Date:         Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:22:07 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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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