Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:37:15 -0700
Reply-To: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Sure beats the Sportsmobile (NCV).....
In-Reply-To: <cb5.2c9279a7.352785a7@aol.com>
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Probably should be debating this here:
Sprinter-Forum.com
Where they discuss the NCV3 (No Content Vanagon)
Robert
1982 Westfalia
--- Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> wrote:
> In a message dated 02/04/2008 11:38:16 A.M.
> Central Standard Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
> The sprinter is a really great piece of
> vehicle. Expensive, but really,
> wonderful. We have family friends that have
> something like a baker's dozen
> children, and they chose to buy a massive
> passanger sprinter with every
> option and i am extremely impressed. Its taller
> than a schoolbus (Overhead
> AC UNIT) by it's got the massive windows of a
> skyscraper, the handling of
> reasonable sedan, and with it's diesel engine,
> they claim to get 30mpg! The
> creature comforts are nice as well, and i
> truely believe a 4wd camper
> version of this platform IS a modern equivalent
> to the vanagon style
> campers. Sure beats the Sportsmobile.....
>
>
>
>
>
> UMMMM, Well you'll all be surprised to know
> I'm going today to visit the
> Sportsmobile factory in Austin, TX with my
> buddy Jean who made the appointment.
> We will see their camper conversion on a
> Sprinter chassis !
> So..........."Sure beats the
> Sportsmobile....." means what ???????? Better
> check your facts
> before speaking out !!
>
> BTW, Rita & I and Jean crossed from
> Mexico from Laredo, the last of
> the Zamora travellers. See the _ZamoraBlog_
> (http://poolio.net/zamorablog/)
> for all the gory details. All back in the US
> or Canada and alive and none
> of us were eaten by the Mexicans !!!! NO,
> none, major breakdowns, well not
> exactly, Richard & Terry from BC had a dropped
> valve seat on their AC '81 Westy
> somewhere around Yuma on their way home. Last
> I head they had a new head
> installed and are back on the road !
>
> Please note that I will be away from my
> business travelling in Mexico from
> November 19, 2007 until April 30, 2008. Parts
> orders will be processed
> although not as quickly as usual. I will
> always be available for contact by E-mail.
> If you phone your call will be addressed by
> Greg T. Brown here and he will
> either call you back or advise you to contact
> me directly by E-mail. Details
> of this adventure are at _Buses in Zamora_
>
(http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/Busesinzamora/)
> . A Travel Blog is at: _Zamora Blog_
> (http://poolio.net/zamorablog/)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank Condelli
>
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for
> sale_
> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) )
> _Frank Condelli & Associates_
> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
> - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the
> Ottawa Valley
> _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_
> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/exhaust.htm)
> _BusFusion_
> (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)
> a VW Camper
> camping event, Almonte, ON, June 12 ~ 15, 2008
>
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