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Date:         Tue, 3 Jan 2006 10:01:18 -0800
Reply-To:     Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: vanagon shows and swapmeets....JIM THOMPSON????
In-Reply-To:  <bfb5ccc40601030942n7fd6b57fu12c372fc202a1a7c@mail.gmail.com>
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> > Flu bug has hit twice in in the past 10 days, so I've been a bit "off > list" so to speak. > > Pomona Swap Meet, Jan 15th > LA County Fairgrounds (Fairplex) > Pomona, CA > http://www.pomonaswapmeet.com/ > The West Coast's largest, held every 6 weeks or so, with a rather sizeable > VW-Porsche section. Some neat finds, but a lotta garbage too ;-) The > January edition may be a bit slower as most people are broke just after the > holidays. However, this year it falls on the same weekend as..... > > Buses By The Bridge X > Windsor Beach State Park > Lake Havasu City, AZ > Jan 13th thru the 15th > Looks to be a sizeable Type 2, Westy , Eurovan & EVC crowd to be > attending, many of those coming have indicated on the frappr site. Could be > the biggest one to happen in quite awhile. There will be some parts sales > and swapping going on there for sure. > http://www.busesbythebridge.com/ > OR > http://www.frappr.com/bbbx > > Frappr shows 89 registrations, but based on all the talk, sounds like a > lot more are coming, so it might put a tiny dent into Pomona. > > For those that are interested, the Annual VW Porsche Toy and Literature > Show held at the LAX Hilton, instead of being usually on the first > Saturday morning of February (4th), it will be held on the last Saturday of > February (25th) this year. Although heavy on the Porsche stuff, there is > quite a respectable showing of VW stuff to include rare & vintage small > parts. Never know what you'll find at this event and I have attended most > of them since it's inception over 20 years ago. > > http://www.lalitandtoyshow.com/ > > There will be the usual OCTO show the next day (Sunday, the 26th,) at > Huntington Beach High School. Although OCTO is Pre-68 oriented, there's > always stuff for all models throughout the swap area, might be worth a > look-see. > > http://www.octo.org/files/ > > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" > 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise" > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" > oldvolkshome@gmail.com > http://www.oldvolkshome.com > See You At Buses By The Bridge! :-) > ********************************** > On 1/3/06, JordanVw@aol.com < JordanVw@aol.com> wrote: > > > > In a message dated 1/3/06 2:45:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, > > groups.florian@GMAIL.COM writes: > > > > > > > hi list, > > > > > > my vanagon mechanic over in germany (i do not wor on my german van > > myself - > > > no space, and its a eurovan) is reaaly keen on flying over to > > california for > > > that " really big vw meeting and show and swap meet that happen in > > caliornia > > > i think in january maybe or so canyou find out for me where and when > > that > > > is?" > > > > > > > > > gzzzzzz so my question is is there a good list somewhere on the > > internet of > > > vw and especially van meets or even better yet - does someoone have an > > idea > > > what he is talking about? > > > would be a grea help. i owe him the favor of finding out..... > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > florian > > > > > > > hey Flo - he's prolly going out to Pomona.. huge swapmeet in orange > > county.. where is Jim Thompson of the Old Volks Home? he usually is > > up on all > > the SoCal swapmeets...... > > > > chris > >


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