Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:49:03 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: just sayin'
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Hey, I made a fine camping vanagon out of an 82 GL diesel vanagon.
The pop top on westy's.........there is only one real advantage in my world
about them.......besides they look 'just right' on the top of any vanagon
.........is the increased inside head room. I never sleep up there, I don't
even like the top up, makes the van rock in wind more, makes it noisier and
colder in there etc.......i do put junk up there if I put it up though.
But all you really need is more headroom in the middle.
And it's easy to make a table in there, use a stove etc. I made a bed that
had room under it for stuff, I made just part of the seat 'coverable' to bed
time , and a full time seat with table. Wasn't bad at all.
Spent like zero in materials I found laying around. Heck, people throw
stuff away like you wouldn't believe.........I get tools, fine building
materials, ALL KINDS of great stuff free all the time. It is 'literally'
just laying around.
I camped from California to Alaska just fine, thousands and thousands of
miles in a GL vanagon. For years. You can't work in plywood ?
Well, you don't say where you are, as usual for most people !
...................ahem..........so based on that I guess I won't be
offering you this westy I had in mind for you.
I guess it's just me, but if someone is in new mexico, or new york, or new
Hampshire or Colorado or Europe, or wherever, it makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE
IN THE WORLD TO ME.
I'm surprised that's not obvious to people. Seems basic and fundamental to
me.
You never know, if you say WHERE you ARE some local might
go........."you know, I've got this westy just sitting in my back
yard."......................'imagination' you know, 'vision'
................... 'creating and manifesting' ...........you make stuff
happen by forming relationships, and physical location is part of that.
Scott.
southern Oregon, btw. USA. Think big !
shoot, I have a nice 83 westy I got, running no less, for one thousand
bucks. And I did it just by having a presence on the internet, and having
people know WHERE I am.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Chad Lyles
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:36 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: just sayin'
jealousy:
i wish i had a super awesome rig that i could camp in. dont get me wrong ..i
love my "no frills" 84gl but... i am kinda bored with just a 7 passenger...
oh well i will live vicariously through the listee's i guess.
any one want to give me a westy? .....for free....or for (checking contents
of pocket) a silver dollar and three dimes, a bus pass and a...piece of
paper with a phone number on it?
is that a fair price?
i'm just sayin.
Chad~
84gl
ps sorry for the LVC ...oh wait its friday... i'm not sorry.
have a great weekend every one!!! go camping for me take great pictures...