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Date:         Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:50:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Larry Chase <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM>
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From:         Larry Chase <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM>
Subject:      Project: Yellow Ribbon
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Posted on behalf of our Bus Brother "Greg Potts" in Canada.

Hope you enjoy the "story".

good road, good adventure, good life,

larry chase

www.roadhaus.com www.roadhaus.com/shops.html www.roadhaus.com/tires.html

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Hi Volks,

Have I got a story for you....

A few years ago a young man from windsor joined our local online VW mailing list, having just purchased a very rough 1972 Riviera camper. He wanted to restore the bus, and needed help. He was working at the local grocery store and poured a ton of $$ into rebuilding the engine, suspension, steering and tires. Not long after he decided on a career in the military. He and another list-member had just finished the engine rebuild when he was called up for Basic Training with the Army, and after a year at CFB Petawawa he decided on a tour of peacekeeping duties overseas in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Just before he got back, one of the members of our group remarked at a camp-out that it would be a nice thing to do if we got together and finished off the work on his bus before he got back.... sort of like a real-life "Over-haulin" kind of thing. We called it "Project: Yellow Ribbon".

You can read the story and see the pics here:

http://www.busesofthecorn.com/ProjectYellowRibbon/MissionReport.html

Happy trails,

Greg Potts Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato** LY3H 1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia http://www.busesofthecorn.com


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