I love air cooled buses......what are your thoughts? Anyone own one, or used to?
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How low those buses are to the ground is inversely proportional to how high their drivers are.My mountains are better than yours. -
Originally posted by bimmerphile
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I'd love to restore a 21-window if I had the time or money.
That being said, I'm really toying with the idea of picking up an early-mid 80's westfalia vanagon, starting to see them with rebuilt motors for not a lot of $$.
-CharlieSwing wild, brake later, don't apologize.
'89 324d, '76 02, '98 318ti, '03 Z4, '07 MCS, '07 F800s - Bonafide BMW elitist prick.FYYFFComment
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My dad has an 87 Westfalia camper...want's to stick a 944 engine in there.
I want to slap him.My mountains are better than yours.Comment
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944? Hmm..
The "cool" swap for the westies right now seems to be the 1.9 diesel out of the jettas. I have my eye on an 82 non-westie (with a sunroof!) with the diesel swap.
-CharlieSwing wild, brake later, don't apologize.'89 324d, '76 02, '98 318ti, '03 Z4, '07 MCS, '07 F800s - Bonafide BMW elitist prick.FYYFFComment
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BEERTECH
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Yup. 944 Turbo motor is what his mechanic is trying to convince him to do. That or a Jetta III swap.Originally posted by Charlie
I think he should get the 10 large out of the van and make a nice down payment on an X3...but he wants a Touareg....
I can't win.My mountains are better than yours.Comment
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Haha, pimpin.
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.A 944 motor, eh? That's one conversion I wasn't aware of. I have read about putting in a 2.0L 8-valve golf/jetta motor and there's also Porsche 911 engine conversions (read: not cheap)....but with the latter, think how quick that mo-fo can be.
I've always found the late model Crew Cabs kinda cool. Very utilitarian in many respects. With those fold down sides it should be easy to put a shifter kart in there 8)
JonRides...
1991 325i - sold :(
2004 2WD Frontier King Cab
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i'm with rob on this one.Originally posted by Rob173rd ABN
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The Combi and the Vanagon were the most purposeful vans of their time. TONS of space and no clutter. The combi would take any engine from a Nissan to a Porsche, just had to make sure you kept them cool.
Had my fair share of fun in both those vans as a teenager.
The a-team van was the best though, smoking tires and going sideways that thing was the best part of the a-team show. I used to rewind the Knight rider and A-team tapes soo much as a kid that they got f'ed :shock: (damn VHS ha ha)
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I would love one of those if I could find one. There's one up by me that I see all the time, saw this beauty on ebay, wicked price though.Originally posted by Jon325i.A 944 motor, eh? That's one conversion I wasn't aware of. I have read about putting in a 2.0L 8-valve golf/jetta motor and there's also Porsche 911 engine conversions (read: not cheap)....but with the latter, think how quick that mo-fo can be.
I've always found the late model Crew Cabs kinda cool. Very utilitarian in many respects. With those fold down sides it should be easy to put a shifter kart in there 8)
Jon
-CharlieSwing wild, brake later, don't apologize.'89 324d, '76 02, '98 318ti, '03 Z4, '07 MCS, '07 F800s - Bonafide BMW elitist prick.FYYFFComment
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The A team van couldnt make all that smoke under its own power and they had to use bleach.
Sold it.Comment
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