Interesting looking rig. I wonder what powerplant they will install? Hope for a diesel, otherwise mileage will be a real issue, especially in this day
and age. I also wonder if it is full time 4wd which does not help mileage. My guess is, with the portal axles, it is. To me the real drawback is
driving over the front wheels. I had a van once and it was very scary in the rain. What would happen is the rear would lock up because it was so light
and you could not feel the rear swing out because you were over the pivot point. Once it got to about 45 degrees out, then you would notice something
wrong. You had no idea where the car was until it was really out of line. Bad for rain, mud, snow, ice.
Mine was the crew cab. (not this one but very similar!) I used it to haul top soil for the Chicano's People's Park under the freeway to Coronado back
when my freak flag was flying.
I had two dirt bikes, and four days camping gear on board on the way to Laguna Hansen when east of Tacate I hit a cow in the dark.
1970.
I just thought to add, I OBVIOUSLY wasn't going very fast.
[Edited on 3-29-2012 by vgabndo]
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
Mine was the crew cab. (not this one but very similar!) I used it to haul top soil for the Chicano's People's Park under the freeway to Coronado back
when my freak flag was flying.
I had two dirt bikes, and four days camping gear on board on the way to Laguna Hansen when east of Tacate I hit a cow in the dark.
1970.
I just thought to add, I OBVIOUSLY wasn't going very fast.
[Edited on 3-29-2012 by vgabndo]
cool rig!
classic VW beats a jeep any day anywhere!
Mine was the crew cab. (not this one but very similar!) I used it to haul top soil for the Chicano's People's Park under the freeway to Coronado back
when my freak flag was flying.
I had two dirt bikes, and four days camping gear on board on the way to Laguna Hansen when east of Tacate I hit a cow in the dark.
1970.
I just thought to add, I OBVIOUSLY wasn't going very fast.
[Edited on 3-29-2012 by vgabndo]
cool rig!
classic VW beats a jeep any day anywhere!
I have gone to Baja driving both----but----the jeep sure got me more places than the VW. Yes, VW busses were amazing but you could get in real
trouble FAST in the sand!!! Been there/done that!!!
Originally posted by mtgoat666classic VW beats a jeep any day anywhere!
I guess this is for another thread, but... IMO "Classic VW" beats Jeep only in nostalgia, and even then barely. It really makes me snicker to see guys
trying to jam Westfalia vans into places they shouldn't be all because they think they look cool. Check my sig for my response to that. I don't need
hemp shirts where I go...
Originally posted by mtgoat666classic VW beats a jeep any day anywhere!
I guess this is for another thread, but... IMO "Classic VW" beats Jeep only in nostalgia, and even then barely. It really makes me snicker to see guys
trying to jam Westfalia vans into places they shouldn't be all because they think they look cool. Check my sig for my response to that. I don't need
hemp shirts where I go...
I thought you might like that, David. Your kinda place, huh? We've been some really neat places in that van and she's proven to be allot more than
pretty paint and big tires. we have some big plans before it gets too hot to go to San Francisco de la Sierra for a week or so. We'll be camping up
north of San Evaristo as well in the next few weeks.
Originally posted by LaPazGringo
I thought you might like that, David. Your kinda place, huh? We've been some really neat places in that van and she's proven to be allot more than
pretty paint and big tires. we have some big plans before it gets too hot to go to San Francisco de la Sierra for a week or so. We'll be camping up
north of San Evaristo as well in the next few weeks.
Yup... You and I have the same idea of fun... You just have the luxury of bringing your home along with you! Art did the same with his 4WD motorhome
on the Mision Santa Maria trip:
Front and Rear ABS Lockers were used!
The Widowmaker ...
Not only did Art putter up The Widowmaker, but if you notice the strap used to pull Neal John's Tacoma Camper up it, too! (blown rear differential)
David, my son and I got a good laugh out of that video. Amazing! That van deserves a name (if she doesn't have one already!). It looks totally
bulletproof. Does he have a battery bank on the frame rails?
Sorry but I got wicked pleasure from the old Chevy dragging a Toyota around.
Originally posted by LaPazGringo
David, my son and I got a good laugh out of that video. Amazing! That van deserves a name (if she doesn't have one already!). It looks totally
bulletproof. Does he have a battery bank on the frame rails?
Sorry but I got wicked pleasure from the old Chevy dragging a Toyota around.
I will let Art tell you ('edm-1' on Nomad)... He recently sold it as he already built a much bigger motorhome (4WD) with lockers front and rear!
Here is the next video from HB Murphy of 'The Bog' (which was worse for most than the Widowmaker. HB is in a 2009 Tacoma Off Road with A-TRAC and
lockers front and rear, I was behind him with my 2010 Taco Off Road, and the others were a Dakota with a rear locker, an '03 Tacoma Off Road with
camper, Art's van and a 4Runner with no locker (and that was the only one that needed a pull going in).
It was probably mentioned before, but just where and how (widowmaker or bog, etc.) did Neal lose his diff, and was it the front or rear diff? Any
more details on that?
Originally posted by Barry A.
It was probably mentioned before, but just where and how (widowmaker or bog, etc.) did Neal lose his diff, and was it the front or rear diff? Any
more details on that?
Barry
Hi Barry, Neal made it to the mission fine (except for where the palm tree 'kissed' his camper)... It was on the way out, just before reaching the
bog... his rear differential blew apart. He tried using just the front diff. biut that pop up camper is just way too heavy... and he has a manual
tranny, as well... See the inside of his diff... with this photo from BajaCactus on the part 1 of my trip report page: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=46050#pid5202...
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