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Date:         Sun, 28 May 2000 19:31:22 -0700
Reply-To:     David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: bunch of vws
Comments: To: Mike Miller <mwm@LANSET.COM>
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Mike, What was the name of the Canadians you met?

At 05:41 PM 28/05/2000 -0700, Mike Miller wrote: >Went to the VW drags races in Sacramento. Met BenT, looked for Debby and >her kids and for the guy from South Sacramento whose name escapes me [as >does so much these days]. > >Instead we saw some double cabs, one for Ben, one for me, and met a guy who >had just bought a 88 Syncro. He was resigned to problems but what the heck, >he had his air cooled van for reliable transportation. Then we met some >Canadians who had come down to buy a van. After carefully explaining to >this pair, friends of David Marshal, that one must emulate the Canadian >goose and go north in the summer, not to Sacramento we found out they indeed >had bought a van and were going back North. A good move. > >BenT had the excuse of going to the VW swap meet for being there. I wanted >to see what the god-emperor of San Francisco real estate looked like [I was >impressed, almost bowed down] so I had an excuse. The Canadians bought a >van. But what the heck were all those other people there for? Hot, dusty, >and all that was there were a bunch of VWs. > >Makes one wonder. > >Mike > >

-- David Marshall - Volkswagen Enthusiast - Quesnel, BC, Canada -- -- 78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Iltis, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW Westfalia -- -- 85 VW Cabriolet, 87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 VW Syncro Double Cab -- -- David's Volkswagen Home Page http://www.volkswagen.org -- -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning http://www.fastforward.ca -- -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) --


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