Our Man in Santa Cruz

Bill had nice but short visit with Dave Ebert of Ebert's VW Repair.  He's helped us dodge a few bullets!

Intrepid Traveler Fran :: Australia

This young lady is traveling about our continent on an extended stay... hmmm, think she said 3 months or so? Anyhow, we're honored that Fran's chosen to cruise the coast in one of our buses!

Here's to a sensational adventure Fran along our breathtaking coastline!

Not everyone has a buddy that would just give you PARTS!

On my personal bus a 1963 DLX the mirror broke after I asked my passenger to adjust it while on the freeway. Luck for all parties they did not drop it!

 

 Bill recognized the valuable missing part when I pulled up to the shop. He asked me what had happened? After telling him the strange and lucky story. He told me to go to a shelf and pull out the box with mirrors written on it.  I found the box, thanks to a black Sharpie. When I opened it not only did I find a mirror arm “SWEET!” but, also a reproduction mirror attached! “BONUS!”

Now, I have a nice replacement till I get my original back from repair at the metal shop. Thanks Bill!

Happenings at Vintage Surfari Wagons

Hello all,

Lots of new things are happening at Vintage Surfari Wagons.

New Vans will be hitting the road soon.

Like our blue '79 that just passed SMOG after Bill and I tackled a copper gasket issue.


If you have an idea for a name please don't hesitate to suggest.
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CHECK THIS OUT!!! How many Campers do you know have a propane gas tank that looks like this?

Yep, ceramic coated for gleaming perfection.

More updates to come.

See you at SanO tomorrow in our '79 Blue n White Bay!

Artist Ken Mitchell designs and custom paints murals on VW buses :)

Ken says...

Wow, here are a bunch of pics of the progress and final shots of the five vw buses I have hand painted to date. They are in order of completion... the first was my 71 Westy "Turtlebus" followed by my 87 westy "Alice." Then, I painted Aswah and Lisa's 89 Westy "Kaya" up in PEI, Canada. Then in florida, I painted Lisa's two buses a 74 westy "Joise" and a 79 westy "Indra"! I have three others on the way, a 66 splitty in Connecticut thats getting a surfing inspired mural, Aswah and Lisa's Kaya bus is getting sanded down and painted with a new mural to reflect their new home in NorCal and Diane From Vintage Surfari is looking to get something on one of their rental buses also out in CA! Keep tuned in!

A plan has been hatched for Ken to travel to the left coast and paint one of our buses at Vintage Surfari Wagons. If anyone else has an interest in having Ken custom paint a bus please contact us so that we can co-ordinate a 'two birds with one stone' visit for Ken. Here is a photo gallery of Ken's work.

The Sherrell-Storch Family Poem

Joshua Tree to Moab
And Grand Canyon too
Many our voyages
In the Honu Li'u.

An arrow across the
Great tumbling West
Says Tardy Turtle
"Slow and Green is the best."

And though our travels
Will end soon, yet
this bus will keep wheelin'
Into the sunset.

BIG WEDNESDAY :: It's just around the corner!

Each year during the second Wednesday of August San Onofre State Beach in San Clemente is jam packed to the rafters with VW buses! This is all in honor of the movie Big Wednesday... if you haven't seen it you seriously need to before heading down to the beach. The philosophy is ditch work, grab your board and head down to the beach.

Taos :: Vera Bradley Photo Shoot, Mavericks

Taos, one of two guacamole green VDubs we hire out was enlisted for Vera Bradley's fall catalog photo shoot. These pictures were taken up in Half Moon Bay near San Francisco. To see more shots of Taos, Half Moon Bay and to check out Vera's fall collection go here.

Sunset Magazine Mention

Thanks Stephan and Britt for sharing your fabulous vacation pictures with us and with Sunset Magazine!

Check out the article here in the July issue of Sunset.