Everyone, the holidays has come and gone. Since then The Deaf Volks crew has been busy wrenching and preparing for the annual Shasta Snow Trip (
www.shastasnowtrip.com). This year, we will be sending FOUR VW microbuses to join in the rest. There are ongoing discussions about this event on the forums at the popular VW site,
www.thesamba.com/vw, if you shall pay them a visit.
As you may know, the Beauty has been resurrected off a riverbed to be retrofitted to a second life, an adventurous camping machine. The clock was ticking but thanks to Kombi Haus in Sacramento for providing many of the vital mechanical support, including getting the motor, steering, suspension and safety stuff all sorted out. Here you can seen the Beauty in deep background, with the author's blue microbus- Roscoe's yellow crew cab had its main seal replaced along with clutch- plenty of buses getting ready!
With Clint getting his bus set up, I was also preparing my own ride as I am also going. This is a 1965 Sea Blue Microbus original Arizona bus, more on the story later on... Sitting pretty?
This bus had recently completed traveling across the USA for 4 months through the summer of '11 with my wife, 2 little girls and 2 rat terriers. It was quite eventful 8,500 mile trip and the transmission was nearing its demise. I sent the transaxle to a reputable rebuilder in Richmond to do a complete refurbish. Check it out!
The pressure is on! With some good progress we will be all set to start the trip on Wednesday Noon Feb 1st onto the Rampaging Spot. From there we will meet up with other groups that had traveled from other states and places to celebrate the ultimate backroads experience... here are some photos from the past:
Hippy Tim wrenching on his ol' Mutant... photo credit: Richard Kimbrough
Hippy Tim bathing the Mutant... photo credit: Richard Kimbrough
Look out for more posts and videos coming from Team Deaf Volks as we dispatch four buses to participate in this challenging adventure, stay tuned folks. Please post comments as we will love for it to become more interactive with the audience and who knows... you might as well come along for the ride through this portal!!
Kudos to Kombi Haus VW Repair & Restorations:
2635 34th Street
Sacramento CA 95817
(916) 456 5615
