Date:         Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:47:40 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: The two kinds of Vanagon owner..
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The bay window was my very first "I've seen the light" moment with VW vans.
When I discovered it (at 15 or so) I didn't even realize the splittie or
Vanagon existed. Bays are beautiful and I am glad the prices aren't sky
high. Once I get my 90' and 85' in acceptable working order (I hear you all
laughing - bear with me) I think that a bay window will be my next bus. I've
always wanted one - the Vanagon thing just fell in my lap (and I caught the
bug pretty quick).

I had a chance to buy a bay window from an older couple when I was 17. It
was orange and from what I could tell (visually) absolutely perfect. My
parents wouldn't let me buy it (now I wonder why I just didn't do it
anyway). The old timer wanted 2k and the bus had less than 100k miles on it.
He said they used it for the commute from Florida to Michigan every year.
Damn, that is a "do over" moment if I ever had one.


On 4/25/07, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > .........i have several buddies who have been restoring and selling
> > buses to england
> > for sometime that will argue this point to no end.  they believe we
> > are at
> > the pinnacle. they already see baywindow prices falling as the
> > aircooled
> > thing is dying a slow death.
>
> No disrespect for those bay window drivers, but their value is not
> the same as earlier ac buses whose values have skyrocketed even more
> than the vanagon westy prices.
>
> Bays are not perceived to be as valuable as split windows even tho
> they are much better safety, power, stopping, wise,  & you can get
> bays for a lot less than splits.  The same holds true for ac vanagons?
>
>
> Pax,
>
> Tom B. there's a reason that bay buses are called "fat chick" buses?
> (& it doesn't relate to the driver)
>



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Thanks,

Jeff
90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It's naked inside - IT'S ALIVE!)
86' (We call this one Parts)
85' GL (Sidelined and feeling neglected)