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Ateo
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Cool VW Buses on way to Cocos Corner
Saw these guys this week on my way to Gonzaga.
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BornFisher
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Saw them yesterday @ Rancho Grande, then later I saw them parked at CowPattys. Also saw another group, driving later year VW`s carrying gas cans. I
figure they were from Europe and having quite a trip (South America maybe?).
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Ateo
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Sweet. Yeah, I saw them at Rancho Grande later that night while I was looking for a place to stay. Are these pictures too big? I think Photobucket
changed my size download settings.
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rts551
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look perfect to me! Sure brings back memories.
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Ateo
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It must've been slow going for them cuz the road to Gonzaga had some rocky sections. I'll post a photo of my tire damage.
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Ateo
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This road caused this tire damage.
Time for a new set of tires.
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Udo
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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.
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Desertbull
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Pretty gnarly faint trail from Santa Ynez down the widow maker grade to the Gonzaga rd to San Felipe..are you saying some vans were going that route?
Interesting if so...
| 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. |
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We saw them, and some old range rovers heading south from Ensenada on the first. We assumed they were all together.
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Ateo
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Yeah, there were two other old school vehicles with them, but I didn't know what they were called. 
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durrelllrobert
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Prices have soard since they stopped making them
selling for $30,000 or more depending on condition
classiccars.com/listings/find/all-years/volkswagen/bus
Here's a '55 for $30K
And a '64 for $60K in San Diego
URL=http://s252.photobucket.com/user/durrellrobert/media/64vwbus_zpsa90a39cf.jpg.html] [/URL]][url]
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mulegemichael
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ateo....the "checking" on that tire pic says it all...."it's time!"
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willardguy
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the last bus rolled off the Brazilian assembly line last week, and this is what theyre giving us?
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Ateo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegemichael
ateo....the "checking" on that tire pic says it all...."it's time!" |
Yep. I had to google "checking".
I almost bought new tires prior to this trip and the fact that I didn't get a flat proves I'm lucky as I drove over 120 miles on crappy dirt roads.
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chuckie
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"crappy dirt roads" in baja are the better ones!
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Say hi to Coco for the dirt bike guys in Tucson!
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David K
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Hi Jon, thanks for posting... Yup, the photos are slightly wider than the Nomad frame, so next time you go to upload any, just click on the small gear
symbol on the upload page and reset the size to where you had it (800 pixels max or 640 big). Thank you for helping keep the page easy for reading!
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I had a 71,' and I think I paid about $1800 for it, but that was in the 80's. I graduated to full size vans (Dodge Ram), and now have a 94' Astrovan.
The last Astrovans were made in 2005,so they're not classics yet.
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Whale-ista
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'71 Westphalia poptop camper was my favorite
| Quote: | Originally posted by tjsue
I had a 71,' and I think I paid about $1800 for it, but that was in the 80's. I graduated to full size vans (Dodge Ram), and now have a 94' Astrovan.
The last Astrovans were made in 2005,so they're not classics yet. |
I had two 71 Westphalias campers- paid about the same, under $2K, also in the 1980s, and made several trips south with them, with canoes/kayaks on top
depending on destination. Not for hi speed travel, but comfy to camp out of, and Hwy 1 isn't for hi speed anyway, right?
We parked at Scammons once, 1985 I think, and launched the canoe to see whales up close. Came back to find the tide had come in behind our parking
spot. It was an El Niņo year, and storm surge + winds pushed the water well past normal, leaving us on a spit of land about the size of the van.
As we hung out a pangero came up to offer a ride, and his bow was touching the front of the van. He didn't seem concerned by our predicament, as we
cooked lunch and read. I offered him a quesadilla and a beer.
A few hours later, tide retreated, we continued south.
Lots of good memories of those old busses!
\"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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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
| Quote: | Originally posted by tjsue
I had a 71,' and I think I paid about $1800 for it, but that was in the 80's. I graduated to full size vans (Dodge Ram), and now have a 94' Astrovan.
The last Astrovans were made in 2005,so they're not classics yet. |
I had two 71 Westphalias campers- paid about the same, under $2K, also in the 1980s, and made several trips south with them, with canoes/kayaks on top
depending on destination. Not for hi speed travel, but comfy to camp out of, and Hwy 1 isn't for hi speed anyway, right?
We parked at Scammons once, 1985 I think, and launched the canoe to see whales up close. Came back to find the tide had come in behind our parking
spot. It was an El Niņo year, and storm surge + winds pushed the water well past normal, leaving us on a spit of land about the size of the van.
As we hung out a pangero came up to offer a ride, and his bow was touching the front of the van. He didn't seem concerned by our predicament, as we
cooked lunch and read. I offered him a quesadilla and a beer.
A few hours later, tide retreated, we continued south.
Lots of good memories of those old busses! |
westfalia. let me beat dk to it
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