Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:09:39 -0700
Reply-To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Van Meet 2007 at White Rock Beach
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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
>
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