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MY Favorite Westy's
Email me with your favorites!!! (dhosack@computron.net) Will post on this site...
Chris Radcliff's 1990 "Blue Moose"
HOSACKELWAGEN
The Mother of All hogs!
65lb Black Drum -Caught 01-01-2000
Our 1987 Syncro Westfalia
Specifications:
1987 Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia
Ginster yellow (1998 VW Corrado) paint, with pearlized clearcoat, inside and out
Tinted windows w/ black-painted pillars
Westfalia logo on side pillars
Projektzwo bumpers (or check out Projektzwo's website)
Projektzwo foglights -- Wiring Diagram
Mangels (Brazil) 14x7 ET23 chrome steel wheels Diagram showing various tire outlines w/ offsets
BF Goodrich 27x8.5 All Terrain AT
Power mirrors, power windows, power locks from 1991 Carat
6 1/2" flush-mount MB Quart woofers in front doors
Optima 2nd Battery w/ 70-amp dual-battery relay (check out Alternative Energy Engineering)
Rear-facing jump seat from 1991 Carat
Four stock mudflaps
Array of 6 standard VW horns w/ relay (very loud but very VW). See Wiring Diagram
Custom cabinet & Norcold 3163 replacement for Dometic RM182B refrigerator
110 VAC inverter
Custom Winkler dash with room for five gauges & marine reciprocating fan
Awards & Recognition:
3rd Place: Litchfield Bug In, June 1998, Harwinton CT
2nd Place: New Hampshire Volkswagen Club, June 1998, Hopkinton NH
2-page spread in VW Trends Magazine, March 1999 issue
To do this year:
MSDS cross-drilled front disc brakes
Custom Bilstein Syncro shocks
Custom springs
Quad grill with Hella H4 high/low beams and Hella H3 driving lights. Pictures of lights
VDO oil pressure, oil temperature, turbo boost, pyrometer, voltmeter gauges
TDI engine -- Here's why
Spearco air/liquid intercooler for above
Custom 2" hitch derived from Bus Depot's VW South African carrier
Rear swing-out spare-tire carrier(s)
Firms I have had GOOD experiences with (and can recommend highly):
Bus Depot (Pennsylvania)
Van-Again (Millville, New Jersey)
Weddle Engineering (Goleta, California)
Projektzwo (Diessen, Germany)
South Shore Volkswagen (Hanover, Massachusetts)
Amesbury Foreign Auto (Amesbury, Massachusetts)
Firms I have had AWFUL experiences with (and will never do business with again):
A. Winkler, Das Kraftwerke (Herne, Germany)
Factory Collision (Weymouth, MA)
VW Bus Heaven (Pembroke, MA)
About Me:
Michael J. Sullivan
My current Project 1986 Syncro- custom Top (County Homes Camper Top) Sunroof - custom A/C Duct Work- evaporated Air conditioner - Midnight Blue/ Grey/Blue Interior - Custom 6 Spoke Alloys - Prancing Horse Side Marker lights - will soon be available for sale... check back for specifics. - see on left...
MY First Westfalia - 1970 Type II - Sea foam Green - Painted by me! - Needed a new Canvas Top - date of Photo 7-16-1989 I used it as a second home during medical school. Bought for $400.00 in the Western Addition in San Francisco. Always took a bicycle along just in case she let me down. Went to Ensenada, Mexico to Texas. Sleep in her for 6 months during my residency. One night I broke through the 20 year old hammock, hanging there like a possum. Always drove her with one eye on the oil pressure guage. Air-cooled is great for cool California , but in Texas is like your with Rommel on the Sahara..... Served me well!!!!
1982 or 83 Diesel Westy - I want one some day - if you have one or know where to get one Please let me know
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