Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:19:21 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Van Meet 2007 at White Rock Beach
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You're absolutely right Neil, I completely forgot about the "Coil as Wheel
Chock"! :)
On your other topic, you might want to consider keeping an eye iut for a
nice van with WBX motor issues; you might get a better deal and a better
transplant candidate all at once.
On 8/19/07, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> No, thank you Jake!
>
> And thanks to those who loaned out their ear/brains for questions
> about engine swaps and what not. I know I asked a few....
>
> Seeing engine conversions "in person" really helped me wrap my head
> around what's involved.
>
> And Jake you forgot to mention the "Best Use Of An Ignition Coil"
> award. I think Paul took that one:
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil/iWeb/Site%205/Coil.html
>
> And for the record, I may have beaten out Jakes 84' by more than one
> dent! --- ;^)
>
> Neil.
>
>
> On 8/19/07, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks to all who showed up at the beach yesterday to share a common
> love of
> > Vanagons. It was great to finally put voices to people I've only known
> as
> > text.
> >
> > Appearing were Harold Kiesewetter in his freshly painted Orly Blue TDI
> > powered Westy , Neil Nicholson in his Assuan Brown AC '81 Westy, Paul
> Guzyk
> > and Dot in their Bordeaux Red Carat, Bill MacLachlan in his 1.8 Golf
> powered
> > '82 GL, Tabe Johnson and his sweet son Trevor in their Pastel White '85
> > Westy, Bernie J in his very clean '85 GL Westy and John Woo in
> his Silver
> > '86 Westy. Dave and Helene Marshall with their lively kids Richard and
> > Loraine drove their killer Hightop Syncro Westy with the R-TDI motor and
> VW
> > LT 4 x 4 with 2.4 litre AUDI 6 cylinder diesel. Official Photographer
> Milo
> > de Villiers drove my Wolfram Grey '84 GL work van and I got there plenty
> > early in Dixie, our Pastel White '86 Westy Weekender.
> >
> > John Woo from California won the Long Distance Award, Neil's '81 edged
> out
> > my '84 by a single dent for Most Beat Up and David Marshall took both
> the
> > Tallest Van and Biggest Truck categories. Paul Guzyk won the Best Tool
> > Award for his aluminium floor jack and Bernie's van took the Most
> Original
> > Award.
> >
> > For those of you whose lips are already getting tired, skip to the pix
> at
> > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/
> > Click for larger versions and if anybody wants more just email me
> direct;
> > Milo took hundreds!
> >
> > By liberal use of folding chairs and traffic cones I managed to claim 11
> > consecutive parking spots at the extreme western end of White Rock
> Beach.
> > After a couple hours of queries from pedestrians ('Is there going to be
> a
> > race?' and 'Will there be music?' ) Vanagons started to show up.
> >
> > Bernie brewed up green tea for folks in a French press, Tabe created a
> > community kitchen and his son Trevor passed out potato chips, I showed
> the
> > beer-drinking members how to use the passenger side door jamb latch as a
> > bottle opener and Dave wowed us with his Big Truck.
> >
> > Young Richard pumped up their inflatable and Loraine collected shells
> in
> > the shallows while the rest of us hung out, ate and drank and talked
> > Vanagon. With the Syncro, the LT, an air-cooled van (ABX?), a Golf
> > transplant and two TDIs plus my impending 2.5 Subie swap there was
> plenty to
> > talk about. You know, motors, trombones, wheels & tires, baseball, gear
> > ratios.........
> >
> > We managed to attract the attention of a couple of passing Westies, one
> of
> > whom had been corresponding with David about a diesel conversion, the
> other
> > of which was the long lost Pat Jackman in his beautiful Flash Silver '90
> > Westy, fleeing from the 2 hour border lineup.
> >
> > We also had a visit from a photographer from the Peace Arch News who
> took a
> > bunch of pix and wanted to interview me, as erstwhile 'organizer' of the
> > event! I told him that organizing Vanagonites was like herding
> cats.
> > :)
> >
> > There was much talk of a repeat of the event next year around the same
> time,
> > maybe in a different spot, maybe with camping. Stay in touch.
> >
> > Thanks again everybody, Jake
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> >
>
>
> --
> Please send me your Vanagon/Westfalia links!
> http://vanagonlinks.googlepages.com/home
>
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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