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“sad old fart syndrome” “Also known as ‘SOFS’, this chronic condition afflicts much of the EarlyBay.com membership ranks” - BBC Documentary, “The Heartbreak of SOFS”

I will be attending too. Driving my ‘71 from near Palm Springs.

Are they compatible with an alternator?

Firesign Theater Jack Poet Ad #2: My Dog Nurgi

Here in the Colonies, we’re only required to have a handgun, some shi**y beer and condoms. One piece of unsolicited advice that I would offer is to also attach red, reflective, adhesive strips to your door jams and the underside of your bus’s hood (bonnet).

It is likely that your grubby, little fingers have, over the years, rubbed away the white bits of the dashboard light switch black knob inserts. Bus OK! in Germany has sourced some repros that fit nicely into the rubber light switch surrounding. They’re reasonably priced at 6,34 €, which is...

Traitor.

We only do this because you forgot to capitalize “Yanks”.

Here, down in southern California, camping season is just beginning. There’s no rain in the forecast. It’s warm and sunny. While I am not keen on loaning out my Earlybay, there is a deal that I thought that someone could benefit from. Escape Campervans has an off-season deal that starts at...

Don’t be like me.

Greetings! I’m in the Palm Springs area.

Will you be able to make it to Yuma this winter?

The Northern Lights came to the Southern California high desert! (Sorry about that ratty old VW in the photo)

Here’s a good deal for someone. £13331.84 This bus is nearby me in the California desert. That means: no rust! Fly to LAX, drive this bus to the port and ship it home. After that, you can laugh (“ha ha!”) at your mates with all thier rotisseries, welders and spot-welded body panels. (And no...

Too late. I rang them up this morning. They said that they’d get right on it. For my own US-spec ‘71, I swapped out the front indicator bulbs with amber ones. I swapped out the rear side-marker bulbs with LED ones in red. I also inserted a scrap of ruby red theatrical light gel as the dyes on...

Sounds familiar. Bus wouldn’t start with my pricey-ass gel battery. With jump leads it started and ran fine. Charged fine. Ran it for about 45 minutes. Should have been plenty. Then, it would crank, but not start. Rinse, repeat. Frustration. Finally put a load test on it. 10 volts...

35 years for the current bus, but I’ve owned VW campers nonstop since 1976.

“now when I steer to the left the wheels turn to the right and vice versa.” One good turn deserves another.

Yes: swap distributors.