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n2wheelies
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he was awesome, 1641 baby webers with a freeflyer and external secondary cooler with a thermostat. went 65 mph all day long in 105 F weather...
chicks dug him, dudes handed me doobies at intersections more than once... just saying.
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Pinetops
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| Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 4:15 pm Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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I love it.
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BarryL 
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Location: Casa de Oro, California
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| Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 6:51 pm Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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Columbia river? Killer camper. |
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cru62
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| Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 10:58 pm Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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Is that an original flip-seat or one of the recent repros? Nice ride. The pop top in a pamper is genius!
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peecee69
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Location: Annapolis, MD/Bloomfield Hills, MI
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 4:52 am Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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| Looks exactly like the bus in the (currently) last post in the movie thread. |
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Malokin Martin
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Location: E-burg
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 8:08 am Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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Columbia river? Killer camper. |
Ah the gorge... I was their Funnel Cake Technician from 2002-2005. Good years. By the way... Never eat a funnel cake from there... ever
nice bus by the way |
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velvetgreen
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Location: Canada
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 10:17 am Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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SO34/42/Panel ??  Very slick |
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n2wheelies
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Location: newport beach, ca
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 2:47 pm Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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thanks guys, it is the one in the movie, and the seat was an original i found that needed complete restoration. it was a $500 bus, the owner was shot in the back in a traffic dispute in laguna beach in 1994 and I bought it from his mom. when i painted it the first time I found a big german auto supply store sign on the side. i grafted the top which i got from hot dog fred.
and yeah, the gorge is the bomb, that was a phish show. willie nelson still does a bday show there every fourth of july...
best daze of my life
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'87 Vanagon Weekender 'ELNINYO'
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'09 EOS 'petal'
'78 scirocco
'66 T2 panel dead tour vehicle, 'mr bus'
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'03 Mk4 TDI 'steve'
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Shoyrtt
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Location: Redlands, CA
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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| n2wheelies wrote: |
| he was awesome, ... |
Past tense? What happened to the awesome bus?  |
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n2wheelies
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 11:51 am Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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sold to you a sweet girl from the midwest. my friend saw it at a dead show, one of the last ones with Jerry or right after he died, on tour. Got $10K for it. that was pretty good back then...
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'87 Vanagon Weekender 'ELNINYO'
past vw's...
'09 EOS 'petal'
'78 scirocco
'66 T2 panel dead tour vehicle, 'mr bus'
'67 13 window
'95 eurocamper 'charlie' (phish tour vehicle)
'03 Mk4 TDI 'steve'
'04 W8 Phaeton 'david' |
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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Been to the Gorge many times over the years. Too bad it's all corporate now. Last time I went there was about '07 for a Tool show. It will be the last time forever. Show was great, venue was great, the cattle herders? Not so much.
For some reason your bus looks familiar. Were you ever at Gorge shows in the mid to late 90's?
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vwcampin
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| Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 7:15 pm Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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| n2wheelies wrote: |
| sold to you a sweet girl from the midwest. my friend saw it at a dead show, one of the last ones with Jerry or right after he died, on tour. Got $10K for it. that was pretty good back then... |
That 'sweet girl from the Midwest' is my wife  We flew out from Omaha and drove it back. Had it for years and eventually sold it to a former Colorado State football player from Boulder. Can't remember his name, but he was a Butkus Award winner.
Put a lot of fun miles on it and even left the church with it when we got married!
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Shoyrtt
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| Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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| vwcampin wrote: |
... Had it for years and eventually sold it to a former Colorado State football player from Boulder. Can't remember his name, but he was a Butkus Award winner.
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How about Matt Russell of Colorado? Apparently no Colorado State player has ever won the Butkus.
Now a Broncos executive:
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vwcampin
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| Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2016 4:18 pm Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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Good sleuthing Shoyrtt, that's him I do believe! My wife's the college football in this family 
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Abscate
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| Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2016 5:25 pm Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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He obviously played Split End for Colorado..
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n2wheelies
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 8:57 am Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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well nice to meet you. belinda b... small world... i think you won a new motor irrc around the same time. im sending mr russell the paperwork i found...
:crying...
wow, mr bus i actually found some german paperwork for the bus. maybe ill look him up. so cool guys. i love the bus - hippie community. i was on phish tour in that bus in 98, vegas too, and portland and the gorge....
YEAH!
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'87 Vanagon Weekender 'ELNINYO'
past vw's...
'09 EOS 'petal'
'78 scirocco
'66 T2 panel dead tour vehicle, 'mr bus'
'67 13 window
'95 eurocamper 'charlie' (phish tour vehicle)
'03 Mk4 TDI 'steve'
'04 W8 Phaeton 'david' |
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vwcampin
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| Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 2:38 pm Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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We did win a new engine at the MoKan VW Club's show. Our friend still has your 1641 that was in Mr Bus when we bought it. Small world indeed!
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n2wheelies
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 2:47 pm Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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| vwcampin wrote: |
| We did win a new engine at the MoKan VW Club's show. Our friend still has your 1641 that was in Mr Bus when we bought it. Small world indeed! |
cool. that 1641 was done so right.... i honestly drove that van 65 mph all day long for months...
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'87 Vanagon Weekender 'ELNINYO'
past vw's...
'09 EOS 'petal'
'78 scirocco
'66 T2 panel dead tour vehicle, 'mr bus'
'67 13 window
'95 eurocamper 'charlie' (phish tour vehicle)
'03 Mk4 TDI 'steve'
'04 W8 Phaeton 'david' |
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n2wheelies
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: this was mr bus - my custom stealth camping tour vehicle |
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where is mr bus?
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past vw's...
'09 EOS 'petal'
'78 scirocco
'66 T2 panel dead tour vehicle, 'mr bus'
'67 13 window
'95 eurocamper 'charlie' (phish tour vehicle)
'03 Mk4 TDI 'steve'
'04 W8 Phaeton 'david' |
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