1969 Custom VW "C"...
I do not peruse the "C" forums, apologies if this is a repost, but being an owner of sever air-cooled VWs in the past it is pretty cool: 1969 Custom Camper Chassis is a 69 bus. Subaru 2.5 engine...
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ron.dittmer wrote:
Last month we toured the pyramids, tombs, and temples in Eqypt, a one week power tour there and then a week in Israel. Those old VW buses are everywhere in Cairo Egypt, everyone one of them is white. People use them to haul people waiting on the road-sides, a private version of our public transportation. Somehow they squeeze in an additional row of seats. The rear engine access door is always propped open. They have sliding side doors, also left open while on the move. The back always bottomed out, tilted up forward. It was so entertaining to watch how it all worked.....organized chaos. In one week's time, our gingling horse & buggy contacted an adjacent vehicle in traffic, and we saw a real good rear end collision to a non-VW bus loaded with people. There is no auto insurance in Egypt so they yell at eachother and then keep moving.....if they can. Not one traffic light to be found. Many people wait for any vehicle to give them a ride along the highways too. People darting across the highways all the time, a suicide-like way to commute to work. Vehicles and horse-&-carts driving the wrong way on the shoulders. A total freak-out for the first hour, then we got used to it.
My wife and I strongly endorse a tour of Egypt. You are treated royally and done so affordably. Everyone is very friendly to tourists because the economy is heavily dependent on them. We had a blast there, not to mention all that we seen and learned about Egypt's history. 2/3 of Egypt is Muslim, 1/3 Christian.
Pretty rare in Australia these days replaced by the vastly better diesel Transporter and Crafter
