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Auto Bleiziffer (in Croatian)
A VW dealer in Croatia.
EuroVan & Vanagon sites
Significant resources
The
Volkswagen Vanagon Syncro Westfalia
Steve Schwenk has developed one of the nicest sites on the net for Syncro owners. Highly recommended.
An excellent Canadian Eurovan site (in French.) This site
is worth checking out for English-speakers... or use AltaVista translation services.
The German equivalent of vanagon.com. This site is worth
checking out for German-speakers... or use AltaVista translation services.
Joe Clark's goldmine of information on Westfalia and other VW camper tents.
Information and sales of VW bus side tents from Germany.
This site features automated listings for buying and selling parts for VW busses of all vintages, from ripe old splitties through playful young EuroVans.
More VW links than you'll ever need. Unfortunately this web site was shut down by VW of America because it included the letters 'VW' in the name. Visit the web site for more information.
More Vanagon photos than you can shake a stick at!
A company that rebuilds fridge cooling units. Includes an explanation of how absorption fridges work, and a page with a bunch of scanned Dometic documents in PDF (Acrobat) format.
Attending Burning
Man
in your VW bus? This is the camp for you!
Lots of links!
Volkswagen shows upcoming in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
How to make your car quieter and more comfortable, by G. Matthew Bulley.
Car Talk's Vanagon Page
Car Talk's Westfalia Page
Comments from CarTalk drivers on their vehicles.
Personal pages
Sunny the Ginster Yellow Vanagon
Michael Sullivan's beautiful yellow 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia. There are a lot of great ideas here!
Syncro Madness! --
courtesy of Derek Drew
Contains some cool photos of Syncro Vanagons doing some serious off-roading.
volkswagens! --
courtesy of David Filcoff
Specializing in all types of Volkswagens, Vanagons to GTIs. Includes a photo gallery.
Volkswagen Westfalia Diesels --
courtesy of Martin Jagersand
Dedicated to the simple love of underpowered square boxes on wheels.
Lovely Kathy is almost outshone by Her Majesty's brilliant purple dress. The story of true love for a bus.
The"Turning 40 Nostalgic VW Service Tour, and Search
for the Beginning of Wind"
A beautiful and poetic travelogue of a man's search for life's meaning, travelling the U.S. in a VW bus.
Read part of the story in the vanagon.com stories archive.
A collection of photos from the great VW museums of Europe. A great resource to browse if you're heading in that direction.
Another young couple travelling the world in their EuroVan. The sixties aren't dead! They're on the web!
Can 3 sweaty smelly guys crowded in 1 Vanagon survive 6 months traveling the US and Mexico?
The details of someone's attempt to convert their 1991 Syncro Westfalia to a complete home theatre experience.
Tom describes how to wire a Vanagon for solar power. His setup allows allows continuous use of the fridge and stereo as well as occasional use of 120 volt accessories (such as a laptop).
Ken and Nancy Clark reminisce on 37 years of VW vans in their lives.
Air-cooled Bus sites
Our sister site, catering to air-cooled busses, from splitties to early Vanagons. This site is also home to the Type2 mailing list.
The Northeast Association of Transporter Owners, Inc. (NEATO) was established to help members maintain, restore, and buy or sell pre-1968 Volkswagen Transporters.
An amazing collection of information on old VW busses. Includes a section on parts for sale.
Fun Volks
Office Odyssey - Extreme Telecommuting
A young couple, newly married. A EuroVan camper. Begged, borrowed, and stolen phone connections. Is this a great country, or what?
"It didn't start out to be a 25,000 mile drive. That's how the description of this wonderful page starts. It goes on to detail a trip all over North America in a 1997 EuroVan camper.
Yet another couple travelling around the South in their '75 camper, supported by advertising on the side of their bus.
This site is great. Includes VW wallpaper, chat, and all sorts of wacky stuff.
A true story of one Westfalia's road trip to the moon. It has to be true, there are photos!
Clubs & Organizations
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pratiquer le tout-terrain avec leur Syncro
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se retrouver ensemble lors de sorties et de voyages,
Appalachian Volkswagen Association
The AVWA organizes an annual 'Hippie Days' and VW road rally in the Spring and the 'Circle yer Wagens' shows in the Spring and Fall.
The Arizona Volkswagen Club, based in Phoenix Arizona, was established in 1983 for VW enthusiasts of all types.
Australia's largest VW & Audi club, with a national membership. Founded in 1985, the club hosts the VW/Audi Nationals.
The original club for all UK-based Motor caravans, Caravanettes and Camper Vans aged 15 years and over. The society for period and historic Motor Caravans was founded to bring together groups of like minded enthusiasts with a love of 'older motor caravans'.
A club for VW bus owners in the Southeast U.S. or any one that will actually make it to a camp out.� The club was founded in Charleston, S.C. and grown North, South, and West.
Founded in 1982 by a group of people who saw the benefit of joining fellow VW enthusiasts together to share and assist each other and to enjoy their mutual hobby. The Club is a volunteer organization devoted to the preservation, restoration, and customizing of the Volkswagen. This includes any vehicle manufactured by Volkswagen, such as the Beetle, Super Beetle, Bus, Karmann Ghia, Type Three, Rabbit, GTI, Jetta, Passat, Corrado, as well as VW powered kit cars.
Club international de camping-car Westfalia (Quebec)
Organizes events and campouts in eastern Canada region. They hold the Guiness world record for a meet with the most Westies, in 1999 when they had 489 Westies at a park in Drummond, Quebec. They have two big annual get togethers, one at the beginning and end of the summer.
The Late-Model Bus Organization, International. For owners of 1968 and newer Transporters and Vanagons, as well as the new EuroVan.
Northern
Colorado VW Camper Enthusiasts
A VW club open to any and all VW busses and vans. The club includes splitties, bays, Vanagons, and EuroVans. They have monthly activities which include: Camping, car shows, parades, outdoor adventures, ski trips, & charity events. For more information contact ncvwce@hotmail.com.
For VW enthusiasts in Del City, Oklahoma.
A site for syncro owners in Poland (site is in Polish.)
Redding Area Volkswagen Association
For VW enthusiasts in Redding, California.
Association of syncro owners in France. (Site is in french.)
This club was originally founded in 1981 in Koblenz, Germany. The home page that I link to is in English.
This isn't solely a bus site, but VW's in Japan are pretty hard to come by, so these guys get credit for effort!
Volkswagen
Vintage Volksvalle Car Club
Un club de VW de Cali, Colombia. Obelisco los miercoles
a las 6.30 pm. Para más información, visite el sitio de web o email Luis F Velez.
Les Wests d'laut bord d'la gate
Le "club des Wests d'laut bord d'la gate" est un club qui regroupe les amateurs de vieilles camionettes cool volkswagen type 2 (plus connus sous le nom de westfalia, van ou bus). Les membres du club ont en commun, hormis l'habitude de ne pas se prendre au sérieux, le goût de voyager en "west" ainsi que le style de vie qui accompagne les aventures dans ce genre de bolide.
Crée en 1993 avec quelques passionnés. En 1999, il compte plus 80 adhérents réparti sur l'ensemble de la France, mais aussi à l' étranger. Sa vocation est de regrouper les propriétaires de Syncro T2 pour:
A club of VW camper enthusiasts based in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The WetWesties enjoy regular camping trips and have a mailing list to discuss upcoming trips.
Magazines online
Volkswagen Camper & Commercial
A British magazine covering all aspects of buying, owning and running a VW bus in the 21st Century, from purchase guides to lead prospective owners through the minefield of buying a 20+ year old vehicle, to tips on keeping them running, articles on original and restored examples of all ages and types, different camping conversions, practical upgrades, accessories, even ideas on places to visit.
This German magazine publisher is worth browsing, even if
you don't speak german! The pro mobil magazine
site will be of interest to camping enthusiasts, while the auto motor und sport site covers
all German automobiles.
Looking to buy?
The following links are very useful to scan when you're searching for your dream bus. Note that Seattle and the San Francisco/San José areas are both full of busses and vans.
Classified ads
San Francisco Chronicle Classified Ads
San José Mercury News Classified Ads
The Oregonian Auto Classifieds
Seattle Times AutoSpace
Classified Flea Market -- Van page
The Special Car Journal
Trader Online
Truck Trader (San Diego)
CarPoint EuroVans
CarPoint Vanagons
Fair pricing
Kelley Blue Book
Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides
These two sites, taken with a grain of salt, will give you a reasonable idea of the value of used Vanagons and EuroVans.
Auctions
An auction site specializing in VWs.
An auto salvage auction house with an on-line search engine. (Note that you need to be a registered buyer to bid.)
Miscellaneous
Once you've found your dream car, run the VIN through this system. For about US$20, you can get tons of information on the car. Definitely worth looking into.
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