Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 11:26:34 -0400
Reply-To: george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
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From: george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Introduction and search for my next westfalia
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Eric, Transporters By The Tunnel in North Adams, MA doesn't exist
anymore, but West River Westies #10 at Bald Mountain Campground, Townshend
VT will be happening July 10th to the 4th. Jo and I are going to try and
make it this year.
You can find the details about this and other VW campouts, shows, etc,
on the LiMBO website in the events section. LiMBO stands for Late Model
Bus Organization.
http://www.limbobus.org/phpBB4/portal.php?sid=4242e81087ead6fba865556c43de229c
LIMBO can also be found on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/limbobus/
Geo/ATL
Go, Bruins!
On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello listers,
>
>
> 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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