Date:         Sun, 9 May 2004 16:48:07 -0400
Reply-To:     Robert Harris <rdh24@CORNELL.EDU>
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From:         Robert Harris <rdh24@CORNELL.EDU>
Subject:      State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
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31 years old and new to the list.  Very impressive, the VW resume of some
folks here -- I'm only on my 2nd!  #1 was a '64 Beetle I bought in college
for next to nothing after my first-ever car, a Triumph Spitfire, wheezed to
a permanent halt.  Ran like a champ with a 1600dp motor and 12v electrics
-- sold me on German engineering.  I finally had to let it go when the
heater channel rust got out of hand.

VW #2 is an '84 Westy I just picked up a few weeks ago after YEARS of
wanting one.  Yippee!!  Suddenly work, relationships, and all other
practical concerns seem just a bit drab compared to the fun of wrenching on
the brick to make it road worthy again.  Hope this disease abates or I may
get myself into trouble!  The van is cosmetically excellent but does need
some attention -- wasserboxer threw a rod before I could even get it
home.  I had a good 2.2L Subaru motor sitting in the garage "just in case,"
so now I'm going ahead and converting the Westy to Subaru power.  Learning
as I go... anybody doing a conversion in the upstate NY area please give a
holler, I'd love to trade notes!  Driveway's always got a space for
wandering Vanagons passing through - just let me know.

Robert Harris
Ithaca, NY
'84 Vanagon Westfalia on jackstands
'95 Subaru Legacy LS winter driver
'93 Honda CB750