In a message dated 11/20/07 1:04:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, fonman4277@COMCAST.NET writes:
> ive been there too. he hoards them..doesnt really sell parts off them.. he > definately has me beat tho. more vans than ive ever seen in one place at one > time.> > > He does work on them, though-keeping them for parts for customers Vanagon's > maybe? This is where my '84 was sitting when I bought it. When the PO seized > the engine on I-66 outside of Front Royal, Virginia he had it towed to Mark > I. Must have been a hell of a tow bill, Front Royal to Walkersville, MD. I > think he charged me $225.00 to tow it to my house, approx. half the distance. > Jeff > yea he does sell them from time to time.. the westys he leaves out there with the tops popped up 24/7. i was like. "mark, dont you ever worry about the interiors getting ruined from water leaking in the rotted canvas with the tops popped up all the time like that?" i dont think he cared.. lol actually, i probably wouldnt care either if i had 80 of them. nice enough guy tho. and yeps he is kown as the key guy at the vw shows. he has OE blanks for just about every year and can make you a key right there on the spot from the bed of his doka (which is a twin of mine) .. he's got the key cutter right there.
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