Itinerant Air-Cooled

asiab3 wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:46 pm

A) Didja ever get to paint the intake runners with your primer and clear-coat combination? Or the upper cylinder tins??

B) Regular Emma says hello, and keep your eyes on your inbox for an 11mm red nail polish surprise…
(BigEmma endured her first drive on a public highway in over a year with shiny intake runners and upper cylinder tins!)

C) Going to be in Pensacola in February?
Robbie

a) No. Too many windstorms and fricken hurricanes coming up from the Pacific (?) Rosa and Willa. So, I bailed for more hurricanes back east.

b) My inbox? How about a mailbox? I got one temporarily . . . here in Pensacola.

c) Maybe. Depends on whether or not I go Full Feral.
Colin

BusBassist wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 24, 2018 10:24 pm

Colin,
I came across this 1973 Westy just outside of Pocatello. It’s parked in a lot next to a repair shop/car lot. I spoke with the shop owner and he says I can have the bus for $2,000.
Wishing you dry weather and warmth as you travel to Louisiana.
Jeff

Does the Westy have the factory dual carbs?

Yeah, so speaking of "dry weather" and "warmth", yes, NaranjaWesty was dry through the rain from New Mexico through eastern Louisiana, and the heater had plenty of reserve capacity.

Last exit in Texas was this one, on the second day after I passed Exit "0" at the El Paso city limit. Texas is big. Please remember that the plastic garbage patch in the middle of the Pacific is now twice the size of Texas. Tell your children. Then apologize:




See the clouds? Me too:







The Mighty Mississippi . . . under clouds:




More Mississippi Under Clouds:




"What is that," you ask, "what IS that?" Thanks for asking. That is a Saturn Five booster rocket laying on its side:




And that is the last damn photograph you get from the 2018 Itinerary Season. 22,000 miles since February 13th.
I am now in Pensacola. This miraculously fine NaranjaWesty was then treated to a deep cleaning here:

NaranjaWesty Three Years To The Day

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Totally awesome. Thanks Colin.

Amskeptic wrote:3M Polishing Compound

Is this the stuff?

https://smile.amazon.com/3M-03900-Rubbi ... way&sr=8-1

I'm attacking my single stage white paint this week… After cleaning off either a large milkshake or albatross with indigestion from the roof, I realized it doesn't have the shine it once did.

Robbie

asiab3 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:57 pm

Amskeptic wrote:3M Polishing Compound

Is this the stuff?

https://smile.amazon.com/3M-03900-Rubbi ... way&sr=8-1

I'm attacking my single stage white paint this week… After cleaning off either a large milkshake or albatross with indigestion from the roof, I realized it doesn't have the shine it once did.

Robbie

That looks like the stuff. Is it original VW paint up there? If so, avoid, avoid, avoid the edges of the center crease and the edges of the roof stiffener semi-perimeter line. I have had THREE VW buses with white roofs and all three got the paint burnt off the edges of all sharp creases on the roof. The paint seems to be a bit thin up there. If it has been repainted, well, I hope it was well-painted up there.
Colin

Definitely repainted. A perfect match to RustOleum "Gloss White Enamel" too! No mixing required! The Bass Boat Metallic Orange two-stage, however………

Robbie