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Date:         Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:22:07 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: A transmission to Tierra del Fuego.
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Re: the sponsor; I wonder if Joy could help you out with that- somebody she knows in the field or what-not.

Cya, Robert

----- Original Message ----- From: "monte merrick" <montemerrick@SPEAKEASY.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 4:23 PM Subject: Re: A transmission to Tierra del Fuego.

> another good reason to avoid diesel westies, or any other camper, is > that in a condition that will make the trip, you won;t have the dough > left for actual travel. > > i just bought a gas burning passenger van because it seemed that > outfitting it for travel was cheaper than paying 10k or more for a good > condition westy. i do miss the poptop idea, though. but otherwise i > think the hardtop will serve quite well > > good luck - it would be great to hear more about your trip - is there > an agenda or jsut going for the excitement of it > > i am planning a much shorter trip - only half of the western hemisphere > rather than all of it - mostly to scope out the west coast of north > america for the signs and damage caused by climate change - hence the > original idea of veggie oil - but without a sponsor it seemed pretty > hard to figure that angle - so its gas burning for me - sigh..... > > > > take care > > > monte > > > > On Apr 19, 2006, at 3:13 PM, Ian Cooley wrote: > > Evening, friends and fellow aficionados of travel. > > I am currently preparing to head south, bound for Argentina, and I am > looking for a Vanagon Adventurewagen. All the same, I am new to this > market (as a serious buyer) and to a roadtrip of such great extent. > Any advice or suggestions on either topic one may offer would be > greatly appreciated and warmly accepted. > > Beyond their pertinence to my planned endeavor, I have wanted a > vehicle of this nature for years now. I hope to find a diesel with > the intention of converting it to run on veggie-oil (though, of late, > this desire has diminished to some extent given the impression i've > received regarding the availability of vegetable oil in these > countries). As I am > currently in Reno, NV, something within a six-seven hour drive should > suffice (i.e., this post is most pertinent to those living at any > point along the west coast, from Los Angeles to Vancouver, > Canada)--though, if a steal surfaces elsewhere that I would be amiss > to pass... If one should be found, please email me: > ianrcooley@gmail.com. Thank you sincerely, irrespective of your > realized effort towards this end. > > With much love and sure cadence. > Ian > > -- > Scientists warn that traveling through space-time by means of a cosmic > wormhole may be extremely dangerous. > > > "I long ago lost a hound, a bay horse, and a turtle dove, and am still > on their trail. Many are the travelers I have spoken to concerning > them, describing their tracks and what calls they answered to. I have > met one or two who had heard the hound, and the tramp of the horse, and > even seen the dove disappear behind a cloud, and they seemed as anxious > to recover them as if they had lost them themselves." - henry thoreau


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