Mas Kombis
In one of those oddly typical moments, last night we were informed there was a VW bus club meeting in Quito the next morning and we should be their guests. Okay, sure. How could we not? It was a good thing we hadn’t dropped off the bus at the mechanic yet.
We met up in a park on the south side of town and it kid of reminded me of a park in California. Big eucalyptus trees, green green grass, nice cool weather, people biking and strolling everywhere. The only difference was that the playground equipment was way more dangerous and way more fun than anything in the U.S. Bode loved it.
The people from the Ecuakombi Club were really nice and we had a great time meeting everyone and hanging our for the day. The placas de California were a big hit. German Westafalias are rare beasts in Ecuador, so everyone wanted a peek at Red Beard. One of the guys there had a ’72, but that was the only one anyone knew of.
They also wanted to hear about our trip and we got lots of tips on where to go next. We even scored some cool merch. Thanks guys!
At the end, the editor of a Ecuadorian car magazine showed up and snapped some photos and asked to interview us. Who knows, maybe we’ll end up in Acelerando!
I believe of all countries in SA Ecuador was the ONE we I noticed the most Westfalia Kombis (probably not more than 4 or 5 though)!
In Cuenca I saw several times a new-ish all white T4 original Westfalia, the only one in South America, apart from a Spanish/German couple we met in Brazil and Paraguay; they had shipped theirs to Argentina – and encountered countless problems with their automatic transmission and lack of parts…
I love the Volkswagen script in picture 3. There are some beautiful buses there.
Tank to visit us
The remodelation of mi pick up are in youtube choose with this name “transporter T2 remodelada después de 40 años“. Please comment the video
Muchos exitos en su viaje
Saludos,
Robert
It was a pleasure to have you with us
Hope to see you at the February meeting
Good luck on your trip
remember that always be a VW Kombi along with you in your journey
Congratulations
Ecuakombi Club
Fue muy grato tenerlos con nosotros
Esperamos verlos en la reunion de Febrero
Mucha Suerte en tu viaje
recuerden que siempre estara una VW Kombi a lo largo de su travesia
Felicidades
Club Ecuakombi