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We are in. VW Sage now owns real estate. I have yet to build a loft, there isn’t any heat, but all my VW’s  are safely in the new building and I am ready to move projects forward.  I have welding, painting, and the engine building stations build. We are planning to build the loft …
Moving in
Since I began messing with VW’s in 2006 I have paid $10,800 in rent. Â This reflects payments for over 6 years. Â I enjoy this hobby, but to not be accruing equity is foolish. Â So I have purchased a 30 x 40 pole barn and modified it for storage and my hobby. It will be pretty …
Welcome to VW Sage
This is the story about chasing a dream. Not some perfect dream, more like a short sighted dream. In June of 1993 I bought my first VW Bus. In January 2006 I bought my second. One year later, I have owned over 20 VW’s and I am wondering what went wrong. This is a story …
The Fall 2007 Trip to the West
It is one of those moments in a persons life that you wait for. A 4000 mile trip in a vintage microbus. This time it was a 1969 VW Westy. I had purchased it a few months ago from the original owner. It took some work and the week before departure, I put over 30 …
Looking at the big picture… Oh Shit.
So I have purchased all these VW’s and I have to move them. Enter one legged Art. He is a passive agressive fellow who lives in a commercial forest district in a rural county in Michigan. He has a trailer for sale on E-bay. Not just any trailer. This thing is a double axel steel …
1963 23 Window Deluxe “Samba” Hitting Pay Dirt
Any one who has ever wanted something has had to work for it…In my case getting it was the easy part, making it work is the hard part. I work at a radio station, and I was talking to a jock about a bus that I had recently purchased and the guy look at me …
1960 Standard Mango Walk Thru
This is the second bus I even owned…This is what happens when you’re bored on a December afternoon when it’s too cold to go outside. I was surfing E-bay when I spoted this little gem…$832 later, it was mine. Next step: Getting it home…I don’t own a trailer, or at least not yet…Friends with trailers …
The 1977 Campmobile (Westfalia Deluxe Transporter)
I graduated college with a double major and a job already lined up. My life as it were was shortly ending. I needed an escape plan. Enter the concept: A Bus. The search began. I had some cash burning a hole in my pocket, and I already had all the suits I would need. My …
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The List
Here are the Air Cooled VW’s I have owned or own. 1977 VW Campmobile Westfaila – Aquired June 1993, Grand Rapids, MI. Traveled through 21 states, 2 countries. Repainted, Rebuilt engine 2007. This has been restored completely. Rebuilt top end on the engine, paint completed, new coat on the roof, interior panels restored, and all …