It would be interesting to know what the on-the-road survival rate of these vans is... meaning how many of them are actually (and legally) in use versus the number that were sold in a major geographic area (North America, Europe, etc.) I wonder that they aren't just getting rare(r) now. Cya, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Roberds" <mattroberds@COX.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:53 PM Subject: Re: Vanagon Sighting
>> From: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> >> Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 11:51:23 -0700 >> >> Well, we need to do a per capita thing. How many people in the Port >> Huron, MI, area? > > To calibrate your head a little: one source I have says that from 1980 > to 1989, about 119,000 Vanagons were exported to the United States. If > all of those vans were still on the road today, there would be about one > van for every 2,500 people in the United States. > > By this logic, greater Tulsa, OK, would have over 300 Vanagons. My > personal estimate is that it's much lower, probably in the range of a > few dozen. > > Matt Roberds |
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