Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 21:05:17 -0700
Reply-To: Damon Campbell <damoncampbellvw@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Damon Campbell <damoncampbellvw@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
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--- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
> i think it would be a cool thread to see the average
> ages of people on the
> list...and why you like vw vans, or why you bought
> your van..and if you used it
> for your your family, or just yourself..
I guess i'll engage in this bit of collective
narcissism as well (even though i am not one of the
big-time posters).
I’m 27 and despite having grown up around VWs, have
only technically owned one car – the ’84 westy my dad
bought in that same year. My first ride was a ’73
super beetle, chopped and lowered by my father, but
still underpowered (a good thing in those Alaskan
winters – I got into enough automotive trouble as it
was). The real fun, however, was growing up and
taking long summer trips in the westy, and all the
memories I’ve had surrounding that thing (like when I
was 13, and took my mom’s jetta for a joy ride that
ended in the rear quarter panel of my dad’s van… not
good!). Sparky has probably driven the Al-Can
somewhere around 25 times…
So, when my parents passed the van on to me about 3
years ago with the provision I could have it as long
as they could use it any time they wanted, I was
pretty stoked. Since then, I have been trying to
restore it and make it a vehicle I’ll hang on to for a
loooong time. Some things have been good (new brakes,
SA wheels, e-code headlights, sound system, etc.), and
some things haven’t gone as well (don’t have your
first engine rebuild be an unusual hot-rodding of an
unusual engine!). Fortunately, my wife is (mostly)
supportive, and hopefully Boston Bob’s repair of my
engine will be the last thing it needs for quite a
while.
I’m not the hardest core VW nut (wouldn’t even call
myself one), but I do like my van, like the van
community, and like the freedom of taking the most
elegantly designed house on wheels wherever I feel
like going.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend,
-Damon
=====
'84 Westy (Sparky) w/2.3L WBX (well... it was worth a shot. And now it is.)
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