Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 10:37:50 -0400
Reply-To: Roger VanTill <motelvw@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger VanTill <motelvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Introduction and search for my next westfalia
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Here's a great place to look for Vanagons.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/cat.php?id=55
On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello listers,
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> I'm back on list after a small absence of about 2 decades.
> Despite being blind I purchased my first VW bug when I was 18 and in
> college. I fixed it up with help from family and friends. About two years
> later I purchased a 74 bus and toured the country with a friend, enjoying a
> memorable summer break. That bus had over 100,000 thousand miles on it
> when I levt and we had no mechanical problems other then operator error on
> the entire trip coast to coast! Yes, I have more then my share of good
> luck!
>
> Thanks to this list I purchased my best westfailia on the
> recommendation of a list member. He spotted the 84 in his town in
> Georgia. I purchased it over the phone and through the mail. My
> girlfriend flew down with me and we drove it back to Central NY. I just
> about had that camper in mint condition when I needed to sell it to pay for
> my move to Vermont and our new home there.
>
> Thanks to directions and help from this list I did many repairs over the
> years myself. I left only the big jobs to the mechanics. I now would like
> to own another Westfalia. I enjoy caring for the beast as much as camping
> in it. My hope is to find one in good condition that I can use while
> improving it.
>
> I've learned over the years that because I need other people to
> drive I need to stick with a Vanagon rather then a Bus, though my heart is
> still captured by the air cooled busses. I also want the camper style
> that started at 1974 and later.
> A few years before needing to sell my camper I went to a amazing gathering
> of VW campers that met in July in North Adams Mass. We had a great weekend
> there with amazing VW people and I remember some of the campers were
> forsale. Does this event still happen? And can someone tell me where I
> can learn more about it? I suspect it may be in different locations each
> year.
>
> Also, do listers still post here about camper's they see forsale that are
> note worthy? I have a lot of catching up to do!
>
> Eric Caron
> Pownal VT
> former owner of
> 1974 bus, 1974 conversion bus, 1976 Westfalia, and 1984 vanagon Wolfsburg
> Westfalia.
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Peace out, sauerkraut.
Roger
'89 Westy "The Moose Lounge"
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