Date:         Wed, 11 Jul 2001 18:40:25 -0700
Reply-To:     mike and shari <mjgarske@HOME.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mike and shari <mjgarske@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: Building a westy/DESTROYING A RARE SUNROOF VAN
Comments: To: EarthNOW! <staff@EARTHNOW.ORG>
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Oh please.....

"EarthNOW!" wrote:

> You want to hang me???
>
> At 04:59 PM 7/11/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >Is money the only scale with which to measure value?  Are you saying that
> >just because no on is willing to buy up all the mighty sequoias to save them
> >for future generations, that they don't have true value?
> >
> >I think not.  You must consider their value to the common good. I appreciate
> >that YOU don't care whether the last sunroof Vanagon made in 1987 may very
> >well fall victim to a vicious Sawzall, but I believe that we, as a community
> >of Vanagon lovers should, and yes, DO care.
> >
> >We don't have room in this fine community of ours for anybody who'd advocate
> >this kind of activity.
> >
> >I say let's get us a rope, boys.  Let's go down to the tree and string 'em
> >up!  We can and will make this fine country of ours safe for the spotted ow
> >.  .  .
> >
> >Oh, never mind.
> >
> >Karl Wolz
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "John Anderson" <jander14@WVU.EDU>
> >To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> >Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 4:43 PM
> >Subject: Re: Building a westy/DESTROYING A RARE SUNROOF VAN
> >
> >
> >> >
> >> > 87 sunroof vans that exist.   87 was the last year the sunroof van was
> >sold
> >> > in the US, and since the sunroof vans were not available with A/C, they
> >> were
> >> > rare.  if you want to do a poptop retrofit - go with a hardtop van.  not
> >> only
> >> >
> >> > will you be destroying one of the few 87 sunroofs that exist, you will
> >> have a
> >> >
> >> > lot more work because of the double roof in the sunroof van, as opposed
> >to
> >> > doing the conversion to a hardtop van with the single roof.
> >>
> >>
> >> Oh good lord it's a vanagon already.  Do whatever makes you happy.
> >> Yeah and that rare '87 sunroof van is worth what, probably less than
> >> a hardtop on the market since it doesn't have A/C.  The sunroof is a
> >> great way to do a safe conversion, that '87 isn't going to be worth jack
> >> 5 years from now, and less in 10 to anyone except someone who thinks
> >> it's worth something.
> >>
> >> John
> >> jander14@wvu.edu