterday I saw 4 Synchros in Guerrero Negro having Halibut fish tacos at the same stand we were eating.
They were a small factory group from www.gowesty.com. Nicely equipped 4X4 vans and they were also heading to San Felipe via The road from Santa Ynez. |
You can pick up one of those for 80K.
http://www.gowesty.com/sale_details.php?id=1647
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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mtgoat666
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Location: San Diego
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| Quote: | Originally posted by willardguy
the last bus rolled off the Brazilian assembly line last week, and this is what theyre giving us?
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Who would you rather follow up a steep hill, narrow road in Baja, a microbus or a bicyclist? Never drove a loaded microbus up a 6 percent grade w/o
losing speed and wondering if the engine would hold out till the top o the hill
Like the new microbus concept van. I would like one in turbo diesel.
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wessongroup
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Registered: 8-9-2009
Location: Mission Viejo
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We had a 63 .... didn't have the walk thru ... but, set up as our first and only RV .. queen bed .. with all the camping gear and food under the bed,
with another ice chest for beer and other refreshments behind the boot for the spare, which was on the inside ... on the model
Upgraded the engine to 1600 cc ... and put in newer reduction gears for top end
We could cruise at 70 mph but, was like a "kite" in the wind .... could keep up with a friend in Fort Collins, CO who had a put a six cylinder Porsche
in his 70... except on the straight ... he had the same problems at "higher" speeds
Only problem, they lower the speed limit at the time to 55 mph 
We learned a lot of "new" cuss words when going up "grades" in second gear ... even when driving to the extreme far right
A VW bus in the day was a very cheap RV which could go just about anywhere IMHO
Will say, it wasn't all that comfortable when driving ... was always bent over trying to see out to drive and a rough road was a rough road ... but,
other than that ... we got some kinda use out of it for around 10 years
I'd take a bicyclist ... better visibility for "passing" ...
Thanks Russ ... brings back memories 
[Edited on 1-5-2014 by wessongroup]
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