Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:56:22 -0600
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Westy sold, sanity returns
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Right now, yes ;-0
---- "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Think how happy (crazy) the guy (or gal) is that bought Jim's bus.
>
> Not too many things quite as exciting as taking delivery of a new bus!
>
> He's probably sitting in it right now, smiling.
>
> Pete
> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
> '87 Westy "JoesVan"
> WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Westy sold, sanity veers...
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 6:56 PM, B Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote:
> > > He ditched the Vanagon and kept the sailboats, one being 37 years old, in
> > > order to keep sane. Ha ha, hee hee, snicker snicker, grin.....
> > >
> > > Bryan
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> > Of
> > > Kevin Gilbert
> > > Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 7:41 PM
> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > Subject: Re: Westy sold, sanity returns
> > >
> > > Well, I'm tempted to offer a bit of a smart aleck comment, but, as I
> > > look out on a white and gray landscape and see my breath...
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jan 31, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Jim Cochran wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi list,
> > >> Today I delivered my '86 Westy to a local buyer here in San Carlos,
> > >> Sonora, Mexico.
> > >> It's a pretty good van, now, with 600 miles on a good 2.1 rebuild,
> > >> fuel tank fixed and front wheel bearings, new fire extinguisher and
> > >> the usual... new Temp II sensor. Price? $9,000 cash.
> > >>
> > >> I still have a 1971 Bay that has a variety of problems, but I'm
> > >> going to park it until I get back from sailing, sometime in June. In
> > >> the meantime, I'll be sitting in the cockpit of my Morgan sloop
> > >> watching the lovelies swim in their tiny bikinis, painting
> > >> watercolors and playing my guitar, sipping iced beverages down near
> > >> the Guatemalan border.
> > >>
> > >> If I need a car, I will buy a Nissan.
> > >> If I need a headache, I will buy a Vanagon.
> > >>
> > >> Adios, and thanks for helping me get this far.
> > >> Love and good fortune to you all.
> > >>
> > >> Jim C
> > >> Mexico
> > >> 71 Bay Window (The Bing)
> > >> 73 Morgan 33 sloop (Bliss)
> > >> 87 Morgan 44 sloop (The Green Flash)
> > >
> >
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