Recent content by Syncrogreg

Hey Everybody! Just saying hello! I forgot about that thread and wanted to say that we completed 60000 miles over 2x years. We went all the way down to South America and back by the road. The van did amazing and was a great home. Most of the photos are on Instagram Instagram/crepeattack.com you...

Hey there! We are currently in Cuenca Ecuador. The Vanagon has completed 13000 miles with no major problems . It is a beast and runs like day one :-) the mountain passes of Colombia Ecuador were quite intense. Follow our adventure on Facebook and instagram...

Hi all! the advanture has started and we are about to cross the boarder in few days (currently at a cousin house in Palm Spring CA). I already have an oil change on the engine and now about 4200 miles on the clock since Nashville TN. Everything is super smooth and super efficient. you can...

Hey man, I have a question on tire availability down there... what tire is easy to find? also what GPS or navigation system (map) are you using? and one last thing. insurancewise what are you doing? Thanks a lot! Greg

Thanks all for the advice! Just completed an order of a 120W flexible solar panel. I'm now shopping for a MPPT solar charge controller... That should cover my fridge and music usage. Here is a shot of yesterday at Land between the lake in KY. Good blast! I was able to try my second battery...

Hello, My name is Greg and I have been building a Vanagon Syncro to realize a dream... Quit my job and drive all the way to patagonia with my wife! Katie and me are leaving in 6 weeks, so we are prepping the vehicle as much as possible, giving it local extended trips to make sure it is...

Not that small... about $150

thanks all, Putting things together i have: 1/ safer when fail 2/ no burr that will cut the skin 3/ lighter on the front end I guess if there is no bad point of that synthetic rope... I'm getting it tomorrow :-) Thanks Greg

Hi everybody, What is the real advantage of having the synthetic rope if there is one ? I'm tempted to order the superwinch epi9 and it come 2 version Metal cable or synthetic rope...

Hello, Suby VS Tdi ? hmmm... What about both!! Check out my conversion starting soon : http://www.vanorama.com/category/vanagon Cheers, Greg