Unless you're in Alpine country. They are rare but I guess nobody wants to max out at 40MPH. Even the standard reduction boxes from the early busses really made the buses buzz.. Hence all the cut wheel wells and "Jackmans" out back. I had a 61 Single Cab with them and just converting to standard reduction boxes made all the difference. Before that it would however climb like a billygoat even with a 40 horse.
-----Original Message-----
From: Denis Dodson
Sent: Mar 6, 2008 10:29 AM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty Good Bus Article
Alpines were what came off Murray. I was told that they were
rare, but I asked on the Samba and a place in California for someone to make an
offer and got negative response. Rare but worthless.
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Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 10:07
AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty Good Bus
Article
You've never driven a bus with Alpine redux boxes?
Humm
-----Original
Message----- From: sammie smith Sent:
Mar 6, 2008 9:54 AM To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tcb] Re:
Pretty Good Bus Article
Yeah, my oldest daughter lives in Pasadena
and she and her husband do the same thing and go to Santa Ynez all the
time. Think it is one of her favorite places. And yes, there are
a few places up there that I don't think a bus could make it, even in first
gear.
j duncan <whocanduncan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sammy:
Just do it! What a great trip!!! Me and Cindy lived in Ventura and Santa
Paula (10 miles inland) for 19 years and covered that same ground many
times. I have serious doubts a bus could make it up Stage Coach Road. .
.alive, that is. Boy, could we tell you stories. We lived 4 blocks up from
the Hells Angels HQ. We saw the Dead at the Fairgrounds (among other
places, of course). We backpacked every mountain range you'll see along
the way. And too many places to stop along the way. There's an original
Indian MC shop in Ventura called, appropriately enough, The Indian Shop.
And the best campgrounds (Lion's Camp north of Ojai). And the best
beaches, nude or otherwise (party on the Rincon, sunbathe on Black's
Beach, avoid Santa Barbara unless you like pickin' tar from your butt).
And the best side trips (Santa Ynez, home of the Hollywood Dutch, all the
missions along the way and the wineries, especially Fess Parker). . ..
And. . .. And. . .. And. . ..
Heck, if I weren't taking a To The
End Of The Earth & Back trip (St. Johns, Nova Scotia), I'd join you.
Too much to do with too little time and money to do it with.
Whaaa.
________________________________ Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008
06:59:58 -0800 From: atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty
Good Bus Article To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I agree with
Denis. I can't believe I just put that in print. Sounds like more fun in a
bus. You have the SO-42 made for trips like these.
-----
Original Message ---- From: Denis Dodson To:
tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2008 8:51:31 AM Subject:
[tcb] Re: Pretty Good Bus Article
Pfft! 4,500
miles in a Baja? Hotels the whole trip? Piece o' cake. Why not do it in
your camper? It's much more of an adventure in a bus. The danger of not
making it, of breaking down on a 500' cliff in Big Sur. There will be
vistas that you would never be able to study if you weren't stuck
behind a friggin' RV for 35 miles near Carmel. You could just pass him
in the Baja, and what fun is that? Sleeping in the bus in a roadside
stop and waking to the smell and barking of mating or fighting
sea lions. And there is always the adventure of crossing the
Continental Divide in a bus. That's an accomplishment, there's a TRIP
OF A LIFETIME. The Baja is nice, but it's still just driving around in
a nice old car.
4500 miles will beat me by 1000. I took 35
days. In the Baja you'll be back in a week.
----- Original
Message -----
From: sammie smith
To:
tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008
8:25 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty Good
Bus Article
OK, that article has some element of
encouragement, for I too am thinking of a road trip. No trailer, just
taking the Denis "Trip-of-a-lifetime." The CA Bug-In is Sunday April 6.
From April 7 to 11 there is the ultimate in VW cruises up the Pacific
Coast Highway from LA to San Francisco visiting such places as Pismo
Beach, Big Sur and Morrow Bay and returning to Ventura for the VW
Treffen X on Saturday April 12. Sort of along the way I need to make a
side trip to Durango CO. The entire trip would be approximately 4,500
miles. And no, not in a VW bus, but in the Baja. Should I do it? Well,
I am thinking about it strongly but not sure I want to attempt it or
not.
If you are interested in looking at the itinerary for
this amazing once-in-a-lifetime VW cruise go to Airhead Parts web site
and look it up www.airheadparts.com You can also see some details on
page 35 of the April issue of Hot VWs.
Sammie
Ronnie
Hughes
wrote:
http://www.carsthatmatter.com/blog/2008-02/westward-bound-from-florida-to-oregon-in-a-1977-volkswagen-bus/
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