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Tc`s Vanagon replica
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 9:45 pm
by TCvanagon
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:04 pm
by Brian
Awesome Tommy, Great work!
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:27 pm
by wwmd
Oh, wow. This is beyond awesome. THIS IS SUPERB! How does it drive? And where's the helicopter to match it?
--Sammy
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 8:10 am
by Styles Bitchley
Fabulous! The Westie is way more useful than the Vanagon. Looks great in the Island Hoppers colour scheme.
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 1:33 pm
by Waterbug Blue
Beautifully done! I suppose you get a lot of envious looks!
Re: Tc`s Vanagon replica
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 3:33 pm
by Pahonu
Your Westy looks great. I have an '88 one myself, but it's not deisel. My family camps in it all the time, in fact, we are going to Palomar Observatory in San Diego this weekend. Wish we were there last weekend for the eclipse. Oh well. Do you camp in it much?
I don't think my wife would go for the color scheme. Besides, mine is blue and the new paint scheme would look awful with the interior. I noticed yours was white before. Alot more options when repainting.
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 11:39 pm
by TCvanagon
There have been some trips in the Norwegian mountains. I've also been in Germany and Austria. It is a perfect car when I am out and kite surfing. Most VW vanagon here in Norway are diesel. It is too expensive with petrol. (about 11 U.S. dollars per U.S. gallon.) My wife does not like the colors on the car, but I do. Original color is L90D, white. Here's a link before the car became TC's vanagon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFMYTCmd ... ture=g-upl
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 4:28 am
by Waterbug Blue
Another beautiful video - so it did have a different color slide door and ist 'used' to contrast
Well TC's Hughes color scheme certainly is an eye catcher - and from your video documentation, it looks expertly done! Hope your wife will at some stage at least get used to it (and feel like home when watching the Magnum episodes
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Enjoy the road!
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 3:54 pm
by Pahonu
TCvanagon wrote:There have been some trips in the Norwegian mountains. I've also been in Germany and Austria. It is a perfect car when I am out and kite surfing. Most VW vanagon here in Norway are diesel. It is too expensive with petrol. (about 11 U.S. dollars per U.S. gallon.) My wife does not like the colors on the car, but I do. Original color is L90D, white. Here's a link before the car became TC's vanagon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFMYTCmd ... ture=g-upl
Kite surfing looks so cool. I've done a bit of wind surfing, but never kite surfing. I also sail quite a bit and see all the kite surfers here in Long Beach, CA. It's a great venue for sailing of any type: calm waters protected by the breakwater, steady, reliable afternoon breezes, sailing weather year round. Kite sailing really took of here about 7 or 8 years ago. I was sailing with a friend and I saw a guy shoot past. It was pretty impressive. Maybe some day.
How much is deisel in comparison to petrol?
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 5:10 pm
by Styles Bitchley
Here's some interesting data on the price of gas around the world:
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/05/hi ... y-country/ (Norway is most expensive). No details on diesel though.
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 1:26 am
by Majordomo
Nice van.
And that;s some swingin' music Hep Cat!