Date:         Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:39:00 -0700
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Anybody know if this Type rear hatch is stock?
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On 8/18/06, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That hatch door could be a "coachbuilt" custom done in Germany.  There
> were
> many outfits like Westfalia for instance that did a number of custom body
> building variations for the commercial Type 2 and not just campers alone.


Or it could have been cobbled together by a US "coachbuilder". This is kind
of why I asked the List. I figured that smeone here would have sen it if
it's factory or factory authorized mod. Anything else makes it less special
to me.

After celebrating the 30th anniversary of my divorce acouple of weeks ago
> (she took me for almost everything except my 73 K Ghia I bought new),


Hey congratulations on getting to keep you Ghia!

 I
> often find myself NOT missing a GF or SO ;-)  I always figured it was a
> normal thing for me to be alone......My sister has said on many an
> occasion that I will never have a GF or SO because I'm just too sensitive
> and nice of a guy (yeah,right - I can hear the guffaws permeating and
> reverberating all through the T1 and Broadband connections now).  My
> philosophy is "It's their loss".  My motto:  "Friends Only, period".
> Besides, after the first fiasco, I realized true love is always
> unrequited.
> My best relationship in the past 30 years was with my cat (may she rest in
> peace).


Sensitive? Like a toothache? =)

BenT