This is awesome. Post tons of pics. I have often said in the office that I'd like to take an old bug to Panama and Back.
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This is awesome. Post tons of pics. I have often said in the office that I'd like to take an old bug to Panama and Back.
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Woot! Subscribed. Still have scars from cutting up my first Baja Bug. Be fun following you....and yes that is one very nice Bug. What could go wrong in just 72 hrs? Huh?
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"After your hands are coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee!"
...Don Dieball
Sorry for the lack of updates. Im currently on my phone but will come back and add pictures soon. This trip has been interesting to say the least. We got on the road yesterday by 7:30 AM and headed out of Ont, I noticed a little hesitation in the motor so I tried to tune the Carb. It got worse, Much worse. Between Ont, Ca and Las Vegas we decided to cut through the Mohave National preserve area. it was cool. We got to do some mild dirt road speed runswe stopped to take some pictures at a big rock formation in the preserve. Got back in the car and the starter wouldn't engage. Xanthracroid Gave us a little push and she started right up. We made it to Vegas about 4:00 PM. I was tired. I adjusted the carb at least 20 times to keep it running long enough to make it to Vegas. We are at Meyers auto in Vegas right now getting it worked on. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1335889779.030733.jpg
OK, Here is a much needed update.
Xanthracroid on the phone with his wife promising her we will be home by Wednesday night.
Here is some of the weirdness that is the Denver airport. We didn't pass the apocalyptic murals in but we did pass a Myan looking area that i could not find a sign or anything saying what it was.
The next morning we were up early enough to catch the sunrise over what I think was part of the San Bernadino mountain range.
And finally after driving it around made the deal on the 68 Baja
Last edited by dubs chops; 05-05-2012 at 09:21 PM.
Here is a video of us cutting through the Mojave national preserve with the car already starting to act up. =] Should have probably stuck with the highway but we couldn't resist. I know it doesn't look very fast or rough but it was and we were booking it. The car did great too.
Here we are heading out of Ont. Monday morning
Some of the landscape right outside of Ontario
This is about the time I realized how bad the bug was running. It was loading up and losing power. Pulled over and adjusted the carb. Leaned out the Air Fuel a little and it helped but it was still not right. Here is the place we stopped to do the adjusting at the first time
On the way to vegas we decided to cut through the Mojave national reserve even though the bug was starting to act up. We figured what the heck when is the next time we will ever be right here. The landscape is pretty Barron, Some Joshua Tree's and what I call scrub brush is all you can see for quite a ways.
Then we came to a visitors center and decided to take a break.
Adam "Xanthracroid" checked the map to see how far we had to go.
Last edited by dubs chops; 05-08-2012 at 03:25 PM.
Double post
Last edited by dubs chops; 05-08-2012 at 02:46 PM.
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Gee how did it turn out?
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That would explain the lack of updates.Originally Posted by doug720
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