keith. sweet buy. i truly am jealous of not only the camper but also the fact that you can do that whole car/camping thing.
Best of luck to you and janel and up coming adventures
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Dec. 11, 2011 8:15 p.m. CarKid1989 Dork
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Dec. 11, 2011 8:21 p.m. Woody SuperDork
Love the brown van!
Keith, check to see if they route all the juice through the brake light switch (a lot of VW and Porsche products do). If so, brake light switches burn out frequently. Add a relay and you'll never have to change a switch again.
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Dec. 11, 2011 8:27 p.m. JoeyM SuperDork
Nice. I think that really looks like a lot of fun.
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Dec. 11, 2011 9:17 p.m. pigeon Dork
Nice buy! You know, plaid fabric is relatively cheap and you've done upholstery before IIRC. Or you could cover the seats to match the Caddy's dash.
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Dec. 11, 2011 10:12 p.m. Keith SuperDork
The upholstery is too good to tear out. But the dash does need recovering. And just wait until you see the floor I put in today
I'm thinking it would be fun to make a mobile tiki bar out of this thing.
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Dec. 11, 2011 10:18 p.m. monark192 HalfDork
Keith wrote:
Yes, for once I'm making the practical choice.
Who are you and what have you done with the real Keith Tanner?
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Dec. 11, 2011 10:52 p.m. Luke SuperDork
Awesome buy
. I think the square ones are way cooler than the 'kombi' vans, anyway, (early split windscreens excluded).
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Dec. 11, 2011 11:32 p.m. DoctorBlade Dork
Nice. The only thing I recall about the one I ever rode in was that it had a great turning radius for a van.
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Dec. 12, 2011 4:08 a.m. bludroptop SuperDork
Same price as the green bay window? Yer kiddin'. That's what we call a 'no brainer' around here, or air-cooled prices are riding one hell of a bubble.
Well bought, as they say.
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Dec. 12, 2011 9:13 a.m. Karl La Follette Dork
Must resist LINK
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Dec. 12, 2011 11:13 a.m. imirk Reader
Karl La Follette wrote:
Must resist LINK
Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.
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Dec. 12, 2011 7:15 p.m. DaewooOfDeath HalfDork
Good buy.
Personally, I would be super tempted to duplicate the green plaid. If you're going to drive a camper van, the so ugly it's cute theme is a natural choice in my opinion.
Sort of like these guys.
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Dec. 12, 2011 8:40 p.m. Keith SuperDork
I'm not sure this van has the innate funkiness to pull off green plaid. It'll go a different way. First I'm going to work on practicality so it works well at its intended purpose - that's akin to sorting the handling on a new track toy, really - then comes the fun. Although it could be argued that the wood floor I installed in the van's, umm, "living room" on Sunday is a bit fun.
The Boonie Bug is awesome. It would be like being in a Barbarella movie or Space 1999 all the time.
