A quick note I wanted to share from a customer that I just got: Headed up the Oregon coast to Portland and then back to New Mexico. >3000 miles round trip. I'm no "mechanic" (had troubles with burping the cooling system), but I have learned about eve

I just ran across a post on theSamba in which conversions were being discussed. One quote popped out at me because while it's not uncommon, it is the single root of so much known and largely unknown misery in vanagonland that it needs to be addressed

We want to avoid turning Vanagon people into car hobbyists organically. That's the hard way. Eventually we all learn that as the car hobby depth increases, it actually turns into more down time and less travelling, for a painfully long period of lear

Someone recentaly asked this question on the Samba, and I replied with the following. It reflects my philosophy on building vanagons: I’ve seen several charts showing power bands but what would be optimal? The westy is heavy and bad uphill. Goo