Yes, I was amazed last year while shopping for Westy tires on Craigslist I went to a home to view some and knocked on the wrong door 'cause the neighbor of the seller had the same make/model! I used to wonder why I'd never noticed Vanagons b4. Last year I finally realized it was because there weren't any to notice on the East Coast! On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Don Hundt <dhundt@bendbroadband.com> wrote: > You're in it! Vanagons are everywhere in Portland. I lived there from > 98-03, > had a brown/tan 82 diesel van. within 5 blocks, all on the same street, > were > two others exactly the same color, plus 3 others of different colors/years. > All at different addresses. It seemed like I couldn't go anywhere without > seeing at least one. > > I'm spending the next year in the Washington, D.C. area, been here two > months and still haven't seen a Vanagon. > Don > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Snook" <matt@SNOOKSBAND.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:52 PM > Subject: Where is Mecca? > > > I spent the day not looking for Westies. I parked my mobile office ('84 >> Westy) and did some writing at the Mt. Tabor park, relaxed by playing >> dobro >> at a Gypsy Jazz jam session on Division Street in the evening, and parked >> overnight at a friend's house, all in SE Portland. I've never seen so >> many >> Westies and other vanagons! (My friend -another musician- even drives a >> stripped out diesel Vanagon.) So I got to wondering, what is the Westy >> Mecca? Where is the highest density of vanagons to be found? I know it's >> a >> rhetorical question. Just wondering where folks seem to see the most >> Westies and Vanagons. :) >> >> Matt >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 3986 (20090403) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >>
-- Neil2 '82 Diesel Westfalia (USS Tinosa) '86 Vanagon/Westfalia Wannabe (SaVannah) Nunquam Pendite Divendium |
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