Jarrett, did you have to cut your new bamboo pad down to fit  the Westy ? I couldn't find the size of the pad at Amazon.com.
 
Dennis Jowell
Scotch Hollow Farm
Newbury, Vermont 

> On Oct 14, 2015, at 2:48 PM, Pete O <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Great pix, Jarrett!  Thanks for sharing!
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> Pete O
> '87 Westfalia "JoesVan"
> '79 Westfalia "Aardvark"
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> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 11:55 PM, Jarrett Kupcinski <kupcinski@gmail.com>
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>> We took Olly up to the Texas Busfest near this past weekend, and the van
>> ran without incident. Fuel mileage was terrible due to having the canoe on
>> top, but that’s to be expected. The worst thing was that I “discovered”
>> that I really need to do some suspension work. We’re not bottoming out yet,
>> but there’s way more sway than I want to feel when we’re fully loaded. So
>> I’ve got my work cut out for me.
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>> Otherwise it was a good trip, and was great to meet fellow Texas Vanagon
>> owners. I’ve posted a full writeup on the blog (with pictures!), if you’re
>> interested in such things.
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>> http://www.kpcnsk.com/?p=654
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>> Jarrett
>> Olly, '89 Westy, Bostig conversion