Subj : Re: New Mazda
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri May 26 2023 02:04 pm

  Re: Re: New Mazda
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Thu May 25 2023 09:34 am

 >   Re: Re: New Mazda
 >   By: Digital Man to esc on Wed May 24 2023 01:23 pm
 >
 >  >> I was /this/ close to getting a Westfalia camper, but ultimately we
 >
 >  DM> I owned 2 VW Buses (campers, but not Westfalia), circa 1970 bought used
 >  DM> around 1986. The first was totalled (rear-ended at high speed) before I
 >  DM> really got a chance to drive it much. Anyway, they're horrible, loud,
 >  DM> slow, unsafe vehicles. Do not recommend. :-)
 >
 > I remember reading those were powered by the same engine VW used in their
 > (smaller) Beetle.  I could imainge they were slow and a bit loud.

Yeah, the 1960's VW buses were 1600cc motors stock. My second bus came with an 1883cc (after-market or bored-out) motor, but it turned out to have a cracked block (no doubt due to overheating due to lack of sufficient cooling). I replaced that motor with a dual-carb 1776cc motor which gave the bus more pep (could actuallly achieve 65mph) but ran cooler than the 1883cc, but still a dog compared to modern vehicles on the road in the mid-late 1980s. Then of course, the vehicle wouldn't pass CA smog certification and wasn't old enough for an exemption, so that just ended up being a major money pit waste of time.

 > I always
 > thought the Westfalia looked like it was probably a better vehicle overall.

Maybe you're thinking of the newer ones.
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