Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:16:45 EDT
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From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject: Back from Everybus
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Got back home yesterday at 2 pm ! Long trip home, visiting a cousin in
Raleigh, getting Rita & Ina to the beach on the Outer Banks, getting a speeding
ticket in Delaware on the way to Long Island to see Tim's Carat that I will be
buying, taking the ferry off Long Island to Bridgeport to avoid the traffic
mess going back "the other way", then having the boot between the air filter
and throttle body pop off after a gas stop causing the van to lurch and
stumble into heavy traffic....pretty scary there......had to unload all the
luggage to get to that one....easy fix though and then back North to the
Aderondacks where there was still ice & snow.....where were my socks ??.....after
having spent the previous night in New Jersey where the temps went up to 90 ! The
Westy with Boston Bob's Big Valve Engine and performanced chipped computer's
first real road trip, performed very well and YES the oil pressure is good
now, 37 lbs at 4000 rpm when hot, after switching to 5w50 Mobil 1 before
setting out. Nwly painted Carat wheels and new Euro Metric Radial tires obtained
from Chris worked just fine. Unknown Euro Metric Radials that were on the
alloys seem to work good on a loaded to the gills Westy under all conditions I
put them through. Little noisy compared to my previous Michelins though.
Big time congratulations to Chris and all his gang for a great event. Those
if you who missed _EB04_ (http://www.everybus.com/) , you'd better get there
next year ! Too bad my door prizes got lost but an e-mail message from Judy
yesterday saying they were finally found in her van was good. They will be
used at the next event ! Great to meet so many whom I've communicated with
over the years on the Lists ! Joy, who's getting her van together for a great
adventure, Larry who's on an adventure and is "The" adventure, I like the
shower set-up ! Karl's really bright blue fridge light. AJ and all who helped
with his engine problems providing the "Real" reality show. Rita & Ina who
went thru a bottle of Vodka Thursday evening......hummmmmmm! Ina who kept
hounding me all day Friday to fix her van's stuttering problem, turned out to
be a bad fuel pressure regulator. Thanks to Jamie who had the bright idea to
pinch the return hose and boost the pressure and that temporarily fixed the
regulator for some unknown reason until Ina got a new one. I installed it for
her over on the beach on the Outer Banks.....how did we got ll the way over
there ?????? that's a whole 'nother story. The Potts Family camp......wow !
Us Canadians showed-em how to travel. We had a large contingency, taking up
one entire corner of the campground and some of us even sang "O Canada" at
the Saturday nite door prize draw festivities. Richard Palmer for making a
really great T-shirt, hope you & Krispy Kreme don't get into a battle ! The
people who brought the Vanagon Syncro Double Cab Hunter model pulling the
Westfalia travel trailer.....way too cool. The fellow with the '80 Vanagon with
1.6 l air-cooled engine, RH drive, cable clutch and Ireland camper
conversion by "Spacemaker", talk about different ! Ben (The Corrupter) for showing us
all that it's not that far from Montreal to Everybus.... he and Larry make a
good couple !! Lousie for helping diagnose the problem with Ina's bus and
playing good guitar and mandolin with the Bluegrass band Saturday night.
Gerry for being a really bad music stand..... drink less and you'll hold te book
steadier next time ! The cooks who made the Friday & Saturday morning
breakfasts......yum......overload.....next time the tortillas need to be WAY
bigger ! George for being George. Andre with his newly Subie powered '87 Syncro
on its maiden voyage.....without problems I heard last nite !! And, all the
others you know who you are.
As Ben said, hope to see you all at _BusFusion_
(http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) here in Almonte in June for more good times !
Cheers,
Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 10 ~ 13, 2004
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains
Member: _Vanagon List_ (http://www.vanagon.com/) , _LiMBO_
(http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/) , _IWCCC_ (http://www.westfalia.qc.ca/) & _CCVWC_
(http://www.ccvwc.ca/)
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
_STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Mufflers_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm)
_Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
or http://frankcondelli.com
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