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Made a decision today.

Gonna get my summer tyres tomorrow, a nice set of 5 BF/G All Terrains in 215/75R15 that are screaming to be picked up where I have them stored.

Drive non-studded Mud n'Snow winter tyres and I get so tired just watching them everytime I get in or out of the camper - BF/G's look a whole lot better.

Also I shall get my solar panel and hook it up to the leisure battery one of these days - pic's will come.

I'm writing this blog to hopefully prevent someone from making a mistake like I did. I'm in the market to purchase a Westy, and I saw an ad on eBay advertising a 1986 mode, in pretty good condition. The ad was placed by one of the member's of the VW Camper Family, Jordan Herrmann. Mr Herrmann runs an unlicensed business in El Cerrito CA., where he buys, refurbishes, and resells VW Camper's. I visited his business, and saw a vehicle I was interested in. He was still in the process of…

Here it is: http://vwcamperfamily.ning.com/forum/topics/introductions

I'm looking forward to meeting yall' this year and sharing my VW Restoration Project with you... I'll take a bunch of photos of the process and post them here...

I just wanted to introduce myself and say HELLO!

Yours Truly,

Tré Taylor…

I don't know what came over me but we decided to sell our DharmaVan - We listed it on Ebay and it went very quickly. It did have some nice modification such as solar power, LED lighting and Diesel Heater with thermostat. The winning bid came from Germany so I was immediately concerned but the funds showed up 24 hrs in our back account and the buyer was very engaged and…

I found my dream van for sale on thesamba.com.  It was an automatic 87 Weekender.  Very nice for an excellent price and not far from where I live. Turned out my step dad even did some work on it and knew him. So I decided to sell my car to get it.  The owner wanted me to have it but someone was coming in from Pittsburg.  Turned out when I was in the process of selling my car the guy was driving my dream van back to Pittsburg.  Well, my step father had an 87 Westy at his VW shop but it wasnt…

Any get togethers in Georgia?

I’ve noticed a familiar pattern in VW bus blogs. They all start with excitement – the purchase of a bus with big plans for camping and tooling around. A minor (or major) cosmetic restoration then occurs, followed by perhaps some actual driving around or camping. Inevitably, the next step seems to be engine problems, followed by an engine removal and rebuild. And that is where Gus is now.…

http://www.ludwigandgertie.com/2012/08/fun-camping-trip-title-by-e.html

This Saturday is the Tannehill Bug Blast! Alabama's premier VW show and campout!  Come Friday for a campout and party on the show site!  Stay for the show Saturday and campout Saturday night again!!  For infor go to www.tannehillbugblast.com or e-mail mysterybus6966@gmail.com

Well after a year of great  mechanics ( Larry Z's Sacramento Calif) GOWESTY, and a great deal from a painter ( and selling my 1939 street rode to payfor everything) Gus the bus is ready for new adventures. Please let us know of any northeren Calif. get aways anyone wants company on. Look forward to meeting all of you! Kevin and Debbie Welch and our furry kids Boomer and Freeway  

Hi everyone, I bought a 2003 Eurovan Weekender a few months back.  Seems like my van is one of the newer ones, so I hope I still qualify to be on here.  I do sometimes wonder if I should have bought an older model.  But I plan on doing some lengthy trips and was a little worried about stuff going wrong, tho I must admit I've already sunk some money into this one.   I'm going to try and get to the Guerneville event this Sunday.  Not sure I can stay the whole three days, but maybe an overnight…

Number four in the series (so far) of simple modifications, additions, etc.  to make Westy life more comfortable:

http://bluehighwayvanagon.blogspot.com/2012/05/westfalia-improvements-part-iv.html

Also, our last camping trip to Lake Smokiam:…

I am a DJ/Producer trying to break into the VW show scene, is my music cool enough? It seems most of the music at VW shows is mostly rock and DJ's play the ubiquitous and in my view boring house/trance/techno.  I have a blog where i am trying to create a perfect VW playlist, but dont want anything to obvious (The Who's Magic bus, the beach boys etc) Despite loving my dubstep, hip hop and grime ; i think that modern music spoils the vibe when driving in heritage buses, bugs.

I have…

So, now I've started a blog about my Westy experience and other miscellaneous stuff.

Unlike other blogs here I've never actually gone anywhere interesting, but if you want to check it out let me know what you think.  

http://bluehighwayvanagon.blogspot.com/

Thanks,

Jonathan

I joined the group when I first realized I had to get another Westy. That was over a year and a half ago and last weekend, I got it! Found an 83 Westy Waterboxer in pretty decent shape for the money. It needs some love but by the grace of God, as tough as it is to find a mechanic to work on them around here, I think I found the right people. And surprisingly, they were literally right around the corner. I just ordered what parts he needed…

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Got home @ 1am from BBB @ Lake Havasu. My friends bus had a serious breakdown & we had to be towed home but had a great weekend anyway. Even the wait to be rescued was not without it's share of good times. We were looked in on by many a VW's the drove by & the last one was a couple of young guys who stayed until help got there! They played their guitars & sang to keep us entertained & then helped push the bus up on a tow dolly!! A great many thanks were given out yesterday to…

 Just chillin' in Cabo San Lucas and it looks like we'll be here longer than we thought. See our lates blog post @ www.rweethereyet.com