Date:         Sat, 21 Apr 2001 22:10:39 -0500
Reply-To:     Dave Baker <DBAKER5@kc.rr.com>
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From:         Dave Baker <DBAKER5@kc.rr.com>
Subject:      Re: Why do you like your Vanagon?
Comments: To: CHRIS STANN <cstann3@HOME.COM>
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Hmmm... I like the idea of minimalism.  Packing a lot of function into a
small space.  I can go anywhere in my Westy... except some parking garages.
Pretty much just like a regular automobile, but with all -- make that
"some" -- of the comforts of home.

I saw my first VW Microbus (we called them then) in 1965 in Sicily.  It was
being driven by Peter Throckmorton, the father of underwater archaeology.
When I got back to the states, first thing I did was buy one.  Don't even
remember the model year, but it sure got me around.  Traded it in 1968 for a
Chevy Camaro (groan).  Kept the Camaro for just a little less than 2 years
before trading it for a 68 Westy.  I'd been out of VWs for nearly 25 years
until I got my 85 Westy last summer.

BTW... Saw a cool burgundy colored Westy this morning at the Plaza in Kansas
City.  A list member?

Dave in KC
85 Westy
http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1

----- Original Message -----
From: CHRIS STANN <cstann3@HOME.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject: Why do you like your Vanagon?


> Why do you like your Vanagon?  What made you consider one?  What was you
> first experience of one?
>
>
> Chris.
> '85 Westy.