Still Alive . . .
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Still Alive . . .
Somehow . . .
Much flux in Minnesota. Challenges. Today is another dual carb retrofit, Grifftenstein.
Yesterday, we tore up Belle Plaine's heater cables with a dremel attack.
Day before, oh my:
Stay tuned. This is llarosa16's bus, Betty Anne, and we *are* getting this car back together if it kills me.
Might, too.
ColinOffToWork
Much flux in Minnesota. Challenges. Today is another dual carb retrofit, Grifftenstein.
Yesterday, we tore up Belle Plaine's heater cables with a dremel attack.
Day before, oh my:
Stay tuned. This is llarosa16's bus, Betty Anne, and we *are* getting this car back together if it kills me.
Might, too.
ColinOffToWork
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- the miz
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...well, at least we got to spend some time together talking VW, enjoying grilled meats and learning about the malting process at Rahr Malting Co. in Shakopee on a lovely MN evening! -miz
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1982 Westy- Vana White
- satchmo
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My worst nightmare. Look at all those splices....
Good luck.
Tim
Good luck.
Tim
By three methods we may learn wisdom:
First, by reflection, which is noblest;
second, by immitation, which is easiest;
and third, by experience, which is bitterest. -Confucius
First, by reflection, which is noblest;
second, by immitation, which is easiest;
and third, by experience, which is bitterest. -Confucius
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That does it, I never find out about these things. I'm hittin' the Oregon Trail (checks pemmican supply...yep, good to go).the miz wrote:...well, at least we got to spend some time together talking VW, enjoying grilled meats and learning about the malting process at Rahr Malting Co. in Shakopee on a lovely MN evening! -miz
'76 Type II Station Wagon - in the family since new!
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- Bleyseng
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Looks like my Ghia's did. Find a old wiring harness and replace the odd wire with the real color coded stuff and solder the splices using shrink wrap tubing to make it like new.
Geoff
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
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77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
http://bleysengaway.blogspot.com/
- the miz
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...if I didn't work at Rahr, I mightn't have know about it either...next year we'll try to be better about putting up a posting about the "MN IAC social" a few days ahead of time.jcbrock wrote:That does it, I never find out about these things. I'm hittin' the Oregon Trail (checks pemmican supply...yep, good to go).
-miz
1982 Westy- Vana White
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Aloha. First time posting for me here on Itinerant-Air-Cooled.
At Belle Plaine's suggestion, I made the trek down from Cold Spring MN to visit Chris while Colin was in Belle Plaine (June 16TH).
My self appointed role was to take pictures because Colin is always asking for you folks to put them up here and you know you get so busy working, there is no way to take any pictures while you are in the groove.
I figured I could lend a hand where needed and stay outta the way during the quality time between the two. I did help dust off a blower motor housing, help tug and twist a doomed heater cable and I snapped a bunch of pictures. I was that useful hand you need when both of you are under the vehicle and you need the special tool that's still in the tool box.
I will leave it to Belle Plaine to post up his summary of the trip visit along with all the pictures.
If you just can't wait to see them, you can find them by going to the Samba gallery, use the search function then include: "AmSkeptic Visits Belle Plaine," as the keywords.
I didn't want to steal the commentary of the experience from Chris, but I also wanted to introduce myself, let people know the visit was real and at least, it didn't rain while I was there, but it was on the way.
I came away with a down right positive impression of the experience. I intend to save my pennies and get on next year's Itinerary.
Eskimo Tom
At Belle Plaine's suggestion, I made the trek down from Cold Spring MN to visit Chris while Colin was in Belle Plaine (June 16TH).
My self appointed role was to take pictures because Colin is always asking for you folks to put them up here and you know you get so busy working, there is no way to take any pictures while you are in the groove.
I figured I could lend a hand where needed and stay outta the way during the quality time between the two. I did help dust off a blower motor housing, help tug and twist a doomed heater cable and I snapped a bunch of pictures. I was that useful hand you need when both of you are under the vehicle and you need the special tool that's still in the tool box.
I will leave it to Belle Plaine to post up his summary of the trip visit along with all the pictures.
If you just can't wait to see them, you can find them by going to the Samba gallery, use the search function then include: "AmSkeptic Visits Belle Plaine," as the keywords.
I didn't want to steal the commentary of the experience from Chris, but I also wanted to introduce myself, let people know the visit was real and at least, it didn't rain while I was there, but it was on the way.
I came away with a down right positive impression of the experience. I intend to save my pennies and get on next year's Itinerary.
Eskimo Tom
1971 Camper. Sportmobile. "Rusty"
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Good to meet you, Tom. Glad to see you here. Pictures. We need pictures. Chris, how 'bout those heater cables, yaah?EskimoTom wrote:Aloha. First time posting for me here on Itinerant-Air-Cooled.
At Belle Plaine's suggestion, I made the trek down from Cold Spring MN to visit Chris while Colin was in Belle Plaine (June 16TH).
My self appointed role was to take pictures because Colin is always asking for you folks to put them up here and you know you get so busy working, there is no way to take any pictures while you are in the groove.
I figured I could lend a hand where needed and stay outta the way during the quality time between the two. I did help dust off a blower motor housing, help tug and twist a doomed heater cable and I snapped a bunch of pictures. I was that useful hand you need when both of you are under the vehicle and you need the special tool that's still in the tool box.
I will leave it to Belle Plaine to post up his summary of the trip visit along with all the pictures.
If you just can't wait to see them, you can find them by going to the Samba gallery, use the search function then include: "AmSkeptic Visits Belle Plaine," as the keywords.
I didn't want to steal the commentary of the experience from Chris, but I also wanted to introduce myself, let people know the visit was real and at least, it didn't rain while I was there, but it was on the way.
I came away with a down right positive impression of the experience. I intend to save my pennies and get on next year's Itinerary.
Eskimo Tom
ColinFindTheClip
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- poptop tom
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Here is the album!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_ ... t_dir=DESC
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_ ... t_dir=DESC
Mr. Blotto wrote, "Boy - thanks for the offer, but a month in poptop tom's world means 5 years"
- Amskeptic
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Lot of pictures. They could not do justice to the horrors we committed on the left heater cable.poptop tom wrote:Here is the album!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_ ... t_dir=DESC
Colin HailRainLightningWiiiiiindThunDER atIowaBorder
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- asiab3
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There are captions on the pictures, so I'm trying to find a way to read them sequentially…Amskeptic wrote:Lot of pictures. They could not do justice to the horrors we committed on the left heater cable.poptop tom wrote:Here is the album!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_ ... t_dir=DESC
Colin HailRainLightningWiiiiiindThunDER atIowaBorder
1969 bus, "Buddy."
145k miles with me.
322k miles on Earth.
145k miles with me.
322k miles on Earth.
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I have been granted permission to poach them and fold them into the write-up.asiab3 wrote:There are captions on the pictures, so I'm trying to find a way to read them sequentially…Amskeptic wrote:Lot of pictures. They could not do justice to the horrors we committed on the left heater cable.poptop tom wrote:Here is the album!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_ ... t_dir=DESC
Colin HailRainLightningWiiiiiindThunDER atIowaBorder
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Here's one:
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles