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Well , the weekend started on Friday morning . We have so many bikes built that we are having to make work . Nah , I don't think so . Time means more to me than that . My time , that is .
Anyway for over a year now I have been looking for a VeeDub Bus and last Wednesday I found out some friends of ours were going to finally sell her van . She either bought it in 72 or 75 , I'll have to get that straight one of these days , it is a 71 Bay Window bus . So after leaving work after being clocked in for a whole 15 minutes . I went out and started hustling my Camaro off . By the afternoon I had it sold and went over and bartered on the bus .
Ending up getting it for $300 less than the asking price .........
Leaving me to be the 3rd owner and it is in almost pristine condition .
Of course I've already started dialing it in and I will post some pics someday soon . After I get it looking a little more like the '60s...............
I know , I know , that this is a bike forum , however this is the soapbox and it's all fair game to me anyway .
Needless to say I am really jazzed .
Cause ya see , this is gonna be my last cage and with only 3000 miles on a rebuilt motor ...............ya , you do the math.........
Kind regards, Wizzard

Congrats. I've been trying to find an IRS beetle for awhile since my 73 took a dodge intrepid to the door almost 2 years ago. My 73 just acts as a storage container for a 1776 with about 3k miles on it (I put a built 1776 in it shortly after I bought it).

I used to be a regular on www.shoptalkforums.com

Man, you gotta put up some pics of that thing, Wiz. Especially after you hippy it up some.

We had some wild times in my buddie's Magic Bus in high school....

Awesome Wiz ... I have a '79 Westfalia camper van sitting on the tarmac in the good ole USA waiting for an engine transplant . I have a porsche engine for it sitting right next tot he body ... Just ran out of time before I had to come to italy

Hope you have much more fun with yours than I'm having with mine

Thanx Bros .
Regards, Wizz

My 73 beetle is sitting in the garage waiting for a new beetle to replace it.

Beetles in good shape are hard to come by around here, unless you want to spend a small fortune.

Hey Tech which porsche engine is going in your westy? Is it just the type 4 or is it an actual 911 6 cylinder

BuzZz wrote:Man, you gotta put up some pics of that thing, Wiz. Especially after you hippy it up some.

We had some wild times in my buddie's Magic Bus in high school....

That's funny cause I call mine "Da Magic Bus"...........
So far I have installed a new fuel pump , fan belt , all new lamp bulbs and fuses . Set the valves and adjusted the carb more to my liking . I also cut up a Persian rug and carpeted it . Eliminated the center back seat and kept the one at the extreme rear .
This weekend I am going to polish it out and wax it .
Gonna have to lower the front end as soon as I can find an economical way to do it .
Regards, Wizzard

'The Who' blasting through the speakers, knives on the gas stove, billowing clouds rolling out the door.... that's about how I remember most weekends in high school.

Magic Bus just fits 'em so perfectly.......

Hot kniving , now there's something I haven't done in a long while.........

Wizzard wrote:Hot kniving , now there's something I haven't done in a long while.........

Definitely a game for young lungs.....