Hey ya’ll! Marilyn here, Timmy usually puts up all the posts, but I thought I’d send you a Happy Leap Day story I had a dream we were cleaning Kermit the other nite, Timmy was outside spraying me with the hose, and I was inside Kermit, cleaning him up. Too surreal!
Anyway, so 4 [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Leap into Sadie Hawkin’s Day!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Other Odds and Ends to Consider
Posted in the begining on February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well we have Kermit…almost… as soon as the loan is processed, which should be next week. We need to start thinking about some of the other things that we need. Woody got the gas gauge to work, by sacrificing the sending unit from his own bus. We still need to fix the [...]
What Will The Interior Look Like??
Posted in the begining, tagged bus, cabinet, conversion, interior, panel, samba, splitty, VW on February 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We sent Woody some plans for the interior of the bus. We sent a scaled down version and the “ultimate” version. One thing that was pointed out to us by Gene was the louvered vents in the back of the bus.
He questioned what what would keep out the cold. These louvers are [...]
Unique Volks and their Vdubs
Posted in Fun Stuff on February 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Here are a couple of interesting VW’s I have come across over the weekend. The first one is a 1942 Schwimmwagen.
Specifications
The VW-Schwimmwagen was an amphibious vehicle used extensively by the German Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the Second World War. It was mechanically based on the Kübelwagen (which in turn was based on the [...]
His Name is Kermit
Posted in the begining, tagged 1963, bus, conversion, kermit, panel, VW on February 22, 2008 | No Comments »
We got a great review of the of the bus from our scouts. Their reports are as follows:
“It was very clean exterior, rode in it, it goes good, the engine is clean, not oily or gunky.
Underneath they crawled up under there, no heavy oil leaks or anything.
The right rear wheel, a little oil, could [...]
Did We Find One !?
Posted in the begining on February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
We are very excited! We may have found the family bus. I don’t want to give too many details, or pics yet since it is not a done deal. Besides we need to wait until 2/19 for Mercury Retrograde to pass before making any decisions. I will say it it is a 1963 and we [...]
Before You Leave . . . . .
Posted in Checklist, tagged air cooled, beer, Bell's, brewery, kalamazoo, Michigan, rescue, squad on February 12, 2008 | No Comments »
The more we lean about the bus community the more we are finding it is like one big family! In our quest for our bus we were advised to “print out an AIRS list” before we embark on any trip. Well, we scratched our heads trying to figure out what that exactly meant [...]
Fraud
Posted in the begining, tagged Cardiff, Classic, Fraud, New york, samba on February 10, 2008 | No Comments »
We found our first fraudulent bus listing today. We found a 23 window Samba listed in New York for $4900.00! For those in the know…. the bus in this condition is 30k+. I showed this listing to Marilyn and was all excited. She noticed that the pictures had a Cardiff Classics [...]
Wakarusa Music & Camping
Posted in Things To Do, tagged anniversary, chicago, Michfest, SXSW, Wakarusa on February 6, 2008 | No Comments »
We’re on this great list called the Buskatiers, and several of them posted a cool upcoming musical extravaganza called Wakarusa, 6/5-6/8 this year, which is a Native American word meaning “Ass-deep”. Its held in the Lawrence Kansas area, and refers to the Wakarusa River, which, oddly enough, is [...]
What Will We Do?
Posted in Things To Do, tagged arizona, buses by the bridge, buskatiers, lake havasu, ohio valley tribe;), samba, Westfalia, yellowstone park on February 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As folks are planning their 2008 camping season, we are beginning to see some of the activities that they have planned. I have spent hours visiting websites, reading reports, and looking at pictures. How did we find all of these events? Well, we belong to the following Yahoo groups: Ohio Valley Tribe, [...]
