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Been a while

Long time since I posted to RAMVA, or even lurked.

So I have a question, and I know what I propose is just WRONG, but perhaps the wise ones hear can help me mitigate the damage.

The 71 bus needs to move from the shelter of the car port, between the 3 motorcycles, pottery wheel, 5 bicycles, utility trailer, and 64 bug, somethings got to give.

The proposal is to move the 71 Adventurewagen under the evergreen tree and make a permnant camp in the back yard....

This bus is basically faded, rust free (minimal), motor has less than 4k on it, new front steering, ball joints, etc, rough interior, stove works, missing rear seat, complete, last registered in June 2001. Full tank of fuel with sta-bil, battery on a tender. I'd drive it most anywhere after a quick fix up.

So what is the best way to store this under a pine tree?

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TIA,

Bryan

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Bryan
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Don't know about under a pine tree but storing a 63 Caravelle Camper at a friends shop/my garage is not the plan. Ran when parked but that was years ago. Time sure does escape when you have a house full of kids and bills to pay. By the time I get away from work, any ambitious thoughts have long since evaporated in the Texas heat. Andy

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Uhhh, thats home.comcast.net\~nestle12

Bryan

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Bryan

Hey Bryan - The following has worked for me in the past and may work for you:

My previous neighbors were older people that had given up driving because of old age. They no longer had a real need for their garage so I asked if I could rent it for car storage. I was pretty friendly with them (would usually showel their walkways when it snowed) so they had no problem with it. Worth a try..

Remco

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Remco

There is the problem, all the older neighbors are gone... I will too soon be the "older neighbor". Hehe.

Thanks for the shoveling the snow, I used to do the same. A simple but important gesture. Karma, ya know.

Bryan

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Bryan

You're an "older neighbor", Bryan?? And yet you sound so young.. :) It is all in how old you feel, right?

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remco

you should replace the "www" with "home" so folks can see your website.

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KWW

Who did your paint? Looks nice. Mine has faded after about 2.5 years, but at least the bastard is out of business... the coke head... wish I had known that he got hooked on drugs a few months before I brought the car in to get painted... his work went from "great" to "great job hiding the shoddy work" in no time flat.

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KWW

Nice job on that bug restoration, Bryan! What did you have to do to get it to look that way?

Remco

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Remco

Well, since you asked... I paid about $1k for the bug, it ran, the dashboard was unmolested, and had little rust.

Disassembled the car and cleaned everthing. Bought all kinds of parts from Aircooled.net. Found seat covers at a swap meet. Used a fair amount of bondo on dents and dings. Bought a Harbor Freight welder, thinking I would learn to weld while patching the rust. Quickly gave up on that idea. I went with sheet metal and pop rivets. Paint by Maaco, is already fading since those pictures were taken. Towed the car to my friend Tony in Phoenix, since I could not get it run right or get the clutch to work. He went the extra mile and rebuilt the entire motor, put in a late model clutch and 12 volt starter. He fabricated a late model 12 volt wiper system. Found the really nice bumbers for me and painted the wheels.

Total cost, including the flight to Phoenix and Uhaul rental to tow it home was under $6k.

Bryan

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Bryan

That is the cheap Maaco paint job, which 2 years later is fading badly. Oh well, it was a low budget resto.

Bryan

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Bryan

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