That was Charlie Ford, IIRC, I remember reading about his travels on the type2 list. FWIW, my earliest recollection of any VW bus site was the the Westfalia Owners site. I found it back around 1996-97(?) when I was looking for a Vanagon. All the horror stories there about the leaky heads convinced me at the time to go air cooled. Westfalia Owners was a pretty good site until some guy who called himself "Captain Mike" took over as moderator. By that time I had found the type2 list. I also remember driving up to PA to look at a Westy that was listed for sale on Westfalia Owners classified section. Didn't buy it, but the seller told me of his plans to start an Internet business selling VW parts - that would be Ron of the Bus Depot. Jeff
Road Trip Visitor - someone mentioned a road trip with a guy and his dog. He stayed with us for a night. He was celebrating his 40th birthday by taking a round the country road-trip. Forgot his first name, but last name was Ford. He had a beagle with him. He was traveling in a 78 bus. Along the route he put together a diary on the internet. A couple of years ago I ran across the site, but this morning I couldn't find it. At the time he stayed with us, my son Alex was a toddler and drove Mr. Ford crazy. Tragically, the dog got hit by a car while en-route. Anyone else want to share their memories?
Ric
_________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122008 |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.