News and Media
Weddle-equipped GoWesty Syncro Tackles Baja
May 30th, 2019
The 422 Westafari Syncro arrived at the Mexican 1000 for business. The GoWesty team finished first in class for a third straight year and managed to pass 58 other teams on its way to San Jose del Cabo after starting in the dead last position in Ensenada.
The Greatest Lemons Cars of All Time
November 12, 2018
When 24 Hours of Lemons Chief Perp Jay Lamm dreamed up his beater-racing series back in 2006, he generally expected an outpouring of terrible cars brought as-is. However, it took just a few races to figure out that when the only real constraint on building a car is a $500 budget (excluding the series’ always-improving requisite safety gear, of course), people bring incredible creativity to the game.
Marine Life Can Buffer Ocean Acidity
January 16th, 2018
All aboard the biology bus!
Traveling 1,300 miles from San Diego, California to the Olympic Coast of Washington, stopping to conduct fieldwork for their projects along the way. “We lived for two months in this van (Becky), road-tripping from tide pool to tide pool,”
Why it's becoming cool to live in your car – or a 150-sq. ft. apartment
August 21, 2017
High housing costs have prompted some in the middle and upper classes to rethink what they value – and be willing to give up the rest.
Roadkill
May 18, 2017
GoWesty Goes South: A LeMons Team Takes Their VW Vanagon To NORRA’s Mexico 1000
Dirt Every Day, Ep. 49 - Ranch Racing!
April 5, 2016
GoWesty makes an appearance in Dirt Every Day, kicking off season 5 off with an old-fashioned shootout, as Fred challenges his buddy Frank to an off-road race that results in mayhem. Fred must track down a vehicle to compete with and finds the perfect candidate in Frank’s least favorite vehicle ever: a Volkswagen Vanagon.
The Tribune, San Luis Obispo
November 21st, 2012
Los Osos business rebuilds camper van for Navy veteran.
Overland Journal
Fall 2011
"The World's Favorite Bus," by S. Lucas Valdes and Jad Josey
Order a copy from the Overland Journal website! (Better yet, subscribe to this awesome publication!)
San Luis Obispo Tribune Newspaper
May 2nd, 2010
A Los Osos business has found a niche in Westfalias that may be the nation’s largest.
Petersen's 4 Wheel & Off-Road Magazine
July 2009
Expedition Vehicles For Off Roading & Camping - Bug Out-Mobiles
