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You were spotted! (we were in disguise)
Russel, (south of Warrington) we were thinking that looks a nice syncro and then Andrew chirped well it is Russel!

Then a very nice looking white westy syncro - heading north - Birmingham area towing a trailer full of Kayaks? Anybody's on here?

Then a nice Westy Atlantic syncro at Wicksteed park, Kettering.

PC52 wrote:You were spotted! (we were in disguise)
Russel, (south of Warrington) we were thinking that looks a nice syncro and then Andrew chirped well it is Russel!

Then a very nice looking white westy syncro - heading north - Birmingham area towing a trailer full of Kayaks? Anybody's on here?

Then a nice Westy Atlantic syncro at Wicksteed park, Kettering.

We split after a cracking mid Wales weekend. I flooded the DJ again Pete

jed

jed the spread wrote:
We split after a cracking mid Wales weekend. I flooded the DJ again Pete

jed

Surrounded by diesels?
Something will bend in it soon withthat water in the intake.
Gotta be diesel...

Anyway pics?

If it was about 5pm going north by Brum, twas me!! It wasnt a load of kayaks i was trailing, but a dinghy called an International canoe.....so I'm impressed with your eyesight as the boat originated from the kayak! had been to Grafham for the weekend to sail in the IC Open....camped by the waters edge, and a good breeze all weekend. VW spotting on the way home kept me awake!
Van might look good from the other carriageway, but the paint is bubbling on the seams and the time is fast approaching for me to do something about it!
Van ran well, and should be ok for malvern ...............bring it on!

Yeh tons. I am just gathering them at the moment and will string a vid together soon. A bit of a water crossing for now, not bad for a petrol http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a57/je ... G_0215.flv" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

jed

Gaz wrote:If it was about 5pm going north by Brum, twas me!! It wasnt a load of kayaks i was trailing, but a dinghy called an International canoe.....so I'm impressed with your eyesight as the boat originated from the kayak! had been to Grafham for the weekend to sail in the IC Open....camped by the waters edge, and a good breeze all weekend. VW spotting on the way home kept me awake!
Van might look good from the other carriageway, but the paint is bubbling on the seams and the time is fast approaching for me to do something about it!
Van ran well, and should be ok for malvern ...............bring it on!

That was you! Fully loaded,
We live about 20mile west of Graham water, sounds like you had good fun. Windsurfing used to be Sharon's game a while ago.
It looked pretty fun on the journey northbound as the santa pod crowd made their way home

jed the spread wrote:Yeh tons. I am just gathering them at the moment and will string a vid together soon. A bit of a water crossing for now, not bad for a petrol http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a57/je ... G_0215.flv" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

jed

Not bad for a petrol &electrics that likes to drink water ...

jed the spread wrote:

PC52 wrote:You were spotted! (we were in disguise)
Russel, (south of Warrington) we were thinking that looks a nice syncro and then Andrew chirped well it is Russel!

Then a very nice looking white westy syncro - heading north - Birmingham area towing a trailer full of Kayaks? Anybody's on here?

Then a nice Westy Atlantic syncro at Wicksteed park, Kettering.

We split after a cracking mid Wales weekend. I flooded the DJ again Pete

jed

This is a question that I've been meaning to ask for a while...
On a van or bus you can raise the air inlet with a snorkel, what (if any) are the options for the single and double cabs?

on pick ups the air intake is piped in to one of the big box sections that runs under the flat bed, the 1.9 has a little valve tou have to turn to divert the in take up that way. that puts it above the hight of the top of the wheels, I'm guessing thats enough?

van based syncros all have a snorkel anyway providing the pipe hasn't been disconnected or the rubber joint perished,nearside for diesels, offside for petrols

Ref air intakes/snorkel etc.,There is a drain hole in the elbow that the air intake connects to in the air duct on the van and another drain hole in the base of the air filter box, found both these the hard way as many of you may remember! Rog

its the dizzy getting wet through the drain holes in the bottom of the cap holder that gets me too

jed

I was on the M6 today as well. Going south turned off at Blackpool though. Twas early as well. I normally come down in my ex council Berlingo but Vanfest this week and couldn't see the point in driving 220 miles home on Thursday to drive all the way back again in the Syncro for Vanfest. So am driving the Syncro to work this week. It is the most imposing vehicle in the car park. Not to mention the coolest.

its the dizzy getting wet through the drain holes in the bottom of the cap holder that gets me too

you need a condom on that dizzy - vw used to sell them but they have gone obsolete, I'll see if available from germany, they do work, mine has been totally caked in mud and in water without any issues thus far.
Failing that get a marigold hd and chop the tips off the fingers etc....

They have them for sale in the 4x4 mags.

jed