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buses while traveling Europe plus a visit to Kleft/Klok
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:35 am
by Bleyseng
Well we are on our way from Amsterdam to Constanza, Portugal for a wedding and we created a game. Yep, we keep score on how many buses we see and also Vanagon.
So far:
7 Bay Westys in nice condition
11 Vanagons mostly Westys in good to excellent
Re: Buses I see while traveling Europe
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 6:12 pm
by Boxcar
WestyBays and Vanawesties Nice.
Portugal Nice.
Bley ! ON
Re: Buses I see while traveling Europe
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:32 pm
by glasseye
OK, what's the plural of "Vanagon" ?
Re: Buses I see while traveling Europe
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 7:33 am
by Bleyseng
I am in southern Spain now and the count is:
10 Baywindow buses
13 Vanagon campers
Re: Buses I see while traveling Europe
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:40 pm
by weisswurst
just got back from Germany last night and it was,
5 Vanagons (some high tops)
2 Westy Vanagon
2 Vanagon Dokas with canopy tilts
oh yeah and 2 in a junkyard that i
took diesel parts off (mostly cooling hoses)
I have pics if anyone wants to see them of one vanagon that was a cool solid door
solid back window (metal) with a wall behind the driver too!
Re: Buses I see while traveling Europe
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:10 pm
by Jivermo
Post the pics, please, Jeff.
Re: Buses I see while traveling Europe
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:26 pm
by Bleyseng
The count now is after traveling thru Spain and France:
17 Vanagons
14 Bay windows mostly Westy's with 1600 type one engines.
pictures of the vans and buses I don't have as they are on the road. Pics of everything else I have tons of. We are now in Brussels, one of my favorite cities to visit ever!
Re: Buses I see while traveling Europe
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:41 am
by Bleyseng
Going to visit KieftandKlock's shop tomorrow so I'll take some pics then of all the VW stuff.
Re: Buses I see while traveling Europe
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 7:04 pm
by Jivermo
Which reminds me:
I arrived in Frankfurt, West Germany in May of 1968 to begin a tour of duty with the US Army. A OD Green Army bus picked us up at Rhine Main Airport to take us into town. When we got into downtown Frankfurt, one of the new arrivals, a hillbilly from Arkansas, said, " Jesus, look at all the foreign cars!"
Re: Buses I see while traveling Europe
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:34 am
by Bleyseng
- The shop
Today we made the hour drive down to Renkom to visit Kieft and Klok which has a ton of Bus stuff. Great fun plus I picked up a set of Westy carpeting for my 77 to replace the old worn stuff. Looked at the restored and unrestored bus for sale (about 30) in the back and got to talk to the guys for a bit.
Here are some pics:
Re: Buses I see while traveling Europe
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:36 am
by Bleyseng
The front office/shop where they keep all the weird and rare parts and odd ball stuff
Re: Buses I see while traveling Europe
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:37 am
by Bleyseng
a cheap restored Westy
Re: Buses I see while traveling Europe
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:39 am
by Bleyseng
stock 77 Berlin Westy
Re: Buses I see while traveling Europe
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:40 am
by Bleyseng
Now a pic of the ultra rare headlight washers
Re: Buses I see while traveling Europe
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:41 am
by Bleyseng
the tank inside