My father built something similar to this (but much more home-made looking)
on a '71 bus.  In 1981 he and I spent a month driving it from California
through Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon
and Alaska. What a trip that was!  If I ever find the hundreds of slides he
took on the trip I'll scan some and post pics.  And yes, it was slow.  I
got a lot of experience with roadside repairs.

Jonathan

bluehighwayvanagon.blogspot.com

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Pete O <pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote:

> Seems imposible an air-cooled motor could push all that in a head wind.
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> Pete
> '87 Westy "JoesVan"
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> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:07 PM, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com
> >wrote:
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> > > http://imageshack.us/a/img217/9926/photo1yy.jpg
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> > There was an Australian camper conversion like this, as well as a similar
> > one on a Beetle chassis (!!!!!!).  But given that the rear door is on the
> > right, and it has side marker lights (not required for most overseas
> > markets
> > at the time), I think this may be a U.S. conversion. Was it left hand
> > drive?
> > Must be slow as a snail, and downright hazardous in high winds!
> >
> > - Ron Salmon
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