My first car was a 67 bug. The best thing about it (other than first year of 12 volt) was the cool old style chrome bumpers. The 1500 motor was anemic with any load and the lack of a doghouse cooler made it prone to overheating.
After having a few bugs (2bajas,3stock,1 lifted class 11 wannabe) and a Thing/Safari. I would try and find something with IRS rear and a 1600 dual port motor with the doghouse cooler (no need for cooling mods). For lifting the rear IRS is easier and handles a hell of a lot better. Swing axle...
They look cool. I don´t think half a ton would be a problem especially with the diesel. I think my old 76 transporter was rated half ton with the 2 litre gas motor.
http://www.fourwheeler.com/features/1605-1990-volkswagen-vanagon-doka-german-for-crew-cab/
Woke up to a cloudy morning on tues. departure day. Made coffee and got on the road by 7 am. We took the paved (sort of) road to Guachochi where we took the right turn towards Parral. Creel bound people would be bearing left. The road was reduced to 1 lane for much of the drive up and out of the...
We pulled into Batopilas late Sunday afternoon. We allowed all day Monday to see some of the sites.
The old hacienda on the other side of the river.
Centro Batopilas
The Mission Satevo.
The river.
Great food at the hotel Mary.
In case you don´t read spanish. haha
Leaving the next morning...
I have wanted to drive to the bottom of the CC for years and finally did it end of March 2018. I live in Colima Mex. so I wanted to do a no back tracking route. We started from Colima went Northwest thru Tepic, Mazatlan, Culiacan ,Los Mochis and on to El Fuerte Sinaloa. From el Fuerte we did the...
I used to have a Baja that had jerry can holders mounted on quarter panels behind the doors.I took out the backseat and made a platform to use storage boxes(plastic). I welded in a horizontal bar on the roll cage behind the front seats to keep the stuff in the back stable (eye bolts and tie...
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