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    Newbie

    Welcome Ben, good pictures taken on the beach. They have a vintage look to those, could be anytime since 1970 Where is that?
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    High is the new Low - my 71 camper

    “Patina” has to start somewhere….but I’d still be fuming, & probably thinking about doing a 4th stripe now.
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    Parts Wanted SORTED NOW Seal for under dash fresh air duct

    Thanks for that link. Bus-ok.nl were about the only place I could find it listed online, but seem to be currently OOS. Plus price with import to UK would soon add up, so I hoped to try here first where I might find a reasonably priced used one in the UK. Ironically in my day job I design the...
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    Parts Wanted SORTED NOW Seal for under dash fresh air duct

    I realised the ductwork under the dash of our 1970 microbus was not done properly. So i have been gradually collecting the correct bits. I need the seal that goes onto the end of ducts 211 259 235/236 which feed fresh air up to the windscreen corners/vents that blow in your face. I have tracked...
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    Our 1970 Microbus - North East UK

    Hello Huey, Thanks for the compliment & tips on club meets. We used to go to Geordie Buggers club at Consett about 30yrs ago but fizzled out as seemed we were the only aircooled or sometimes even only VW ever there. Our last visit was their cruise through Roker Illuminations in 1993. I wasn't...
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    Our 1970 Microbus - North East UK

    The guy selling & his mate who did all the work wanted a last run out in it, so chose the show as an opportunity. They’d just had the engine out recently for sorting a few leaks, so was a chance to make sure all was good.
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    Our 1970 Microbus - North East UK

    Thanks to each one of you for taking the time to leave those kind words and encouragement. I’ll try and respond to a few specific remarks here; @VeeDubKate i ‘m pretty sure we passed you in your excellent adventurewagon on the way out of dubs int dales a fortnight ago. You won’t have noticed us...
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    Our 1970 Microbus - North East UK

    Having joined on here about 3 years back, my wife & i finally took the plunge & bought our 1970 microbus. It was a cali import 8-10 years ago, & restored locally about 2-3 yrs back. We'd seen photos of it stripped out & bare metalled during that process. We'd been planning to restore the 1963...
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    69 Tin top westy. Fully restored. beautiful condition.

    I guess from others posters attempts, this has sold, but would like to know for sure please. Andrew
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