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Drive a VW bus to South America?
Hi,
I've been dreaming for a long time about driving a vehicle from USA to South America (I'm from Argentina). I wanted to ask three questions: 1) Do you know of any books, travel logs, etc. about this trip? The only book I know of is "Road Fever". I know that many people have done this before, but I haven't been able to find any travel logs about their experiences. 2) If I decided to try this trip on a VW bus, what model year(s) do you think would be most appropriate? I need a vehicle that will be very reliable, that can stand up to hot weather, easy to repair, etc. 3) Is there any other aircooled VW message board where I should also ask these questions? Thanks in advance for any comments. |
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Drive a VW bus to South America?
Franco wrote: > Hi, > > I've been dreaming for a long time about driving a vehicle from USA to > South America (I'm from Argentina). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Franco, The simple answer is that you can't. The Pan-American Highway isn't quite as 'pan' as the politicians would like us to believe since there is no road through the Darian Gap (ie, between Panama and Columbia). Even worse, as of two years ago the vehicle ferry is no longer running. -Bob Hoover |
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Thanks Bob for the reply. I wasn't planning on putting the car on a
ferry, but rather to ship it in a container from Panama to Ecuador. I wouldn't want to drive through Colombia anyway. |
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VW aircooled aircompressor
Hey Bob, I wasn't sure you were still posting to Newsgroups. Anyway I
lost your notes on how to convert a VW 1600 SP engine to run on 2 and compress air on the other two. I'm also interested in how to regulate the air pressure. Harbor Freight sells a belt driven 10KW generator head that I would like to run off the same engine. The idea is to be able to weld and run air tools wherever I need to. Do you think 2 cylinders of a single port 1600 would be able to compress air and have enough power left to run the generator? Tony wrote: > Franco wrote: <snip> |
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Drive a VW bus to South America?
In article .com>,
Franco > wrote: >Thanks Bob for the reply. I wasn't planning on putting the car on a >ferry, but rather to ship it in a container from Panama to Ecuador. I >wouldn't want to drive through Colombia anyway. > You wouldnt want to drive it alone through Ecuador and Peru either. Once you get to central Peru you can drive it all the way to souther Chile, then cross over to argentina, go to the southermost cities and get back up to uruguay, paraguay and brazil... Be sure to say hi when in Santiago, thats were I live. A couple of years ago an English couple did a trip in a VW van they bought in Chile for around US$3000. They had 16 visits to different mechanics on the 3 month trip, with me doing as translator and fedexing them parts to remote citites, but they made it back to Santiago and sold the van for US$2000 to another crazy couple that did it again.... Search google for messages in this group whith 'John Reid' for the story. I still have some pictures online.... http://www.nn.cl/Fotos/Autos/JohnReid/ -- Eduardo K. | http://www.carfun.cl | Freedom's just another word http://e.nn.cl | for nothing left to lose. | |
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Eduardo:
What do you mean by "You wouldnt want to drive it alone through Ecuador and Peru either"? Are you talking about safety? Thanks. Franco |
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In article . com>,
Franco > wrote: >Eduardo: > >What do you mean by "You wouldnt want to drive it alone through Ecuador >and Peru either"? Are you talking about safety? Thanks. > Yes. North of Peru where the border with Ecuador is is not safe for driving. The rest of Peru, from Lima south, is ok. -- Eduardo K. | Some say it's forgive and forget. http://www.carfun.cl | I say forget about forgiving just accept. http://e.nn.cl | And get the hell out of town. | Minnie Driver, Grosse Point Blank |
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