My folks bought a 67 back in 72. I was 12. The engine went the next year, the dealer replaced it. I rebuilt it at 16. I learned on that bus. After installing radial tires the family joke was that tires lasted longer than the engines. It became mine in 78 and I sold it in 81 due to excessive rust. After that I had a 70 and later a 72. When I got the first water cooled vanagon (an 84) after few years I realized that trip preparation no longer included a pre-trip valve job. I miss those buses. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Marc Perdue Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:42 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Van on Bring a Trailer That brings back memories... We bought one new in '62 when I was 5 and I loved it! Not Dad. After having to have two valve jobs in two years, he decided it wasn't up to the task of driving our family of 6 and all of our camping gear across the U.S., so we got a Rambler station wagon in '64. Sigh... Marc
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>wrote: > http://bringatrailer.com/2012/11/29/1965-vw-21-window-bus/ > > -- > roger w > From Proverbs: > Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a > servant who becomes king ... > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving.ca/ View the growing list > of video work at: > http://www.youtube.com/user/LastonLastof#g/u > http://vimeo.com/42309497 > > http://www.prpeak.com/articles/2010/11/29/multimedia/video/doc4c62e5f8 > 0d228504902172.txt > |
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