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Power Up! Heads built, new short block set up, ti

Power Up! Heads built, new short block set up, timing complete, transmission modified and upgraded, harness from RMW and worth the wait...so away we go. The second conversion is easier than the first! How much easier? We will see!

Checking this 2000 Outback motor with 200,000 mile

Checking this 2000 Outback motor with 200,000 miles for cylinder taper and piston wear. Off to the hone to straighten the cylinders and to the Subaru dealer for pistons. We use Subaru OEM parts. Expensive but dependable. This is an old school machine shop...complete with an inappropriate calendar. Times have certainly changed!

Building an EJ25 Subaru for Van Gogh...Back at wor

Building an EJ25 Subaru for Van Gogh...Back at work this week for the first time in three months after my shoulder surgery. I’m taking my day off to start the rebuild. I have an engine that I took out of a Subaru a year and a half ago. Van Gogh has finally become so undependable that we’re going to do the transplant this month. Why does a guy my age still go to work? Because I get to do cool things like this. Transmission modification is next so we go down the freeway at 2800rpm....sorry, getting carried away here...

Scooter and Bailey on the road again. Heading to H

Scooter and Bailey on the road again. Heading to Holly to work on the beach house.

We are hopeful and proud! Go America!

We are hopeful and proud! Go America!

Silver Star in Moab...great customers Dennis and R

Silver Star in Moab...great customers Dennis and Randi spent time in Salt Lake with grandchildren and then enjoyed dispersed camping in Moab. This was their second long rent with us this season and we always get great camping trips from this very experienced camping couple. They knew van life before it was “cool”!

Silver Star up to speed in Glacier National Park,

Silver Star up to speed in Glacier National Park, thanks to Joel and family for the photo!

Ever wonder what that dash board in your Westfalia

Ever wonder what that dash board in your Westfalia is hiding? All of this and a squeaky heater motor. Honu gets a new fan and heater core.

VanGogh in group party mode (Customer Birthday Par

VanGogh in group party mode (Customer Birthday Party Chewuch,Wa 2019). Looking forward to getting back to the “good old days”

Honu spent the day with Melvin Powell @vantasticwe

Honu spent the day with Melvin Powell @vantasticwesty to get 200 watts of flexible solar panels. Installed to compensate for heat build up and to make Honu fully off grid as we prepare her for a winter in San Francisco. Melvin also added some theft proofing to help with security. Great person who really knows his craft!

Silver Star Needs an Awning....looking for a mount

Silver Star Needs an Awning....looking for a mounting rail and brackets...this van will be a while in development before Mexico...awning, lift, more modest running boards, larger tires....and if it is ever home again after a summer of doing laps to Glacier, Yellowstone we will start....be a while before we can go back to Mexico anyway.

North Cascades Camping in Silver Star

North Cascades Camping in Silver Star

A strange sight for July....everyone is home for a

A strange sight for July....everyone is home for a couple of days...well not for long!

Valley of Fire amazing sun rises, great camping an

Valley of Fire amazing sun rises, great camping and the best free showers of our trip.#westycamping#westfalialife#petroglyphs #campingnevada

Mojave National Preserve Hole in the Wall....three

Mojave National Preserve Hole in the Wall....three days of long hikes, camp fires, many stops to remove cholla needles from Baileys feet. Booties for Bailey next time. No generators, no LED light bars on awnings few neighbors, just a big night sky with more stars than you can count.#mojave#westfaliaroadtrip#peacevans#smallcarperformamce#desertcamping

Alive in Death Valley The start of our desert vaca

Alive in Death Valley The start of our desert vacation. Hot springs on the way, sand dunes and salt flats. Campfires,Mescal and Guitar from @kjellthomas Great to be able to get time to use one of our vans. Photos by @kjellthomas and @Maureen jorgenson

Vans in the Fall...the season changed fast on Chuc

Vans in the Fall...the season changed fast on Chuckanut Point. Great rental season, met so many great people who had a wonderful time exploring this corner of the State and BC. We have some surprises in store for next season.#tofino#hellobc#sanjuanislands#northcascadesnationalpark#twisp#winthrop#deceptionpass

Morning after the storm

Morning after the storm

HappyBirthday Camping Trip...there is talk of post

HappyBirthday Camping Trip...there is talk of postponing the birthday 24 hours because of rain!

Our new sign thanks to Bham business FizzPop for t

Our new sign thanks to Bham business FizzPop for the vector file and some fancy laser cut work by Cutters Inc. A couple of hours in our shop and we have our new sign! Now you can find us!

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