About the Blog


This is a running record of the work Jason and Lena are doing to bring a 1978 VW Bus back to life. She was very close to death's door when we bought her.

We now have a functional vacationmobile that we are taking on adventures. So, this blog has morphed into a travelogue sprinkled with our break-down stories and latest upgrades. Hopefully more of the latter!

Look back in the archive for ALL the work we did to get her where she is today.

Enjoy :)

Suzanne the Van

Suzanne the Van

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Out enjoying life

We have been scooting around with Suzanne the last few days. She still runs good. 

Another oil change showed no signs of metal in the oil filter -yeah!!!
A little puff of blue smoke on start up is all so far. The new head is not "new" so that stands to reason. 

Here's the pics:

Hee Hee

Enjoying the road

 
Lemmy finds the armrest is a great booster seat. 


Sunday, 18 May 2014

She runs!! Better!!

So after an extensive hide and seek session, we think we have tracked down the issue. Wait... Let's look at the pics...

It seems that Mofoco can't build heads. A sticky #1 exhaust valve guide cratered and here is the result. 

We put a different head on and changed the oil and here we go. She purrs like a kitten

We are pretty stoked. Gonna go for a rip tomorrow!

Our new pup Lemmy (Jasper's nephew) seems OK with the sleeping quarters!