[T2] Buying a 71 Bay

[c.dreike]

Scott,
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll be looking into that.

Chris


On 9/19/2018 3:26 PM, RS Hanley wrote:
> I recently purchased a 1977 Bay from a seller in Washington. My wife made a great suggestion, why not tow the bus back to California? Made sense. Doing an extended road trip with a 46 year old vehicle that you have not even seen would be risky and unnecessary ware and tear on the bus.  I rented a UHaul Truck and Autotransporter and towed mine the 800 miles home.
>
> Scott
> 1977 Bay Window
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 19, 2018, at 15:04, c.dreike <c.dreike at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> I certainly enjoyed the music video.
>>
>> On another note, I am buying a 71 deluxe from Colorado. Its been somewhat refurbished so it looks nice. The engine and tranee, I'll find out when I get there next week. Plan is to drive it home to L.A.
>> I'm new to bays.
>>
>> What size head is on the lug nuts? Is it the same as a splitty?
>> Is the swing lever the same as on a splitty?
>> I have plenty of tools for my split.
>> I'm told it has a jack and a spare tire. Not so much for a stock tool kit.
>> Wondering what tools I will need to buy.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Chris
>> 64DD Kamper Kit
>> 71 Deluxe coming soon.
>>
>>
>>> On 9/19/2018 2:46 PM, Robert Mann wrote:
>>> Wayul thaynk y'all; glad to learn they have a tougher 'bottom end', esp if
>>> they don't have a rev-limiting distrib rotor.
>>> It is possible that these hussies are merely actresses staging a pretence
>>> at being a low-brow touring band.  The bus they're using looks more
>>> neglected than mine!  The sound track suggests they have a backing band,
>>> who would conventionally act as *roadies*, not abusing instruments.  The
>>> image is not coherent.
>>> And Al is right to query their glorifying of unwise decadent behaviour.  I
>>> know nothing of pink pills.  What little I know of the 'pills' dimension is
>>> Dave Dudley's primordial Trucking Song *Six Days on the Road*  -  "I'm
>>> takin' little white pills and my eyes are open wide".  In 1967, as a person
>>> always getting little or no wakefulness from coffee, I was surprised that
>>> NoDoz® white pills kept my eyes open wide as pre-dawn start driver from
>>> Guadalajara for my '57 bus with half a dozen Berkeley cobbers.  I got north
>>> of the borderline before another driver took over.  Yes, that 36hp 1200
>>> could go 'wide' open for many h in a row, but I'm grateful for my present
>>> massive 50hp (perhaps 55 when properly tuned  -  water injection, you
>>> know).
>>>
>>> Robt Mann
>>> '73 1600dp Devon camper
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:29 AM Bradley Spear <my13jetta at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I would say that judging by what I can see of the engine compartment hinges
>>>> that it is at least a 1977.
>>>>
>>>> Brad Spear
>>>> '72 Weary
>>>> '71 Ghia
>>>> Richfield, MN
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018, 16:17 Al Brase <alribee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> WRT the year: At least a 1974 judging from the gas filler with no door
>>>> over
>>>>> it. I think Westies lost the old style Jalosie windows some time before
>>>>> 1978, So I'm saying 1976-77.
>>>>> Drug and alcohol addiction is not all as glamorous as it seems as a
>>>>> teenager. Might sell records for these ladies, tho.
>>>>> Al
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 8:17 AM Bob Perring <perring at zitomedia.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> The really nice looking chrome microphone that almost gets swallowed by
>>>>>> one of those singin’ humble roadies is an Electrovoice 664, often
>>>>> referred
>>>>>> to as a “ Buchanan Hammer”.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob Perring - via- Ipad
>>>>>> ~ >')))><
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sep 19, 2018, at 08:02, Ned Savoie <ned at besavvy.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Looks like that's a 77 or 78. At least they have a little more power,
>>>>>>> unless someone ripped out the FI.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018, 6:56 AM Robert Mann <robtmann7 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3nM1-m19bE>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>        Willie Nelson has so much more  ...  but do these gals at
>>>> least
>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>> a Typ 4 motor?  I'm not so hot at picking from the position of the
>>>>> turn
>>>>>>>> lights, but I suspect they're back with me with the old Typ 1
>>>>> 'upright'
>>>>>>>> motor.  I hope they treat it with more respect than their
>>>> instruments
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> Robt Mann
>>>>>>>> '73 1600dp Devon camper
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