The book How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive - A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures For the Complete Idiot - John Muir, was recommended to us by Gene. He has been a tremendous help with all our questions. I personally want to thank him for keeping Marilyn from buying every bus she sees! [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Things to Look For . . .
Posted in the begining, tagged bus, maintence, Muir, repair, VW on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Research Continued - Sundial, Westy, S023
Posted in the begining, tagged Camper Box, S023, Sundial, Westfalia, Westy on January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sundial –Edgemont California
Also based on Panel Van distinctive features were 5 Jalousie windows. Kombi & Microbus were also converted. Walls paneled in Ash Plywood (like Westy) Vinyl Flooring.
Westfalia Campers
Leading the Way – Westfalia Werks was founded by Johann Knobel in 1844, as a blacksmiths & agricultural tool factory. They made harnesses and horse-drawn carts. At [...]
Engine & Gears
Posted in the begining, tagged 12v, 6v, bus, Camper, splittie, splitty, Volkswagen, VW on January 29, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m feeling kinda bad that we didn’t work on this yesterday…. I need not get too anal about his…Marilyn is going to finish the campers so I moved on. I feel like I need to understand the different engines, gears, and such. We see a lot of ads with terms such as “highway [...]
VW Camper Research
Posted in the begining, tagged Westy, Sundial, Westfalia, VW, bus, Riviera, Devon, Moortown, Dormobile, WZ Camper, Kombi, Beaverton on January 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well… Marilyn found a book at the Chicago Public Library it is called VW Camper - The Inside Story by David Eccles. This comprehensive book helped us sort out the Westfalia from the Sundial to a Riveria.
From that book we learned . . . .
In 1951 Westfalia introduced the first VW camper. [...]
Pursuing the Quest for the Family Bus
Posted in the begining, tagged Begining, SO23 on January 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It has been about a week since we caught the “bus fever.” We all have it, Marilyn and I email stuff back and forth all day, Taylor is looking for buses on his PSP, Clay is helping me. We thought that since the SUV is on its last legs that we needed a road-trip vehicle. [...]
