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Date:   Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:06:54 -0700
Reply-To:   Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:   Re: 1987 VW Camper Van-damaged by engine fire-for sale best offer (alameda) CA
Comments:   To: Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:   <ee935e050808211525s6135f512i6533d7313e2a5155@mail.gmail.com>
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dear burning van

i met a woman hippie escaping from california usa today she has an 89 Vanagon GL with a full westie interior (so the emblems/badges say) the stickers on starboard show it to be a Campermobile import etc her very distinctive vanity plate says 4RN TRVLR she lives about 1 + hours north of morrow bay and *San Luis Obispo and here she was in powell river bc -- she was at the moment i was talking to her seeking a person to change her oil - 6 months into the ownership of a new gowesty engine - (installed by a third party ) i directed her to ernie the local vw guru the more we talked the more i understood she knew very little about her van - though she had done all her research at Vanagon.com before her purchase - having said that - she did not own a bently - she had never heard of the burning van issues but was going to call the guy who replaced her engine 6 months ago and ask him if he had replaced the fuel lines when he replaced the engine Personally i was amazed at how the dream of owning a VW Kombi is exactly the same as it has always been and those who commence ownership with only the barest of threads of mechanical knowledge and are at the mercy of those who repair as if they owned any other vehicle in the world

anyway ... i told her to join this list and the wetwestie list - reminded her about roadhaus.com - - and the list of emergency vanagon repair and rescue and after i drove away i thought i should have asked her if she had a triple a road side assistance pkg

then i wondered if i was owning a gas powered vanagon - would i be smart enough to change the fuel lines - i mean i could certainly do the job - but would i be smart enough to make it happen in a timely fashion - yours

* On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@gmail.com>wrote:

> So, has everyone replaced their fuel lines yet???? > > I hope Benny Boy doesn't see yet another burned-out van cuz it's going > to drive him "crasy"! > > Keith O >

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