Date:         Thu, 31 Aug 2000 21:26:26 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Sydney club
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>Hi all listees,
>I'm relatively new to the List.
>
>Been reading and hearing all about dipsticks getting caught in alloy wheels
>and causing linkage cracks in the gearbox resulting in theft of radios from
>campervanagons parked in San Francisco. THEN..........the spedometer cable
>from an '82 Syncro Camperfalia doesn't fit in the back seat, because of
>either the 195/75/15 tyres fitted, or GL/5 transmission oil was used
>instead of the GL/4 oil in the Radiator, all resulting in failure of the O2
>sensor ............AND THEN - there's the guns, cooking pots, oil
>rust-proofing, dem dum coolant lights dum-kin blinkin because der koolant
>izzz not kooling ze heads of my dinkin wasseerrrrboxxxeeerrrrr!!!
>

>Anyways, the point of this email - being from Sydney/Australia:
>Are there many Australian members on the List?
>Is there a club of any sorts (in Sydney area) for swap meets, outings,
>information for Vanagon owners?
>Anyone interested in forming a 'Vanagon Family' if not?

>David Del Ben


There is an all-models VW club in Sydney, Club VeeDub Sydney, try
<www.clubvw.org.au>. They didn't seem very interested when I inquired.