

| Subject: | 1967 makes it to Ohio (long) |
| From: | GAK |
| Date: | Thu, 16 May 1996 18:35:47 -0400 (EDT) |
Hi all, Last weekend I took a trip to PA near Philly to pick up a 1967 deluxe. Spent 8 hours getting there on Friday night and camped. Saturday morning went to look at the van and everything seemed to be in order but we had to replace (the seller and I) the generator belt. The belt belt on there was too big. The seller had bokught another belt, but it turned out to be the same size. When I finally did find a belt that fit, we put it on and the engine ate it right up. Huh? Well I looked at the belt and it was slightly wider than the original so I went back to the FLAPS to find a thinner belt. After 2 tries finally found it at the NAPA store. Got back and tried to put it on, it didn't seem as if it was going to work but then we realized we were putting the pulley half on backwards. (cool) Well after that it was time to put this thing on the road. Took a little getting used to to drive, the steering was a bit sloppy but all in all not to bad. Every thing was great until the rain hit and it turned to 40 degrees out. The van kept going though, leaking, wiper-less, and cold. I was praying to every VW deity that this bus make it back to Ohio and it did. No problems except for running out of gas. (duh) Which happened to be right in front of an officer who had someone else pulled over. (the bus had expired (in '90) texas plates on it) Luckily enough I beat the officer to my bus and drove it away. The whole trip took close to 12 hours. I was just very glad to get home, the next day the bus wouldn't start, but I figured it was just tired. Now I can't wait for this summer when my time not spent working will be fixing this van up. Greg '67 Bus (parts for my newly acquired) '67 Deluxe
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