Date:         Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:17:45 EST
Reply-To:     Oxroad@AOL.COM
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From:         Jeff Oxroad <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Ebay:Giagantic 76 "vanagon" camper
Comments: To: JordanVw@aol.com
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In a message dated 1/15/2006 7:17:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, JordanVw
writes:

jeff,  youre behind on your list emails!! shame on you!!  :<)  we talked
about this a few days ago..its a LT-28.

i actually like it.  JonR  on the list here used to have one too..






I've been drunk since Christmas eve and I'm just now beginning to  sober up.
Even at that, I'm sober enough to know it's time for you to mount your
outside rear view mirrors correctly. C'mon!  ;)

Ah, the LT-28, of course. I actually saw one up in Yellowstone National
Park, WY a few years back, but it was a newer model than that 76. (I just  passed
it on the road, so didn't get a look inside.)

Somehow I didn't know the LT 28 was made as far back as 76.  I have  brochure
for a Westfalia "Sven Hedin" camper based on the LT-28. I'm guessing  the
brochure is from the late 80s. The brochure is in German, but the pictures  are
in English. The one in the brochure is particularly sweet. Obviously bulkier
than the Vanagon, but still more managable than say a C-Class camper. And it
kind of looks like a swollen Vanagon so the transistion wouldn't be so bad if
they were available in the USA.

The extra room in the LT 28 seems like a plus. It seems the LT 28 still
gives you a managable size yet the extra room. Although I suppose these days  with
the Sprinter-based campers you can get about the same space and  managability
that a LT 28 camper would offer. I mean I'm sticking with the  Vanangon
Westfalia, but it's nice to think about an LT 28.

Anyway, thanks for clearing it up and bringing me up to date. I guess I've
been behind on my list mail.

Best,
Jeff
83.5 Westy
LA,CA