> Hi All, > I just found this list but I'm not new to VWs at age 55yrs. > I didn't get my first Bus till 1987 when I returned to PA from four years in > Egypt and my cousin gave me a "69 Kombi just so I'd have some wheels. I > learned a lot about the type 2 from that beast but it was all good > education. I had that bus till 1990 when I gave it to my son for his first > car............He should have sued me cause he had it for less then six > months when the steering box detached itself from the rusted out frame and > made things interesting...........He did OK and actully drove the thing home > after he figured things out. He's 35 now and an execellent professional > mechanic. > > In the meantime I had found a nice "81 Westy that I just had to have. There > were many good times in that Camper but the East coast winters were too much > for the poor thing and it was retired in 1998 with very little frame left > under it. > > I also have a few other VWs, a 1971 Super Beetle Autostick that I dropped a > 1776 into, a 1970 Beetle stock, a 1981 Rabbit Pickup, a 1988 Fox GL and the > newest addition a 1980 California Vanagon with 70,000 original miles on it. > > I have had in the past a 1970 Ghia Cabrio, a "55 oval and a "56 oval but > they were too rusted out for my level of restoration talent. > > May you never see VW death by Rust............. > Warren > In Rust Free Arizona now > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.