Date:         Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:34:00 -0500
Reply-To:     BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
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From:         BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Subject:      Re: just sayin'
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>> 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.
<<

After my '72 camper died all I could afford back in 1993 was a blue '84 GL.
The Westys were out of my price range. There was a company, I guess long out
of existence, that made a Z-Bed kit. It allowed you to make your regular
back seat fold out. They also sold a curtain kit which was pretty nice. I
later added a sink/fridge thing from a '70's camper and some extra cabinets.
We did allot of camping in that.  We still wished we had a Westy, not for
the poptop but for the fridge and stove.  After the '83 blowed up in '96 we
decided on a Westy.  Actually it felt like a step down because we were
losing this nice cozy GL and getting an '83 "L" version which meant crappy
seats made out of straw and a really uncool color (or we thought so at the
time).  Anyway, after camping in it a few times we came to realize we could
care less about the fridge and stove, they can be replaced with a portable
stove and cooler, it was the poptop that made it all worthwhile. Not for
sleeping but for the standing room. I can see why they added those little
turrent pop tops to the '60's Westfalias. It makes the world of difference.
Anyway, fast forward to this year and though I still have the '83 I have a
2003 MV now and I camped in it this fall. Boy do I miss that poptop.. ;)

Bryan