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Is that the place in the Albany/Tamworth/Chicora area on RT16? My older rig, 1979 VW Bus.

isn’t the clutch MC on the vanagon inside, behind the dash? Not sure that’s any better than underneath but at least won’t be laying in snow!

First snow was Halloween weekend. Last year it was first week of October so this year is an improvement. Can’t wait for it to be GONE.

Thanks for all the support. Weather has turned up here in Maine, snow is here and so are the cold temps. With no garage, work halts until spring, though I've been collecting some LEDs and other things so I can work on stuff inside during the next 6-7 months.

No garage so tucked it away on the side yard until spring comes.

I have questions... my crimping supplies showed up today. Supposed to be hit with a Nor'easter the next few days so I'm thinking of get some stuff ready in the house while riding out the storm. I have a 150A surge\80A constant isolator kit with 4GA primary wires between the isolator and the...

Love these, this type of build is just my style.

Yesterday was a crap day, never broke 40F, rained all day, a few flurries as it got dark. NOT READY FOR WINTER! Grrr. Today - as we know Mother Nature is bipolar - it hit almost 70, was overcast but dry. Windshield still hasn't arrived, ran to the hardware store (~30 miles away) and on the way...

Beast mode. Activated...

Was near a Home Depot this week (closest is about an hour away) and made a run through to get stuff for the interior. Had today kinda off so dove in. Created an extended platform to bring the deck out from 36” to 6’. We are both 5’3” so this should be a good “lay down” length. It gives me about...

Love that old Cherokee! ‘79 VW Transporter (bus), oddball?

Been a pretty productive weekend for a work weekend. The weather was pretty decent so I hammered out a lot of the honey-do yard list plus got some time to do a few things on this project. Yesterday was mostly trimming trees so they don’t come down on the roof when snow hits and making one last...

Door hardware in, same with all the interior door panels. Glass in woohooo! This had me a bit scared but only took a few hours for 5 windows, not as hard as I made it out to be in my head. Ran out of energy late afternoon, supposed to be decent weather this week so will keep at it each evening...

Nice, damn that’s a lot of metal work! I’m building up its older brother (‘79 Bay). Ironic, everyone in the T2 world wants Vanagon seats cuz they are better than the Bay one, which makes the stock T2 seats sub-abysmal:). Watching this one!

Very nice. Had a ZJ, YJ, and WJ. Great rigs. Nice mods you’ve done.

Got up this morning to a LOVELY day. Was 70 by the time I finished dump run at 9:30, dew burned off, and clear skies. Today, today was color day. The leaves were falling and the bugs were out, both pissed me off even though expected them. Whatever, shot color. Finally all one shade, looks ok...

Thanks everyone. As usual, life moves at different speed than my plans. No color on it yet, have the supplies right next to my desk. Hoping tomorrow or Saturday. Got curtains today and all the bits and pieces to go back on organized. Windows have me a bit stressed, hope I drop one:(

Grew up in the Great North Woods, lived 25 years in Dover, now just over the line in Maine in Fryeburg area.

The downside to not being mechanically inclined is your dependency on others when things go sideway. Outback recovery costs are not cheap. Yes, the Panther is a solid and reliable platform, but stuff breaks. I respect the “go your own way” spirit but I suspect the costs will climb the more you...

The weather has been unfriendly this summer, and between work and VEMS stuff, I haven’t gotten much done. I have a friend having a pig roast and camp out over in NH next month so time for a big push. I can do a lot of things in the wet and cold, paint ain’t one of them. This week is supposed to...