Date:         Fri, 13 Jul 2001 16:56:38 -0500
Reply-To:     wilden1@JUNO.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Car Shows - Anybody ever go?
Comments: To: DStewart@CHRM.COM
Content-Type: text/plain

The reward isn't the VW Show or The Vans.... Its the VW owners that camp
out in the local parks and on the convention center, drag race or
Wal-Mart parking lots.

If you think VW's are classics you got to meet the Splittie and Bay
owners. They have perfect engines and drive trains but revel in the rust
around the front window. They love luggage racks, ladders, barbecue
grills, portable lighting, fire pits, hardwood bumpers and beer.

All I've ever met are casual, friendly, informative and addicted to their
VW.

Stan Wilder
83 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 14:31:40 -0700 Donna Stewart <DStewart@CHRM.COM>
writes:
> Actually, not true.  I enjoy VW shows.  I haven't been to many the
> last year or two but I used to go to the Sacramento Bug-O-Rama twice
> a year, then down to LA for the Classic/SOTO show (which is now
> OCTO).  I plan on trying to make a show at Angels Camp, California
> later this month.  While many of these shows feature vintage
> air-cooleds, there are usually some Vanagons around, and it's fun to
> look at earlier versions of the Transporter.  At the Classic in
> Irvine there are usually quite a few Vanagons "showing off."
>
> >>> T Berk <tberk@MINDSPRING.COM> 07/13/01 02:24PM >>>
> Being the Vanagon doesn't lend itself to Hot Rodding or showing off
> type
> activities (for the most part) but instead is a people
> hauler/camping
> type thing it seems most folks on this list couldn't be bothered
> with
> attending a (VW) car show or two.
>
> True?
>
> TBerk

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