Date:         Sat, 8 May 2004 17:54:04 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
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Ok, I'm 48, and hopelessly addicted to VW Vans. I bought a 66 split
window as my first car back in 1976. I was a motorcyclist and bicyclist
up till then but times were changing for me so I cut my hair and bought
a 'car'. The year before that I took a trip to Baja in a 1962 Bus with a
college buddy of mine and our girlfriends. I was impressed with the
capabilities of that thing in all the ways you can imagine. The rear
seats were out and a platform bed installed. I still tell stories of
that trip and the road conditions we encountered. I decided to get one
myself as it seemed almost as simple mechanically as the motorcycles I
was used to working on.

From there I bought a 71 Squareback for commuting, moved up to a 1969
Bus, then a 72 Westy......

I've lost track of the VW's I owned since. More than 30 Buses and a
handful of Squarebacks and Fastbacks. I have had a serious relationship
with about 10 Vanagons, putting over 500,000 miles on them. The others I
put back into shape and mostly passed them on to family and friends.

I currently prefer Syncros and diesel Vanagons. My collection never
seems to drop under 4 but I'm a fair bit past that at the moment
counting the project vehicles.

87 Syncro Baja Camper, Audi 5 Cylinder
82 Diesel Westy, 1.9TD
87 Syncro GL, 2.1 WBX
83 Stretched Syncro Diesel, camper of the future
83 Syncro conversion, Diesel
 and a few more......just passing through, honest honey bunch...

Mark