Enjoy your bus! Looks pretty solid. Speaking of patience, I'm told you may need that with the Type 2 area on theSamba. Most questions have been answered a dozen times so 'search' first, then ask away if you don't find what you need otherwise you may get some static.
If you do get static, there's always the personal message (PM). Kind of defeats the purpose of a forum site, but...
I've gotten into VW's due to the great people I've met, availability of inexpensive parts, and lots of 'tutorials'. Thanks to theSamba, aircoolers, dlk, etc...) I've been able to do a bunch of things myself to keep the maintenance labor cost (and associated spousal griping) down.
Here's a few more sites I've run across:
AIRS is great for the traveler:
WELCOME TO THE AIRS SITE!
Air Coolers Volkswagen Gang - Austin, Dallas, Houston, Killeen, Baton Rouge, San Antonio, etc... we are not a VW club. (as you can see, mostly TX),
Texas Coalition of Buses (list serv),
Buskatiers,
derLüftkuhlers
DHK VW Club CA.TX.PR
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