Leaving the frontier land Texas into Bible belt Oklhoma – a stark contrast
Day 5 – Texas into the Bible belt Oklahoma
Leaving Texas we were suddenlt struck with the predominance of huge man made crosses next to the road. This is a bible belt Christian area. Read the rest of this entry »
From Grants NM past Albuquerque and into Amarillo Texas
Day 4 driving Route 66 to the Big Texan Steak Ranch
We weren’t that enamoured with the KOA in Grants – there seemed to be an atmosphere of using this site as a stop over on your way somewhere else. Leaving Grants, a former Uranium mining town, we set off for the Rio Grande and Albuquerque – the largest city in New Mexico. Read the rest of this entry »
Leaving AZ and onto the arrow straight roads of New Mexico – day 3 of our Route 66 trip
Route 66 from AZ to New Mexico
Route 66 – sometimes called the Mother Road of America is one of the original US Highways spanning over 2000 miles from Chicago to LA. Here we travel from Flagstaff Arizona to Grants in New Mexico. Read the rest of this entry »
One of the wonders of the world – The Grand Canyon. Difficult to describe the shear size or scale of this land formation – you have to see it to believe it. breathtaking. Read the rest of this entry »
Want to see some awesome parts of America – this is how we bought a VW Camper near Vegas and proceeded to drive it across the middle of America to (eventually) North Carolina. Some highlights and pictures from this trip – including the challenges in a 40yr old VW. Read the rest of this entry »
Lowlight Bay Window Campervans are getting very desirable – this is ours
Havasu – our latest project – a 71 Westfalia VW Campervan
A pop top Campervan from Westfalia cemented Volkswagens postion in the recreational marketplace and here we take on perhaps one of the most popular of versions – a 1971 Westfalia Campervan or Campmobile. In this latest series of blogs we look at the purchase, our drive across America along Route 66 and our subsequent repair series of features on this EarlyBay Van. Read the rest of this entry »
The steps to getting an MOT, UK plates and then FOR SALE
Lenoir our Splitscreen 11window MOT and Sale
Getting Lenoir ready for sale meant going through lots of the smaller details to make ready for an MOT and then registering for UK plates with the DVLA. Read the rest of this entry »
Leaking oil onto the heat exchangers made driving this Bus almost impossible and dangerous here we rebuild on a budget
Air Cooled engine repair – Lenoir gets rebuilt
After driving Lenoir for 30 miles we quickly realised the oil leaks were fairly advanced and bad. A quick inspection shows the pushrod tubes needed replacing and to do this with original parts means cylinder heads off at least. Read the rest of this entry »
New reproductions – here we show the differences
Guide to Quarterlight Windows – repro or original parts
Vent windows, quarterlights, smokers windows – regardless these are the small opening windows at the leading edge of the front doors. They’re great for ventilation, don’t make that wind buffeting noise that is common on modern cars. Read the rest of this entry »
Rear end rust in our project Bus and the restoration of the corners
Lenoir – rear corner repairs to our campervan
In our series on VW Camper repair we turn our attention to the rear corners, first inspection after we bought the Bus home was not too bad. Oh dear. Read the rest of this entry »
Easley
Previously Owned
67 13w
DragBus