Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:05:35 -0600
Reply-To: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
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From: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Your GoWesty Engine...how do you like it?
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My van smells like smoke and I'm proud of it.............
Miguel
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Peter T. Owsianowski
<pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Mr. Squirrel:
> There was another vehicle in the mix next to us and our friends and their
> kids/dog slept in a tent. We had had JoesVan and everyone stayed in it or
> under the ShadyBoy all day. The breeze took the smoke right the other way
> all day, so we got the heat, no smoke. Fire was outside the Shadyboy -
> close enough to catch some radiant heat. Just one of those bus memories
> that makes you smile.
>
>
> Pete
> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
> WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
> camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Arranging 8 kids and 2 dogs and a fire under/in a Shady Boy and a van musta
>> took some doing. Did the van smell like smoke the rest of the year?
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>> Bend, OR
>> KG6RCR
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/12/2009 5:30 PM Peter T. Owsianowski wrote:
>>
>> Once in the Mannistee Nat'l Forest - 2nd day of two-tracking, it began to
>>> rain shorty after breakfast. 4 adults, 4 kids, 2 dogs. We sat under the
>>> Shadyboy in a soft rain (most of the day. Had a nice little fire that
>>> kept
>>> going in the rain, smoke going the other way. Had a nice Monopoly game,
>>> beers, lunch. Kids played cards in the bus, parents sat out under the
>>> awning. Have not been able to repeat that as our kids moved into the
>>> teenage years, the rain made it really difficult to keep them interested.
>>>
>>> Pete
>>> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
>>> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
>>> WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Jake de Villiers <
>>> crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Play music, read, play Scrabble, tell stories, bake bread, play euchre,
>>>> write a song, play chess, go for a walk, argue about
>>>> hockey/baseball/politics/war/premarital sex/the meaning of meaning...gee
>>>> Mike, I thought you were all grown-up! =)
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
>>>> camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Okay guys, plenty of you have provided encouraging and enlightening
>>>>> words
>>>>> in favor of camping in the rainy condition.
>>>>>
>>>>> So -- followup question:
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you find fun or satisfying to do when sitting under your van's
>>>>> awning in the rain? Once the novelty has passed and you're beginning to
>>>>> notice that it's kinda cold, damp, and gray.
>>>>>
>>>>> I gotta sell my son on the idea.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>>>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>>>> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>>>>> Bend, OR
>>>>> KG6RCR
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/28/2009 8:59 AM RICHARD KOERNER wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve,
>>>>>
>>>>>> You wrote, "...In May, I took my camper to GoWesty to have the new
>>>>>> higher-compression engine put in along with a lot of other work....."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SO...tell me about that engine! Is it the 2.3? You must have
>>>>>>
>>>>> previously
>>>>
>>>>> had (like I do) the 1.9; how do you like the new one? How much did it
>>>>>>
>>>>> cost?
>>>>
>>>>> Running higher octane like they recommend? How does it perform on long
>>>>>> grades? What other stuff did they "strongly recommend" with the new
>>>>>>
>>>>> engine,
>>>>
>>>>> and how much did all that cost?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My 1.9 is running great, but at 174,000 miles on original everything
>>>>>> (motorwise), I've got to really start planning for the future. Subie
>>>>>>
>>>>> seems
>>>>
>>>>> too complicated and expensive, no Zetec here in Southern California, not
>>>>>> interested in the inline-4 route, so a "better" wasserboxer like
>>>>>> GoWesty
>>>>>> offers seems the cleanest solution. And, I would have them do the
>>>>>>
>>>>> install
>>>>
>>>>> work for me, they're only 250 miles away.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rich
>>>>>> 85 Vanagon GL
>>>>>> San Diego
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jake
>>>>
>>>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>>>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>>>>
>>>> Crescent Beach, BC
>>>>
>>>> www.thebassspa.com
>>>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>>>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
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