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Date:         Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:21:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Simply Stunning....
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <056901cb5d0a$85ffa190$6601a8c0@PROSPERITY>
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Tofino you say .... Better not tell that to all those people in prince Rupert Yours

Sent from my iPhone... There must be a lifetime of thought in the last second if we are to live from moment to moment.

On 2010-09-25, at 4:36 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM > wrote:

> yes, > it's more than two hours drive .. > ( but you can still get salt air on your vanagon in some areas ) > it would take a person from Seattle, driving .. > 3 hours easily to get to the Pacific Ocean ... > whether you go south and take the Hood Canal Bridge.. > or take a ferry across the Sound , like to Bainbridge Island...then > West. > > ( If on that route, be sure to visit Cheif Sealth's grave after > crossing Agate Pass .. > at the north end of Bainbridge Island ...right after crossing that > narrow water passage, if going west, turn right at the traffic > light....go about a mile or so, find a funky very old small > church ..hidden back on the left. > behind that ...in the cemetary, see the two large carved wooden > canoes sticking up at an anlge on top of a log framework over a > pretty large christan grave ....people leave tobacco, and trinkets > and whatnot there.. > It's a trip. > Very NON- 'all-big-and-huge-and-paved-over' ....the extreme opposite > of that. > Old and funky to the max, in true western washington mossy style. ) > > As the crow flies it's what ..about 70 miles or so to the ocean > from Seattle, > driving ...up to 3 hrs. easily, by Vanagon of course ! > > You know what they say about Western Washington ...the two keys > works are 'visiting' and 'summer' ..lol ! > > hey ..I paid the dues to be able to say that ...4 yrs in Port > Townsend ... > did my first subaruvanagon engine conversion there. > > best wishes to all Washington Vanagon folk ! > > and if any road emergencies with vanagons, I'm just off exit 24 on > I-5 in southern oregon, 'bout 9 hours from seattle. > > VROOOMMM !~ > scott > www.turbovans.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Annie > To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans > Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 4:05 PM > Subject: Re: Simply Stunning.... > > > See, that's what I'm saying - the Puget Sound isn't what most > Washingtonians would consider Pacific Ocean - THAT is way West - off > the Olympic Peninsula. ;-) > > > Annie Anderson Blogger, Designer, Thinker & Mom > web: annieandersonblog.com email: lsandrsn@gmail.com > twitter: silverlunace facebook: anniesanderson > Blazin' a trail where there is no path. > > > On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com > > wrote: > > more like Puget Sound.. > the Pacific Ocean is well west of Lynnwood. > > Do most Canadians that own Vanagons realize that the only place > you can > drive to the open ocean coast in Western Canada is Tofino and > that area of > Vancouver Island. ? > > anyone ever been to Bella Coola ? > pretty exotic/remote almost wild last time I was there in the > late 80's. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 3:32 PM > Subject: Re: Simply Stunning.... > > > > Zoltan is in Lynnwood,Washington - near the Pacific Ocean? ;) > > On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Michael Sullivan > <sandwichhead@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Bravo---East Coast to the rescue. > Michael in San Antonio > 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo' > > > > On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Brandon Christophel < > bchristophel@gmail.com >> wrote: > >> I had beed doing small projects on my 1987 Westy for a few >> months. As > you >> do van research, you can't help but run across peoples experiences >> with >> rust. I could see where my seams were showing a tinge of rust color. >> I >> sense of dread sunk in. Rust is like an iceberg they say. If you >> can > see >> the tip, then whats underneath is huge. This is what started the >> sense > of >> dread that I carried while finishing up small projects. Pretty >> soon it >> became the monkey on my back and I couldn't take it anymore. I >> finished > up >> the projects and began to seek out a doctor for my baby. Not just >> any >> doctor, I wanted a specialist. >> >> I put out some feelers. The name that came back was "Zoltan". He's >> had > my >> van for awhile now. He sent me a mail saying, "its out of paint >> and it >> looks beautiful". You have to know the man but, he usually doesn't >> use >> decorative words like that. He'll say, "and it's fine" or "that's >> ok". > So, >> I was *very* curious what I was to see. >> >> Getting the van to this point is the culmination of a lot of hard >> work. >> Zoltan has been like the conductor of an orchestra. Doing the tear >> down > of >> *everything*, noting items to be replaced or fixed and giving me >> options >> along the way, getting the sanding done and bringing the body metal >> back > to >> trueness, attacking rust and going through the procedures he has to >> get > rid >> of it and probably a hundred other things I'll never know he did. >> >> Today I get to see it. The results of all this work so far. So, >> in my > car >> and off to Lynnwood I go. I saw Zoltan and waved hello. He was >> moving > cars >> around among the fleet of Westys that are his domain. We greeted >> and >> walked as we were chatting. We rounded the corner of one of the >> other >> Westys and suddenly, I looked up and there it was, my baby... it was > simply >> STUNNING... I think I clapped my hands and yelped. I turned to >> Zoltan > and >> shook his hand. "It's fantastic!" I said. All his preparation work >> had >> paid off. The van is incredible looking and yet, it doesn't even >> have > it's >> trim put back on it yet. Zoltan took me around the vehicle and led >> me >> through pieces of the the work and how it was done. I just couldn't >> stop >> looking. It's gorgeous! We still have a ways to go but, man it's >> going >> well. It is a work of art already. >> >> Zoltan won't brag so, I felt it necessary to send this mail. He may >> not >> like it but, the way I see it, If I don't inform the community of the >> availability of a master craftsman and the fine work he is doing >> then, >> I > am >> doing a disservice to all all those van owners who were like me and >> had >> a >> monkey on their back but, didn't know who to trust. >> >> Get rid of your monkey. Call Zoltan. >> >> -Brandon > > > > > > -- > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van' > 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie' > > Crescent Beach, BC > > www.thebassspa.com > www.crescentbeachguitar.com > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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