#buslife

Werner Schmitz

Feb 21, 2022
1 min

The one about the Sherpas Translift

The one about the Westfalia Sherpas Translift #roofrack. The roofracks on the hightop are the original #sherpastranslift from Westfalia. I installed them 1989 as I bought the westy and took them only off 4 or 5 times for maintenance. Still working and in good condition after nearly 30 years of use. The threads for the upper mounts are in all the Westfalia hightops integrated, so although in the roof of my #vwltwestfalia . The racks can slide up & down for easier loading. I us

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Werner Schmitz

Jun 3, 2020
1 min

Westy pilgrimage 2015 recap Part 3

Westy pilgrimage 2015 recap Part 3 - =========== Ribadesella is a beautiful coastal town in the wonderful Spanish province Asturias with the Picos de Europa in the background. - As Catedreis beach. On a nice coastal route a beach with many arch rock formations and caves. Nice to see, if you want to see more as the regular joe prepare for knee-deep passages. - From the beautiful coast of Asturias and Galicia it goes up and towards Santiago de Compostela. - The arrival of the p

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Werner Schmitz

May 1, 2020
1 min

Campervan Stickers

Fooling around. #campathome #campervans #vwcamper #vwbus #busblog #vwt3california #westy #vwltflorida #classic_vw_lt #westfalia #vwt4california #volkswagen #vw #camperlife #vanagon #furgovw #fatwesty #vanagonlife #westfaliaddicted #campervan #buslife #busblog #buscamper #freiheitsmobile #buscamper268

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Werner Schmitz

Apr 15, 2020
1 min

 MacOS9 fun - drawing and sketching campervan stickers

Waisting time creating stickers and stuff with the old macintosh machines and OS. #MacOS9 and #AppleWorks on the old #iBook #clamshells or the  PowerMac G4 Dual MDD #campervans #vwcamper #vwbus #vwt3california #westy #vwltflorida #classic_vw_lt #westfalia #volkswagen #vw #camperlife #vanagon #fatwesty #vanagonlife #westfaliaddicted #campervan #buslife #buscamper #freiheitsmobile #buscamper268 #vwcamper268

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1989 - Analogue picture from the pre VW California era.

Werner Schmitz

Apr 12, 2020
1 min

1989 - Analogue picture from the pre VW California era.

Camping in Italy before the Westfalia period but with our first VW campervan. A VW Multivan Magnum with 112PS water boxer. Back then one of the fastest buses. Still without a catalyst. In the same year we bought our current VW T3 California. With the Mehler Bari travel tent from 1985 still on the picture. Back then top quality (like the buses 😉) The tent accompanied us through Germany and Europe for several years and still exists undamaged 35 years later. Due to the travel b

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Werner Schmitz

Mar 30, 2020
1 min

I discovered “google photo scan” for me.

Due to the travel restrictions there is time to go through the analog photos from our early days with the VW T3 California. I can only estimate the time of the pictures from the additions on the vwbus or the location of the picture. (as far as I remember) - Translift roof rack bought in spring 1990 - projectzwo wheels since spring 1991 - Paulchen Heckträger since autumn 1991 In other words, the pictures on which the bus was still "naked" are the oldest. 1989-1990. A couple of

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Werner Schmitz

Mar 23, 2020
1 min

Stay at home -no travelling - saved 99 Euro which already spent

So far I had an substitute as a cover for the propane tank fittings on the VW LT Florida. I ordered a new stainless steel bracket and a original VW plastic cover. Now with the travel ban I had enough time on my hand to restore the 30 year old cover abandoned from the VW T3 California. As many of you Westy owners already new, they original plastic covers always break after a certain time. From making the brackets for the solar panel I had some spare ABS panel and so I used th

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Campervan plastic refreshment - on the oldies

Werner Schmitz

Mar 22, 2020
1 min

Campervan plastic refreshment - on the oldies

What an easy, satisfying job if you have the right product. I got this tip from Patrick from pataschasworld . The product I saw also at hermann-unterwegs.de , they used it inside the vehicle. Since we have a total of 90 years of VW camper vans here 😳, some of the plastic parts have of course been bleached out and I thought this was definitely worth a try. I only cleaned the plastic bumpers with water and applied the product lightly with a sponge. This went really fast and th

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Great Festival Year 2019 - already looking forward 2020.

Werner Schmitz

Dec 17, 2019
1 min

Great Festival Year 2019 - already looking forward 2020.

With Rock am Ring and Graspop two big festivals, seeing Slipknot twice within 2 weeks already worth it. 5 times #festivalsohnebands with the Campervans. A really nice Freiheitsmobile Treffen in Luxembourg, Bullifestival and Busbastler Basecamp and the fabulous Heimreise Movie Premiere in the Drive-In cinema in our region and a Campervan Summit Meeting in the alps. So Rock am Ring and Graspop already locked for 2020🤘. Before I forget - This is just a Tribute 🤘😉 ==========

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Werner Schmitz

Oct 19, 2019
2 min

Weitere Vorstellung Lieblingsplatz

Ein weiterer unserer Lieblingsplätze diesmal wieder aus der Serie “Unterwegs im Herbst mit der ADAC Camping Karte”. Camping Le Saint Martin in Moliets-et-Maa im Süden Frankreichs am Atlantik. Grosszügige Plätze, perfektes wifi und gute Sanitäranlagen und das Alles mit dem direktem Strandzugang. Und was für ein Strand! 👍 Ein Paradies für Surfer und für kilometerlange Strandspaziergänge gleichermaßen. Wer wie wir auch gerne mit dem Fahrrad unterwegs ist, dem bietet sich im Hin

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Werner Schmitz

Sep 14, 2019
2 min

ADAC Campingführer

[nicht bezahlte Werbung - unpaid advertisement] ADAC Campingführer – back to the roots (sometimes) In den Anfangszeiten unserer Camping Karriere war der ADAC Campingführer noch die „Bibel“ eines jeden Campers. Ob Zelt, Caravan oder auch die sehr langsam aufkommenden Wohnmobilfahrer nutzten diese doch sehr zuverlässige Quelle um sich vorab über die Gegebenheiten des anzusteuernden Reisezieles zu informieren. Durch den großen Umfang war der Führer leider geteilt in Nord- und Sü

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Stellplatz, Campingplatz oder Freistehen?

Werner Schmitz

Sep 1, 2019
3 min

Stellplatz, Campingplatz oder Freistehen?

In den letzten Jahren in Deutschland mehr und mehr ausgewählte Stellplätze, Campingplätze in D eher selten. Leider oft muffig und otze Anmeldeprozedur. Im Ausland gemischt, Campingplätze und Stellplätze und …. Zu Beginn unserer Campervan “Karriere” 1988 war das freistehen eigentlich noch, auch mangels Infrastruktur üblich. Da konnte man in D aber auch noch an jedem z.B Hallen-/oder Freibad oder Supermarkt Parkplatz oder Wanderparkplatz stehen, solange man niemand damit beläst

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Bus Festival und H-Kennzeichen im Juli ✅

Werner Schmitz

Jul 21, 2019
1 min

Bus Festival und H-Kennzeichen im Juli ✅

Am letzten Wochenende wurde das Bus Festival in Göppingen besucht. Ein ruhiges, familiäres Treffen. Man konnte sich über neue Campingbusse und Zubehör informieren, zusammen campen und feiern. Organisatorisch top, insbesondere dass die Sanitäranlagen des Geländes (EWS Arena) genutzt werden konnten. Gecampt wurde direkt auf dem Veranstaltungsgelände, in direkter Nachbarschaft zu den Ausstellern wie #kompanja #flowcamper #babum etc. Schönes Erlebnis. https://bus-festival.de #cam

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Werner Schmitz

Jul 5, 2019
1 min

Busy month for vwcamper268

July, busy month for the #vwcamper268. The VW LT Florida should have his “H”istoric old-timer certification and registration and the VW T3 California has to pass his 2-yearly TÜV inspection. And there is the #busfestivalgöppingen the 1st Bus Festival in our history of rocking the roads with our VW T3 California. And finally at the end of the month the Freiheitsmobile Treffen in Weiswampach in Luxembourg. After the big festivals #rar2019 and #gmm19 unfortunately I’m still more

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Werner Schmitz

May 26, 2019
1 min

Festival season! 🤘

After only 2 usual festivals this year, #rar2019 and #gmm19 , I bought tickets for 2 unusual (for us) festivals in 2019. The #freiheitsmobiletreffen and the #busbastlerbasecamp . 🚐💨 Fun fact: In the thirtieth year with our #vwt3california the 1st festivals regarding #campervans. Of course 30 years ago weren’t any kind of campervan meetings nore so many vans on the road as of today. I was amused as a couple years ago the vanlife hashtag thing started. Who had thought stickin

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Werner Schmitz

Apr 28, 2019
1 min

One third of 2019 done. Day 117.

Travelled most of the time. Spent 25 nights in the camper and lived 72 days in Hotels. 9970km on the road. 7 European Countries 🇩🇰 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 🇱🇺 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇮🇹. Beaches 🏝 at the #northsea and the #mediterranaensea. Crossed the #alps 🏔 2 times. Crossed Germany already from the northernmost point to the southern point. From above Sylt to Füssen. .. Fun fact, according to #4sq I had more visits at #HardRockCafes this year than I was at home. 😟 .. 😁 Spring is here! 🚐💨☀️

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Werner Schmitz

May 20, 2018
1 min

Little helper - Allocacoc PowerCube

Another one of our little helpers on the road and abroad, the Allocacoc Powercube. It is very flexible with different sockets for foreign countries and gives us 4 power outlets and 2 USB outlets. You can use a regular printer / computer etc. cable to extend and it has a changeable fuse in case you overused it accidentally. It is very helpful in the campervans with lack of power outlets and abroad you have 6 outlets with just one item. allocacoc PowerCube USB Reisekit, Steckdo

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Werner Schmitz

Apr 22, 2018
1 min

The one with the Fatwesty Entertainment

The one about the Fatwesty Entertainment Most of the the time you don’t need it, but at short and cold winter days sometimes it is convenient to have a little entertainment in the evening. Just your favourite Disney movie for the 27th time on DVD or a little bit netflixing, just a short game or local news with DVB-T2. The equipment: 20” Flatscreen TV with triple tuner, DVD, HDMI and some other connections. Running with 12V Amazon Fire TV Stick. Streaming Device for the HDMI p

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Werner Schmitz

Mar 16, 2018
1 min

The one with the fatwesty winter tour 2017

Fatwesty Winter Tour 2017 Trip with the VW LT Florida into the winter sun of Spain in December 2017. Made the route map with tripline.net and the screen recording with the QuickTime Player in MacOS. (Almost forgot this build in feature) There is a short description of our overnight spots, rvparks or campgrounds in the video. For more information at the tripling map https://www.tripline.net/trip/Fatwesty_Winter_Tour_2017_2018-5761361410041014A32883AAA0C5BEA5 #camper #vwca

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Werner Schmitz

Mar 3, 2018
1 min

Our 1st year with the #fatwesty

#fatwesty VW LT Florida Westfalia 1989 102hp 2400ccm Turbo Diesel 1st year review: 17 000 KM on the road - 121 days/nights spend. - 3 Festivals, RAR2017, AFK17, WOA2017 - Mountains - at 4 different seas & countless lakes - for biking, hiking, snowboarding, surfing and just chilling #camper #Campervan #vwltflorida #vwlt28 #westylife #fatwesty #vwltflorida #buslife

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