Raffle Bus #34
Raffle Bus Update - August 3, 2025
Thank you Matt Rios of Vintage Voltswerks! Matt, the owner, is drop shipping a new rear shock to replace a failed one on our raffle bus. If you live in the Tucson area, check out his shop for all your vintage VW needs. Don't forget to tell 'em we sent you!
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Raffle Bus Update - July 17, 2025
Check out this awesome roof rack by Zac Rack and the great powder coating by Section 8 Powder Coating! Looks fabulous! Huge Thank You to you guys! Thanks to Wayne Olsson, Dan Welch, and Bob "Jobber" Dodt for their work as well!
Listen to that engine purrrrr
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Raffle Bus Update - July 12, 2025
Wayne Olsson installed the Blaze Cut Fire Suppression System, front floor mats, and the kick panel! Nice Work, Wayne!
Raffle Bus Update - June 18, 2025
Mike and David came by this morning and installed our new Magna Spark ignition system donated by CB Performance. I took it out for a test drive and what a difference! I think anyone who drives a bus should make this conversion. It runs great….
John Manning
And yes, Mike did adjust the belt.
THANK YOU, CB PERFORMANCE!!!! 😊
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Raffle Bus Update - June 16 2025
Jeremy's Upholstery did a wonderful job on the Z-Bed, Bench Seat, and Front Seats! THANK YOU JEREMY!!!! ☮
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Raffle Bus Update - June 12, 2025
We received the roof rack after midnight, so we're all tired. Just under 1,000 miles in 30 hours. One of the highest quality builds I have seen in years.
from: Mike Baleda
THANK YOU, ZAC RACK!!!! 😎
Raffle Bus Update - June 8, 2025
Another beautiful morning in the Jamboree Bus. Almost no traffic, nice sunrise, and really cool weather. Put 96 miles on the bus and it ran great.
Couple of items:
There is some sort of oil leak somewhere causing drips on the driveway. Someone who knows where to look could tell I’m sure. I don’t have a clue. The carburetor needs to be adjusted. Cold start is not easy like it was when we first got it. Hot start is still fine. Maybe Mike can take a look tomorrow at the first cold start? Forgot to mention that we now have 269 miles on the bus on our way to 500. Gonna be a long week……
Raffle Bus Update - June 6, 2025
Some of the crew working hard today to tidy things up.
Raffle Bus Update from John - June 5, 2025
40 Miles On The Freeway!!
Made it to Russell’s a little before 6:00a this morning. Sunrise was absolutely gorgeous…. Added a half quart of oil, installed the new air cleaner from Wolfsburg West and hit the road. Added about 5 gallons of fuel so I’d be sure and not run out and finally got on the 51 about 6:40a. Drove about 50-55mph the whole way to my house, about 40 miles. Con't reading the blog post.
Raffle Bus Update from John - May 29, 2025
Planned on spending about 2 hours doing the final hose routing/installing on the remote oil filter. The first hose went on easy, 50 minutes? Looking just like I’d hoped. The second hose, not so much. The hose I brought from home was 1-1/2” too short! So had to go to Orielly’s, Ace and NAPA, second trip today for NAPA, before I found hose the right size and strong enough to work. Con't reading the blog post.
Raffle Bus Mid-Week Update - May 28, 2025
This is just a short status report on the Raffle Bus.
We all had a great time Saturday at the Bus Build Brunch and Photo Shoot! Thanks to everyone who came and brought their buses and vans…. The pot luck brunch was a great success. Thank you Greta and Russell for your hospitality and hard work.
Bill is so observant. He noticed some of the screws holding on the DeLuxe trim were too long and gave us some good ideas on how to fix that. Also noticed that one of the metal trim clips was not holding properly.
So Tuesday I followed up and was able to shorten two of the offending screws and replaced the metal clip with a plastic one. Seemed to fix the problem but we’ll see. Continue reading the blog post.
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Raffle Bus Update - Saturday, May 24, 2025
Raffle Bus Restoration Crew
Today we handed out these awesome t-shirts to the Raffle Bus Crew. Those who couldn't be here will be getting theirs soon.
Designed by ? Actually, she wishes to remain anonymous, but we know who created this fabulous tee!
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Raffle Bus Update - Thursday, May 22, 2025
Thanks to Wayne, Ed, and Russell for getting the DeLuxe Trim on the raffle bus. Took a lot of prodding, tweaking, some drilling and colorful language but it looks really good. Russell and Ed got the sun visors in and Russell installed the wipers. Thanks guys! Oh, and we're legal! Check out the last image. 👀
Let's Not Forget Those Tires...
Check out those awesome tires that keep this bus rolling! All five (including the spare) were graciously donated by our good friends, the Busties Bus Club!!!!
THANK YOU, BUSTIES!!!!!
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Rawhide by Frankie Laine
Raffle Bus Update - Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Check out John's blog post on what was accomplished May 20, 2025.
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Raffle Bus Update - Wednesday, May 19, 2025
JBugs
Thank you JBugs for donating a brake booster for our ABC Jamboree 34 Raffle Bus! We're getting down to our final steps in finishing this bus!j
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Matt Rios & Mac Ray
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Vintage Voltswerks
Thank you Vintage Voltswerks for donating shocks for our ABC Jamboree 34 Raffle Bus! That's one more step to restoring the bus.
Mac Ray (pictured here in front of the bus) also won the Men's Stein Holding Contest at our last year's ABC Jamboree 33. 💪🏻🙂
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Raffle Bus Update - Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Check out John's blog post on what was accomplished May 14, 2025.
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Raffle Bus Update - Friday & Saturday, May 9-11, 2025
Check out John & Russell's blog post on what was accomplished this weekend.
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Raffle Bus Mini Work Party - Saturday, May 3, 2025
BIG UPDATE for the Raffle Bus! 5-2-25
The engine is installed!!! The RB Crew did a great job installing this beautiful engine built by our friend, Jim Burnite in Yuma, AZ!
Logo compliments of one of our members!
(just for fun)
Raffle Bus Mid-Week Update 4-30-25
Thanks to Wayne, Dan, Russell, Brian, Bill M., and Greg B. for helping out at this week’s unofficial get together over at Russell’s.
Special shout out to Wayne and Dan for driving to Yuma last week and picking up the engine from Jim Burnite. They brought it to Russell’s and we unloaded it and it’s sitting in the garage just waiting to be installed this week…..
Dan, Wayne, and I were able to get the rubber air seals slid into their channels in the engine bay and the rear support deck thing. Not sure exactly what it’s called.
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Raffle Bus Work Party - Saturday, April 26, 2025
Check out John's blog post on what was accomplished Saturday.
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Raffle Bus Work Party - Saturday, April 12, 2025
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Raffle Bus Work Party - Saturday, March 29, 2025
We're trying our best to get as much done as we can before our Buses, Bugs & Brews event on April 5th. If you've got time and would like to help out, come on down! Haven't been to a work party yet? Shoot us an email and we'll send you the address. And the best part is the wonderful lunch that Greta provides for us. It's worth that alone!
Don't forget to check out the awesome curtains Kitty made for the bus! You'll get a little hint as to what the cushions will look like (the cool plaid fabric trim 👀).
Check out Russell's blog post on what was accomplished Saturday.
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To Do List
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Raffle Bus Work Party - Saturday, March 22, 2025
We've got a lot to do this Saturday. Take a look!
To Do List:
- Front door locks, window regulators, windows
- Front door trim
- All the lights installed-tail, back up, turn, running
- Starter
- Battery in place with hold down
- Battery cable to starter
- Fuel pump
- Hard start relay
- Wiring harness to rear lights has been made up, just install it
- Test all circuits so dash can be buttoned up
- All door seals (front, slider, rear hatch) Must wait on engine bay until after motor is in
- Rear hatch striker and latch/lock
- Engine bay latch, license light
Sheesh! That’s a lot!
A huge thank you to our sponsor, Wolfsburg West!
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and tell 'em we sent ya!
Check out John's blog post on what was accomplished Saturday.
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Here's what we got done today...
Raffle Bus Work Party - Saturday, March 15, 2025
Looking forward to seeing everyone Saturday. We’re working on getting the bus back together with all the shiny new parts from Wolfsburg West.
To Do List:
- Most important is to get all the windows and new seals in. Except for the windshield.
- Front door latches and regulators.
- Front door wing vents, trim, guides, channels
- Sliding door latches tweaked
- Starter installed on the bell housing
- Front shifter cleaned, painted greased
- Double check the transmission shift shaft that was installed by braille
- All the exterior lights-headlights, tail, backup, turn, and running
We’ll be starting at 8:00ish and finishing with Greta’s famous lunch. Thanks Greta. It’ll be really nice to see everyone again.
Thank you!
Check out John's blog post on what was accomplished Saturday.
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Here's what we got done today...
Raffle Bus #34 Work - Mar. 10-12, 2025
Raffle Bus #34 Work - Feb. 27, 2025
Wayne put his magic touch on this bus today! Woo hoo! It's transforming before our eyes!
Raffle Bus #34 Work - Feb. 25, 2025
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Raffle Bus #34 Work - Feb. 9, 2025
Raffle Bus #34 Work - Jan. 29, 2025
Well gang- we had planned to have a bus build this Saturday 2/1/2025 but we needed to have the bus painted to proceed with the build. As you have noticed, it’s been too cold to paint, so this has not been able to be done. Therefore, there WILL NOT be a build this Saturday. We need the temps to be over 70F for the primer and paint to stick to the metal.
In the meantime, Greg Pickrel and I cut the plywood for the sub floor and Greg Burlucchi came by and primed it. Greg B. also helped cut the plywood for the z bed.
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Check out John's blog post on what was accomplished Saturday.
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Raffle Bus #34 Work - Jan. 25, 2025
Raffle Bus #34 Work - Jan. 21, 2025
Check out John's blog post on what was accomplished Saturday.
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Raffle Bus #34 Work - Dec. 1-10, 2024
Recent welding work
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Raffle Bus #34 Work - Friday & Saturday Nov. 1-2, 2024
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Raffle Bus #34 Work - Friday & Saturday Oct. 25 & 26, 2024
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Raffle Bus #34 Work Party - Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024
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1st Raffle Bus #34 Work Party - Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024
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We Got It! - October 5, 2024
We have our new Raffle Bus #34 for our next ABC Jamboree 2025! Here's pictures of us picking the bus up and transporting it to our workshop (Russell's garage) for its transformation. Check back often for images over the next several months as we turn this bus into your Dream Bus!
Special thanks to Ed and Sandi for picking this bus up in Tucson with their trailer along with the help of our crew in transporting this beauty!
Check out John's blog post on what was accomplished this week.
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