Date:         Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:26:55 -0400
Reply-To:     Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: AW FS in Vancouver/Sunshine Coast
Comments: To: neil N <musomuso@gmail.com>
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I've seen tops alone with $2000 asking prices. If this van'stop is in
good shape this seems like a pretty good deal.

I grabbed an AW top (for a song) from a wrecker a few years back and
swapped it for my Westy top which I really think is the best of both
worlds. You get full time headroom (or storage) plus the openness of
the Westy floor plan.

Christopher

On 3/20/08, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> Very interesting.
>
> Although I like the flexibility of the pop top, the AW sure looks
> "roomy". Probably great for living FT, though not so "stealth" --- ;^)
>
> Thanks for the info Jim
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > No, Adventurewagens were produced by (who else?) Adventurewagen out on the
> >  coast of Northern California (Ft Bragg, Ukiah?).  There was a bit of
> >  discussion 3 years ago that Ed Anderson, the retired owner wanted to sell
> >  the molds (Vanagon I believe) for the tops that were in storage in Santa
> >  Rosa, CA.  Gist of it was that by May of 2005, the molds were safe and
> sound
> >  resting comfortably in a locked indoor storage facility.
> >
> >  Robert H ( male95219@yahoo.com ) apparently is the one who has them and
> >  indicated in his last post to the list that he was looking into
> reactivating
> >  the tooling and manufacture of them.  Best to contact him if interested.
> >
> >  Check the Archives under subjects:
> >
> >  Adventurewagen Top Molds for free? or AW Molds safe and sound
> >  --
> >  Jim Thompson
> >  84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> >  84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> >  73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
> >  72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> >  oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> >  http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> >  ***********************************
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Is the Adventurewagen conversion done by Westfalia?  I thought it was
> >  > ... someone else (?).
> >  >
> >  > Allan
> >  >
> >  > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:17:02 -0700, "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> said:
> >  > > Not mine, and there's no pics.
> >  > >
> >  > > Ad states that it needs a new engine.
> >  > >
> >  > > http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/car/612267352.html
> >  > >
> >  > > Cheers,
> >  > >
> >  > > Neil.
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > --
> >  > > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
> >  > >
> >  > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> >  > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
> >  >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>