Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:33:24 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Value Of '82 Diesel Westy
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quoting mr heston
sort of
you can have my tranny and 5 speed assembly when you peel it from my dead
cold bolts
or something like that
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
> I guess my perceived guilt was misunderstood! I was thinking more
> about asking Roger about the tranny/parts when the wreck was still
> smokin, the kittie still missin, & the wife still hurtin!
>
> Now all is well, so road trip?
>
> I prefer to do my scavenging when the body is cold?
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ-"Co Parts" location?
>
>
> On Mar 18, 2010, at 4:47 PM, Bob Stevens wrote:
>
> "Gee, I didn't want to be a vulture flying over Roger's wreck, so I
>> never brought up wanting to get his 5 sp tranny, but if it's still
>> there I might just have to?"
>> ... and ...
>> "As for feeling any guilt about being a vulture, someone is going to
>> eat
>> the carrion, might as well be a hungry friend as a stranger."
>>
>> Absolutely!
>>
>> My goodness, when considering recycling and "the carbon footprint"
>> aspects
>> of
>> everything we consume vs buy new, this seems like such a smarter AND
>> much
>> more virtuous thing to do than to see scavenging parts from
>> otherwise dead
>> rigs,
>> as a bad thing.
>>
>> Although in my case there is nothing at all virtuous about putting
>> "other"
>> engines
>> in my van, it is such a good idea with the above consideration, vs
>> buying
>> some
>> sort of new iteration of a van/camper (not that there is one, in my
>> opinion,
>> that
>> would satisfactorily substitute for the Syncro Westy or Westy for my
>> preferred
>> uses.)
>>
>> There is a segment of our economy that maintaining my SW supports,
>> that I
>> will
>> gladly take credit for. I don't see anything at all predatory about
>> it.
>>
>> bob
>>
>
--
roger w
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