Date:         Sun, 30 Jan 2000 08:55:15 -0800
Reply-To:     David Garth <garth1@PACBELL.NET>
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From:         David Garth <garth1@PACBELL.NET>
Subject:      "Helmut" is back!
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This may of interest to a few of you who have been on this list a long
time.

Two years ago I sold my beloved Helmut, a 1986 Westy which I had
restored
and highly modified with cabin heat, hot water, etc. See
http://www.tiu.net/~des/vw/garth/ (not my page).

I missed it the minute it was gone. Oh well. But after two years of
seller's remorse, I decided to try to get "him" back.

I was able to find the fellow I sold it to, and, he was thinking of
selling it. We made a deal ($1,000 less than I sold it to him for). He
had
taken excellent care of it, driven it less than 4,000 miles, and even
improved it. What luck! How many times have people sold a vehicle and
bought the same one back two years later? These vans really do have
personalities!

David Garth