Stolen Vans

CA - Oakley: 1986 Vanagon Carat Tintop
07/29/2025

CA - Oakley: 1986 Vanagon Carat Tintop

QC - Montreal: 1986 Vanagon Westfalia Camper
06/15/2024

QC - Montreal: 1986 Vanagon Westfalia Camper

QC - Montreal: 1991 Vanagon Westfalia Camper
06/04/2024

QC - Montreal: 1991 Vanagon Westfalia Camper

Event Calendar

18Sep
AZ: ABC Jamboree
4535 Forest Service 9410 Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Sep 18 - Sep 21

19Sep
OK: Old Volks Show & Campout
1201 N Mustang Rd, Mustang, OK 73064

Sep 19 - Sep 21

10Oct
TX: Texas Busfest
99 Tanyard Rd Morgan's Point Resort

Oct 10 - Oct 12

31Oct
SC: Low Country Bus Festival
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576

Oct 31 - Nov 2

Random Blog Entry

06/02/2022
A Recovery Story
A couple of weeks ago I saw a post on the VW WESTFALIA Facebook group about possibly spotting a stolen van on the Los Angeles CBS Nightly News. Rusty made this post along with a screenshot asking if anyone was a aware of a maroon hightop Vanagon that might be missing.
02/23/2021
Roadtrip Photos on the Go
As a photographer, shooting photos on my road trips is VERY important to me. I guess this holds true for a lot of folks out there in general. One thing I did about a year ago was to mount my large Canon DSLR to a quick release plate on my center console. This was done so that it would make may camera more accessible without having it bounce around loose on the floor board. I had hoped this would allow me to shoot more photographs on my road trips but it didn't quite do what I wanted. Don't get me wrong, I love having my Canon DSLR within arms reach in the front of the van but this only works well if I pull over someplace for a few photos here and there. It does nothing for me in regards to taking photos when there are no pull-outs in order to stop.
02/15/2021
Vanagon Kick Plate Overhaul
When I bought my '87 VW Vanagon Westfalia back in August 2013 it had a few things that immediately made it on my list of things to change and/or work on. One of them being doing something with the gaping hole in the bench seat kick plate that used to house a subwoofer sometime ago. My first inclination was to install a larger 10" sub in place of the 8" sub it was originally built for. In the preparation for the Colorado 2015 trip I've come to the realization that every little bit of storage space counts and I've since decided against adding a subwoofer in that spot and use it at storage space instead.

Vanagon Repair Shops

Glacier Garage
3150 Middle Rd, Columbia Falls, MT 59912

RS: Matt
Birmingham, AL 35222

RS: Shannon
Spring Branch, TX 78070

Bus Repair Shops

RS: Jim
Montgomery, AL 36105

RS: Jeff
Kitty Hawk, NC 27949

Wade’s Auto Works Ltd.
2640 Moray Pl, Courtenay, BC V9N 8A9, Canada

Driveway Camp Hosts

BC - Revelstoke: Steve & Adele
Revelstoke, BC V0E 2S0

TN - Blountville: Aaron
Blountville, TN 37617

NH - Dalton: Jay
Dalton, NH 03598

Camp Sites

RV: Libra Campground
Degollado KM65, Playa Cerritos, 23310 El Pescadero, B.C.S., Mexico

BD: Ice Harbour Dam
2339 Monument Dr, Burbank, WA 99323

FC: Hartig Park & Wildlife Reserve
5660, KY-1992, Warsaw, KY 41095