Hey I'm in Roanoke too! Ok not really but you asked....I feel your pain, is anybody in Nashville, TN? Actually there's a very nice late model maroon Van in Hendersonville, TN. Anybody here own it? Chris Nashville, TN 85 GL (blue) On Aug 31, 2004, at 20:52, William Alexander wrote: > New guy couple of things - > > Not a complete waste of bandwidth - as I do have a real question - but > first: > > I've been a member of a number of different sorts of email groups - > cars, music, motorcycles, bicycles, etc - Just wanted to give 2¢ that > this group really stands out above the others I've been in. Good on > topic content (other than this post - ha) and a wealth of experience > out there that I could never find here in Roanoke, Va (but for Pete's > sake would someone say "Hey! I'm in Roanoke Too!") And a sense of > camaraderie that you don't see in these listservs very often (like the > post snipped below - too cool - especially if the group here can > actually help.) If anyone notices me posting something that takes away > from those positive aspects please don't hesitate to correct me > off-list and I'll straighten up. > > Ok vanagon content - In a reply to my headliner question Doug in > California - who happens to be a very skilled > interior-refurbimisher-type - mentioned that he "replaced his pop-top" > and it occurred to me that I should probably do that - as a previous > owner partially painted my pop-top with a brush, and replaced the > skylight with styrofoam and gooped it in with silicon. (a bit of a > rescued vanagon she is...) The question is two-fold: > > Anyone got a pop-top around that they need to get out of the yard? > > and barring that... > > Is there a resource I haven't come across yet for (being ridiculously > specific) vanagon junkyards in the Roanoke, Va area? (Hey! I'm in the > Roanoke, Va area too!) or maybe the surrounding area within my yet > fully determined "she-can-make-it-that-far" radius - currently about 2 > hours... > > Thanks a vanaton, > > William in Roanoke, Va > > Needing many parts for his... > > 87 Westy! Brand spankin new! > > > > Volks, >> >> As some know Frank Condelli is on his way to burning man. >> >> Traveling with Frank was a second Vanagon Westy owned by a mutual >> friend, Ina from Ottawa. >> >> Unfortunately Ina blew her engine (The number four rod came through >> the >> case) just outside of Rapid City, SD. >> > |
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