Date:         Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:05:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Donald Baxter <onanov@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Donald Baxter <onanov@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanspotting in Van City (as they call it) and on Vancouver
              Island
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I'm often accused when making trips to the west coast whether its Vancouver,
Seattle, Portland, or San Francisco of examining the Vanagon population
instead of being a tourist.
 Probably the only gay man visiting San Francisco who actually notices
Vanagons more than I notice the men.
 DB

 On 10/17/05, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Well, I found out where all the Westies live.
>
> Minutes after leaving the Vancouver B.C. airport in a
> rental car my head began swiveling and did not stop
> all week. White Westy with a bra downtown on the way
> to the Horseshoe Bay ferry was the first. Beautiful
> blue Syncro hardtop with bull bars on the ferry, and
> simply dozens and dozens of others all over the place.
> I quit counting but never stopped looking.
> Interestingly, among this staggering number of
> Vanagons I never saw the telltale oil pan of a Subaru
> conversion. And I only saw one for sale; a green '82
> diesel Westy (needs trans, and *only* $4200, if you
> can believe it--call 204-952-2030) near the Victoria
> inner harbor.


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