Date:         Mon, 14 Jan 2002 11:00:56 -0800
Reply-To:     Julianna Thoennes <mumbrue@ATTBI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Julianna Thoennes <mumbrue@ATTBI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Generation span of the  list..........
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I bought my first VW in 1987, when I was 17, amost 18.  It was a red, 1968
beetle.  Unfortunately, it was stolen, and never found again.  In 1994, the
next VW I bought was a 1974 powder blue Super beetle.  I loved that thing,
but after our second child was born, it was too small to fit groceries,
stroller, husband, and babies.  My husband convinced me to trade it in for a
Dodge Caravan.  I still regret that decision!  It took me a year after
losing the bug, but I finally got what I really wanted!  A 1990 Vanagon GL
Westfalia.  The Rastafalia!  Now, I must say that I have put thousands of
dollars into this van, but I have also put many thousands of miles on him.
I like to get out and go!  : )  Somewhere in there I bought Little Red, the
1974 Beetle, now sold.  And this August got my 1976 Automatic Bay window
Westfalia!   The Apple Blossom.  I caught the 'bug' from my grandfather when
I was a little girl.  Now he is 85 years old, and still tinkering with VW's!
He was real impressed with the Rastafalia when we drove down to see them in
Florida a year and a half ago.  Anyway, I have a lot of fun with these VW's,
and I am learning a lot too!  I credit this wonderful list for my level of
understanding!  Currently I am 31, but soon to be 32 in March.

Happy days!
Julianna
90 VW Vanagon Westfalia
76  VW Automatic Bay Westfalia