Date:         Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:08:12 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Splitty love story NVC
Comments: To: jfp7@hotmail.com
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John Wrote: Presently I have 3 WBXs Vanagons; an '86 Syncro van, a '91
Westy MV
automatic and my newest baby, a '90 double cab automatic.
Stan wrote: John
I'm certainly glad that it is you and not me with that fleet of money
suckers.
I'm envisioning a wire cage in your two car garage with a sign on the
shelf of the split door that says parts department.
I'm visualizing the wire basket that is labeled *waiting for parts*.
What ever possess a person to collect a fleet of *known to be
problematic* vehicles ?
I strugle by with a Ford Victoria, an Oldsmobile 98 and a poor single
Westy.
I seldom mention my other vehicles because they always run good and need
no discussion.
I'm counting six vehicles at your home (hope you got a big barn).

Stan Wilder
83 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 01:06:37 +0000 Jfp w/2 wbxs <jfp7@HOTMAIL.COM>
writes:
> Hi Shawn,
>
> Presently I have 3 WBXs vanagons; an '86 Syncro van, a '91 Westy MV
> automatic and my newest baby, a '90 doublecab automatic. But I
> still
> remember the splitty I had. During the decade of the 70s I drove a
> 1955 type
> II all over California. It was not a standard 21 window microbus but
> it had
> factory corner glass windows with the small rear lid window glass.
> It also
> featured a unique, factory stock single brake light just above the
> license
> plate area.
>
> Being much younger than I am now, I then converted the '55 to 12V,
> installed
> a "T" crankcase type III dual-port carburetor engine connected to a
> 1967
> tunnel type I gear box with the ring gear flipped 180*. We
> overhauled and
> reinstalled the early rear wheel gear reduction boxes giving the
> '55
> extraordinary climbing ability coupled with the torque of the type
> III
> engine. For nearly 10 years this wonderful splitty took us camping
> and
> inner-tubing with countless friends and dogs throughout the
> mountains of
> California. We had some tense moments but the type III powered '55
> splitty
> always brought us home. While I appreciate the A/C, auto trans and
> power
> everything of the Vanagon, I still miss the sound and simplicity of
> the '55
> splitty!!!!!!
>
> Kind regards,  John
>
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