Hanks was camping in the Salt Lake area and did a weekend at Deer Valley Ski Resort. Left his van with Utah Imports to have them repair the ignition swittch/headlight problem. He asked Allan, Business Mgr. at UI if there was a place he could rent a van or if they knew someone that he could rent a Syncro Westy from locally. Allan called me but I was up at Mt. St. Helens camping and didn't get the phone call for 3 days (no cell coverage). He wanted to rent my van for $600 for the weekend. A month later someone offered me $50K for the van. I feel like a pimp! ;-) He got his van at Go Westy, beautifully done interior. All the cabinetry was redone and it has the usual Recaro's in it. Go Westy 2.3 or 2.4 motor. bob On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Edward Duntz <eduntz@hotmail.com> wrote: > I just saw on the Samba that Tom Hanks is talking on Letterman about his > Syncro Westy. I saw the post in time to flip in on and listen to him talking > about his experience camping and driving- even saw pics. If you're on the > west coast, tune in to Letterman and watch. I'm going to go back to watch > the rest of the interview- he's got one more pic to show. > > Ed > > |
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