Date:         Tue, 30 Jul 2002 23:53:10 -0500
Reply-To:     Fredrich Hesterberg <FredsVW@WEBTV.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Fredrich Hesterberg <FredsVW@WEBTV.NET>
Subject:      Re: Splitty love story NVC
Comments: To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>'s message of Tue, 30 Jul 2002
              21:08:12 -0500
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Mr. Stan is very close to the truth on this subject.
Hope much yor bank is full of money, and yor credit cards allow big
spending.
Or the best idea is to buy 6 more of the Vanagons for breakdowns in the
future.
This wouldbe much ceaper than looking for parts at a dealer, or other
means of supply
Now you have , what you say, a junk yard?
My life is now full with 4 of these machines,and I rather be drinking
schnopps, with some frauline, other than being wed to any machine full
time.

Good evening,

Fred


E-mail message

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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