Shhh! Don't say that - my container is enroute from Germany as we speak! :) Actually, if my container were to go to the bottom of the ocean it would be like winning the lotto for the insurance money!
David Marshall Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 mailto:info@fastforward.ca http://www.fastforward.ca Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992 1160 . Vanagon Accessories and Engine Conversions . Transporter, Unimog and Iltis Sales . European Lighting for most Audi and Volkswagen models
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of Jason Yasment Sent: October 25, 2000 9:11 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Tiico conversion
But they do loose containers off the decks every once in a while.....nothing like seeing a few thousand tennis shoes floating in middle of nowhere. --- David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG> wrote: > This seams a little strange... ocean freighters that > carry sea containers > run like clock work and they don't "never make it" > to a port city they are > destinated for unless they sink! > > David Marshall > > -- David Marshall - Volkswagen Enthusiast - Quesnel, > BC, Canada -- > -- 78 VW Rabbit, 79 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) -- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of John Koloski > Sent: October 25, 2000 4:45 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Tiico conversion > > > I've heard from Peter at Tiico regarding the > wherabouts of my engine. The > freighter carrying it from South Africa never made > it to Galveston, Texas. > It arrived unexpected in New York City. The > container with my engine in > it was trucked from NYC to Galveston. Soon my > globetrotting engine will be > shipped from Texas to Baltimore, MD, where I will > put it in my Vanagonb. > Good things come to those who wait. Thanks. > > John Koloski > '90 Vanagon GL > '60 Pontiac Catalina > '71 Catalina 27 (sailboat) > '69 Beetle Cabriolet (lawn ornament)
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