Date:         Tue, 7 Oct 2003 22:29:36 -0400
Reply-To:     Joe Federici <joefederici@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Joe Federici <joefederici@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon high roof manufacturer in California!
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This is the case for sure, Eric on this list and others like
adventurewagen was the person who looked into buying the mold from Ed
who was happy to see it go to a good home. Eric looked into doing a
short run which Vee was a part of. Long story short. As you may know,
These are tough times and this bunch is a bit on the tight side. The
cost of a new top without windows would have been around 1,200. Not
enough people stepped up.

Another manufacturer in CA has joined the aw list and is making tops
for MUCH less. I haven't see pic but the price is around 600.00.
there is more info on the aw yahoo site.

JFF

>Last I heard, there was nowhere near enough interest.  The date passed.
>Veronica, the ramrod, got a used AW top and has it installed.  I don't
>expect her to be prime mover anymore.  I think this group buy is dying
>if not dead.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>Of Loren A. Busch
>Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 5:50 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Vanagon high roof manufacturer in California!
>
>..... This is the only manufacturer that I have found in 3 years looking
>for a high roof, besides adventurwagen that does not produces them
>anymore....
>Not quite true.  The molds for the Adventurewagen have been acquired by
>members of the Adventruewagen list and, last I heard, a batch of tops
>were
>being produced.  They were looking for a minimum of seven orders, don't
>know
>if that number has been reached yet.  This has been an active topic on
>the
>AW list.  Contact  Veronica.Fraga@phs.com