Interesting history Bernie. I assumed the business in Abbostford was the original people etc. Neil. On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 7:37 PM, bernie <1234bjs@gmail.com> wrote: >> We had the Gedak family, (Getaway), convert our bus. > They did the complete conversion, raised roof, furnace, stove, stereo, bed > etc. > They had not been in business long when they did our conversion. > They were friendly and pleasant and had a small work space in Richond. > There was not enough business for them with VW's so they expanded > agrressively into converting domestic vans. > They were doing nicely until interest rates skyrocketed to 18 percent and I > believe debt was their demise. > They got creamed and went bust. > A outfit in Abbotsford bought the name and they do some conversions on a
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