Date:         Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:26:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
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From:         Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Westy rental in Pacific Northwest??
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At 4:44 PM -0500 4/3/00, Melissa J. Cullison wrote:
>Anyone know of a place to rent a fully-outfitted Westy in the Pacific
>Northwest?  We're trying to plan a week up there this summer & would like
>to go up into Vancouver & the Canadian Rockies.

You may want to consult the archives way back around, oh, the 1995-97
period.  There used to be a place in Bellingham, WA that did Westy
rentals, not sure if they're still around.  I believe there was some
discussion of them on the list several years ago.  Sorry I cannot
remember the name at this point.  A web search may pick up something,
dunno.

In the Vancouver BC area, Westmister Volkswagen used to do westy
rentals, and I assume they still do it.  Ah, now that I look them up
in the phone book, I see they have a separate line for "Westmister VW
Camper Rentals" at (604) 461-5000.  They have a web site, and a
search will turn up the URL.  I *believe* they now rent only
Urine^H^H^H^HEurovans, probably the winnebago conversions.  Ask them
and clarify, however.

These are the only two places I'm aware of off the top of my head.

T.
(Still planning that trip to Costa Rica for an air-cooled westy
rental vacation...)

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Tobin Copley   Bowen Island, BC, Canada              tobin.copley@ubc.ca

'82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
'97 son Russell                                   =============
'99 daughter Margaret                            /_| |__| |__|:| clatter
1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi       O|.           .| clatter!
1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT   7,400 km        ~-()-==----()-~
Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)
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