The VW Camper Van Blog is a website for lovers of all types of VW campers from Split Screens and Bays to T25’s and T4’s.

This weeks Readers Rides comes from Russ, another VW fan I have met on Twitter (if you are not already following us you can follow the VW Camper Van Blog on Twitter here). Russ shows us his 1978 VW Bay Window Bus:

Year: 1978

Conversion: Westfalia standard Campmobile

Location: Georgia, United States

Color: Sage Green L63H

Miles: 217,000

Engine: 2.0L Type IV, Bosch L-Jetronic fuel injection

About the van

I purchased September 2000 and drove it daily for 4 years. I then sold it in 2004, and then re-purchasedthe van from the same guy in 2007. I had the engine replaced with another Type 4 from an air-cooled Vanagon and had it repainted in 2001, although almost everything inside is original.

Modifications/accessories:

New poptop canvas, H4 headlights, Pertronix electronic ignition, in-dash DVD player, retractable seatbelts, gas shocks, hot start relay, VDO quartz clock, Westfalia drive-away tent, plaid camper stool, child’s cot, rear table, mosquito screen.

Thanks to Russ for sending these photos of his VW Van in. For more details on his bus, please visit: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3231062

And for lots more photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjackson/

And be sure to follow Russ on Twitter: http://twitter.com/lostorbit

Posted by Steve

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Posted on Saturday, March 28th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Posted In Bay Window, Readers Rides | Tags: Bay Window, Readers Rides, Twitter

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