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The chaos of the rear bumper

June 28, 2015by CGENGO 1 Comment

This unit began as an original Vanagon bumper and a basic receiver hitch welded to the frame. Then we found an old-style GoWesty hitch mounted swing-away bumper. Finally, we added […]

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Motor story; Bostig. A post by Mike!

June 14, 2015by CGENGO 14 Comments

Back in 2010 we were in the same position as many Vanagon owners. We had begun to experience issues with the stock rebuild and were looking for something more reliable. […]

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alta, bostig, engine conversion, ford, fulltimer, overland, vanagon, volkswagen, westfalia, westy, ztec

Bay of Fundy area

June 12, 2015by CGENGO 3 Comments

Our arrival was uneventful. We did not even arouse enough suspicion for a search at the border. But he did ask if we had pepper spray, and I could answer […]

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alta, bostig, fulltimer, overlander, slowcarfasthouse, vanagon, vandeweller, volkwagen, westfalia, westy

A long pause in Cape Cod

May 22, 2015by CGENGO 1 Comment

Where has the slow house gone?  All quiet on the postings, lately!? Alta has been relegated to Home Depot dashes and furniture hauling!  We have accepted a fun offer from […]

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Where’s Woodstock?

May 7, 2015by CGENGO 3 Comments

We flew through several states in a short amount of time on our way towards Boston. Somewhere near upstate New York the navigator of slowcarfasthouse realized that we were near […]

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Virginia- man caves, battlefields and ponies!

May 5, 2015by CGENGO 1 Comment

Virginia- The arrival to Virginia was rainy. We seem to be hauling the rain clouds with us. Our first night was at Fairy Stone State Park. (You will have to […]

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Kentucky (by way of Tennessee)

April 30, 2015by CGENGO 2 Comments

After the VW show we started towards Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. Our first geocache grab was at the quirky Wigwam Motel  in Tennessee. Then we crossed into Kentucky.   […]

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Tennessee VW Event-

April 28, 2015by CGENGO 4 Comments

We rolled in to East Ridge, Tennessee pretty late at night. It wasn’t hard to find the collection of VW’s, even in the dark. They were gathered in a gritty […]

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Georgia on my mind

April 27, 2015by CGENGO 3 Comments

Leaving Florida took much longer than expected. And it took a piece of us! We loved the scenery, the beaches and the wonderful people we met while we were there. […]

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Front tool boxes for storage and safety

April 6, 2015by CGENGO 1 Comment

There are some unique features added to the front of our van. These items evolved over time into what you see here. And they may continue evolving by the time […]

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