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Does anybody have a space to share?  The sign-up site was not working right earlier.

I would like to visit with you guys but I "fell asleep at the wheel", it is too late to register now. 

Please let me know.  Thanks, Lev

Looking for a friend.  Anyone thinking about selling a 1986 or newer Vanagon.  She is a serious buyer.  Thank you VW Camper Family. 

Dear VW Bus Family,

I have run into a long series of bad mechanics who have left me right where I started 3 years ago.  Everyone I know says to give up on my VW Bus, but I am not.  I have a new/rebuilt long block, I just need someone who knows how to work on old VW's like ours and what they are doing and put it all back together. 

I had 1.7 liter Porsche high performance pancake engine, and we tried to upgrade it to a 2.0 liter long block.  Long sad story, but I need to tow it…

Dang, it.

1971 Single Cab loaded and ready to go up and meet all the folks for the weekend.

Turned the key and the warning light (Gen and Oil) came on , heard the fuel pump kick, and nothing.  No Starter bump, cycled the key off and immediately tried again...same result.

Turned the key back off...and realized the warning lights and electric fuel pump were still on.

Dang it.

Afraid I am going to miss the weekend, busy tearing down the steering…

Hello everyone and welcome to our blog.

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Well, I already have a blog on weebly with her, so I wont bore ya all twice   Feel free to visit and comment if you wish!  ;)  Cikan Vuz 

Runs well, stove, refrigerator, back seat turns into bed, cabinets, luggage rack, and sink (missing pump faucet). If interested . . . email regwallace@gmail.com

hi would anyone know were I could get  detailed pictures on how to put my camper front inside back together as im not quite sure many thanks binster x

http://blog.sfgate.com/topdown/2013/09/11/the-vw-van-goes-to-the-great-junkyard-in-the-sky-thats-it-for-the-microbus-after-64-years-of-wheezing-up-hills/#15836-1

 Yesterday I put on a gangstercap over my windshield. Felt I needed do something as there is a void between the sun visors and the rear view mirror that fits a low arctic sun anyday it wants to and my eyes don't like close encounters with that much light :-)

So now I lack is eight steel (stainless, mind you) screws to secure it to each A-bar on each side of the wind shield - I shall have this mod on my rig.

Did my annual trip to Nijmegen, NL, and returned Monday…

Wednesday… It's a humper…

http://zenbus.blogspot.com/2013/06/some-day-son-all-this-will-be-yours.html

Thanks to the organizers for this years Bus City.

We took Serena up for the event which was out first VW Event.

Had a great time and met some very cool people.

Definitely looking forward to future events.

Arnold~

Camped at the Sea Rim State Park located in the South-East Corner of Texas near Port Arthur.  Port Arthur is the site of a loat of refinery work.  Sabine Pass has a history of being a valuable military asset since it is possible for boats to proceed up this river delta.  It was the site of a Civil War battle that the Confederacy won.   Near the memorial site are several large machines, perhaps they are drilling rigs under construction.

I stopped for barbecue at Vinces in Port Arthur…

After completing my visit in Alabama, I decided to head to Grand Isle State Park located on the southernmost road in Lousiana.  Grand Isle has a storied history, today it is mostly vacation homes called "camps" built on pillars to allow the flooding to pass undernearth.  Not as I imagined; no tall cypress trees with hanging moss.  The frequent hurricanes keep it trimed pretty flat. The nearby Inter Coastal Waterway is the site of a lot of tug boat activity and they work all night.  It was…

I planned to camp at the Jeff Busby site on the Natchez Trace but it seemed a little too barren and uninviting so I continued on and came across the Lake Choctaw federal campsite, not on the Rand McNally map, in the TOMIBGEE National Forest.  More tall trees, a local secret perhaps.  The camp ground host indicated that he had a nice bunch of regulars that took good care of the place.

The campsite ...…