> So dude comes by the house to look at my friends derelict Dodge Dakota
> and sees the old Bus. Says, "Hey that is a '71, that was my first car.
> You interested in selling?"
> So since I know that I'll probably never really drive the beast again,
> I tell him the story of the bus. Will it start?
> Hmm, let's see, dead battery, a little charge time, let's give her a
> try. A squirt of start fluid in each carb and she fires right up after
> what, 3 / 4 years of sitting?
> So now I may have found a buyer, but do I really want to sell?
> Man I love that bus, there is nothing like driving it out hours into
> the desert and making camp. Fry bacon, burn hot dogs, heat beans. Make
> a big ass fire and stare at the stars.
Was that a dual-carb year? Jeez yeah, take the money and run. Rent a
camper and don't worry about not coming back from the desert.
I used to have a '78 Westphalia, one time I was at a moto-race in the
dez, and went back and forth between two dunes until I got to the top
of one like a mountain goat. People were asking how the hell I got it
up there, I told them it was a Porsche-in-a-box.
When I first got it, it took me a while to get rid of the '68 I had
before. I wound up being very happy the Yamaha dealer took it as a
down payment for my Vision (and he was happy with the tax write-off
donating it to his church). Kicking myself now for selling the
Vision, but at least the guy who bought it is really into Visions. I
sold it because I didn't want to deal with rebuilding two carbs (or
paying someone else to do it).
So for a while I had two busses, and my neighbor had an early '60's
crew-cab transporter. The other neighbors must have loved that
parking situation, but no one complained.
jg
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> and sees the old Bus. Says, "Hey that is a '71, that was my first car.
> You interested in selling?"
> So since I know that I'll probably never really drive the beast again,
> I tell him the story of the bus. Will it start?
> Hmm, let's see, dead battery, a little charge time, let's give her a
> try. A squirt of start fluid in each carb and she fires right up after
> what, 3 / 4 years of sitting?
> So now I may have found a buyer, but do I really want to sell?
> Man I love that bus, there is nothing like driving it out hours into
> the desert and making camp. Fry bacon, burn hot dogs, heat beans. Make
> a big ass fire and stare at the stars.