Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 11:18:29 -0400
Reply-To: Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Westy Rental in NJ
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He is probably not going to rent a Westy for a cross country trip. It
is just too much wear and tear on the van since most people only have
two weeks for vacation and want to go to California and back. If you
have ever tried this it is not a fun trip (too fast to get any real fun
in) and flogging a waterboxer westy for 14 days isn't exactly healthy
for things (like going 80 mph for 20 hours straight just so you can get
to California faster). The rentals are aimed at the East Coast tours
and possibly some trips to Eastern Canada. If you want to go to
California you could just fly out that way and rent a Westy from
Califoria Campers and then fly back. A much nicer way to spend two
weeks than driving back and forth (IMHO).
Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Demarest [mailto:tim.demarest@pobox.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 11:11 AM
To: Ken Wilford; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Westy Rental in NJ
I was looking for a rental biz like this back in 2001 when planning my
cross-country trip... since I couldn't find anyone renting westies in
the
east, I ended up goign with the "buy one, travel the country, sell it"
plan. All went well except for the "sell it' part of the plan. :-)
At 10:09 PM 5/2/2005 -0400, Ken Wilford wrote:
>Just FYI. My brother-in-law recently bought North East Camper Rentals.
>He has a small fleet of five Westies that are for rent for traveling on
>the East Coast. You can check out the website and pricing at
>http://www.northeastcampers.com/. Just thought I would mention it to
>the list as I had not really known about this rental service before.
>It used to be in the Boston area and run by Jim Sears. Now it is in
>Millville, NJ and run by Jim Deknight (bro-in-law). If you need any
>information etc. feel free to call or email me. The campers are all in
>very good mechanical and cosmetic condition and would be a great way to
>get the fun out of a Westy without actually having to buy one yourself.
>Also would be a good way for someone considering buying a Westy to see
>if they actually liked it before buying.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Ken Wilford
>John 3:16
>www.vanagain.com
