[tcb] Re: Alpine gears
- From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:53:50 -0600
Nine years too late.
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From: ATX BUS
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:51 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Alpine gears
I forgot you were running a swing axle. Also, I found this wanted ad if you
still have those gears.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/pts/591475989.html
----- Original Message ----
From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2008 2:45:50 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Alpine gears
No. But I did notice a big speed difference when I gave the boxes away and
installed a swing axle kit.
----- Original Message -----
From: ATX BUS
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:41 PM
Subject: [tcb] Alpine gears
Denis--Did you change the gears or the entire box? Did you notice a big
difference in top speed when you changed to a standard RGB?
----- Original Message ----
From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2008 11:26:29 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty Good Bus Article
I think it might have been a part number. This all happened about 9 years
ago. I hardly knew what a RGB did.
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From: sammie smith
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 10:34 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty Good Bus Article
OK, Will and Denis: I learn something new about busses every day (well,
at least once a week). What are Alpine redux boxes (I assume lower ratio) but
how in the heck would you tell by looking?
Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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.
----- Original Message -----
From: Will Wood
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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.
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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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