Love the bus. I has awesome character! I like the light bar set up. Never thought about mounting one higher, like that. Where does one get the mounting hardware?
When you rebuid the transmission, put the positraction on it. You get a lot better off road traction. Also when you put the lift kit on, besure to upgrade the boots on the CV joints because the stock ones tear easily and then you will be doing CV joints again.
I love the original plaid foam mat still in the back. Dude you are old school. Get a blue printed engine from Tuttle. I dropped one in SLO town. Then contact the Bend Or transmission place to make sure you have the right one for your engine. My VW is stock. Keeping it real, one bolt at a time. '77 camper.
I believe he was saying that with larger wheels and the Fox shocks and rear wheel drive with engine weight over the drive wheel(s) it does amazing things. VW did have an engineer that made a 4 wheel drive T2, but it did not make it into mass production, but it made a path for the T3 syncro. I saw a video on syncro development its on youtube someplace....
@@DanTheManIOM Ouaou! So it's only with larger wheels, eh! Quite interesting, and i have been thinking about puttting them on my T3. I wonder how the better shocks help at being able to drive on sand though and not digging holes though...
I had a 78 WESTY Sage Green. Thanks to Go Westy i restored and used her. Then my wife divorced me and i sold my bus to pay for a lawyer.Now i drive a "dirtbag" van.That my friends is real life.
Dude, Driving your bus on the beach and the saltwater is going to eat your bus alive. You better do some corrosion control or you won't have much of a bus left. Rust never sleeps. LoL
Ah yes. The van fantasy where no one has to work, you have money for snow boarding, surfing and to buy a dirt bike, and zero responsibility for anything. Pure hype!
James, you're my brother from another mother!
Man, James' bus has to be one of my favorites. That patina is dialed!
I think it would be great to see more videos like this of Westy owners!
Best vantour I've seen in a looong time. Been following James for a while as a photographer. Love this video, guys!
AWESOME! Thanks for sharing.
It’s about time he was interviewed! Go PA bus drivers!!!
Yew! Living the dream! Keep going!!!!
Very cool!! Have a 1971 camp mobile daily driver going on seven years.
Wood stove instead of the passenger seat is epic cool.
love how your van life has grown since we met you 5 years ago!
I love the rust bucket patina. Like an old well loved shop on wheels. What a lifestyle. Living the dream.
nice,need to go to baja....very cool
Love it 🤙🏼
Love the bus. I has awesome character! I like the light bar set up. Never thought about mounting one higher, like that. Where does one get the mounting hardware?
Take a shot every time he says “What Knot” and you will be drunk halfway through the video!! Love the van btw!
I fuck with the periscope idea so much. I don’t think anything would be more appropriate.
I always see this guy around where I live lol
Nice bus, ours wears all its dents and scratches proudly it’s all part of the history of them
When you rebuid the transmission, put the positraction on it. You get a lot better off road traction. Also when you put the lift kit on, besure to upgrade the boots on the CV joints because the stock ones tear easily and then you will be doing CV joints again.
What kind of jacket is that??
The tracking shots driving through the surf look cool. All that saltwater makes an excellent rust promotion treatment of the undercarriage 🤨
I love the original plaid foam mat still in the back. Dude you are old school. Get a blue printed engine from Tuttle. I dropped one in SLO town. Then contact the Bend Or transmission place to make sure you have the right one for your engine. My VW is stock. Keeping it real, one bolt at a time. '77 camper.
How do these vans hold so much weight!! CRAZY!!
so is the van actually a 4wd? I couldn't imagine it driving on sand if not, but i mnot sure i ve seen a T2 syncro...
I believe he was saying that with larger wheels and the Fox shocks and rear wheel drive with engine weight over the drive wheel(s) it does amazing things. VW did have an engineer that made a 4 wheel drive T2, but it did not make it into mass production, but it made a path for the T3 syncro. I saw a video on syncro development its on youtube someplace....
@@DanTheManIOM
Ouaou!
So it's only with larger wheels, eh!
Quite interesting, and i have been thinking about puttting them on my T3. I wonder how the better shocks help at being able to drive on sand though and not digging holes though...
Would You consider a Porsche 930 Turbo swap?
Rad rig and such a cool dude, but did anyone else visibly cringe watching the van plunge through the salt water?
I had a 78 WESTY Sage Green. Thanks to Go Westy i restored and used her. Then my wife divorced me and i sold my bus to pay for a lawyer.Now i drive a "dirtbag" van.That my friends is real life.
Dude, Driving your bus on the beach and the saltwater is going to eat your bus alive. You better do some corrosion control or you won't have much of a bus left. Rust never sleeps. LoL
Yeah I'm sure that's NEVER occurred to him.
nice,don't go to baja....very dangerous
Ah yes. The van fantasy where no one has to work, you have money for snow boarding, surfing and to buy a dirt bike, and zero responsibility for anything. Pure hype!
You can see in your profile picture how happy of a man you are.