Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 23:39:18 -0700
Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject: Re: Sally is FS
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FWIW, according to Wikipedia,the highest temp recorded:
Alaska 100 °F / 38 °C June 27, 1915 Fort Yukon
Karl Wolz
|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
|On Behalf Of JRodgers
|Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 9:24 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: Sally is FS
|
|That is why I drive a Tin-top - the utility.
|
|Envision a pallet laying there with 15 one hundred pound bags
|of plaster on it. BTDT - From Anchorage, Alaska through the
|Chugach Mountains to Soldotna - a 150 mile trip. I took my
|time. There were several stretchs of first gear creep in my
|'85 GL. Glad the weather was cool in those mountains.
|
|John
|
|On 7/21/2013 2:24 PM, Zeitgeist wrote:
|> Truckasaurus! *http://tinyurl.com/lhdqp9y
|> *
|> or the following if you're not into the whole brevity thing:
|>
|>
|https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CLwsISi33qg/TZIG5LKbl6I/AAAAAAAAAaE
|> /x2547iuZYgs/s640/van%2520rocks_1.JPG
|>
|>
|> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Stephen Engel
|<sengel543@yahoo.com> wrote:
|>
|>> You're not alone! Although I do go camping.
|>>
|>> I decided on a tin top to maximize utility. I love the
|stares when I
|>> pull up to a loading area next to all the pimped-out, pumped-up
|>> F-250s, Rams, etc.
|>>
|>> Steve
|>> 87 Syncro GL
|>>
|>> PS Someone give that sexy red T3 a good home!
|>>
|>> Sent from my iPhone
|>>
|>> On Jul 21, 2013, at 1:59 PM, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
|>>
|>>> Sometimes it feels like I'm the only non-camping T3 lover
|out there.
|>> I've
|>>> owned four of them (including two campers), and ultimately their
|>>> utility value as a truck is what keeps me coming back for more. I
|>>> don't drive offroad (have a Quattro for that), so it's
|really just a
|>>> nice handling covered cargo area truck that can move people and
|>>> goods around in unique style...which means I look at a tintop as a
|>>> plus, rather than a deficiency.
|>>>
|>>> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Jason <uberhare@gmail.com> wrote:
|>>>
|>>>> Ditto. It's just a bit too far from me. 1000 miles to
|home. I could
|>> use
|>>>> a decent passenger van. Pinball machines and lumber don't fit so
|>>>> nice
|>> in
|>>>> the Westy. If someone was local to check it out and get
|some more
|>>>> pics
|>> I'd
|>>>> consider the drive. I seem to be a sucker for long drives in
|>>>> unknown vehicles.
|>>>>
|>>>> Jason
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Stephen Grisanti
|>>>> <bike2vcu@yahoo.com
|>>>>> wrote:
|>>>>
|>>>>> If Sally were for sale nearby I'd be tempted. The Mopar
|>>>>> dog-and-lumber minivan needs a lot of attention and
|replacement has been discussed.
|>>>> We're
|>>>>> not camping this year (move) and does not look like we
|might (new
|>>>>> old
|>>>> house
|>>>>> mods and family obligations) so the Westy is doing some
|commuting,
|>>>>> and
|>> a
|>>>>> nice automatic (getting-old people ankles, knees and hips) in an
|>>>> attractive
|>>>>> package like this could easily end up in the new
|driveway. I'd be
|>>>>> seriously tempted, but not for twice the money. I hope this van
|>>>>> finds
|>> a
|>>>>> nice home.
|>>>>>
|>>>>> Stephen
|>>>>>
|>>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>
|>>>
|>>>
|>>> --
|>>> Casey
|>>
|>
|>
|>
|> --
|> Casey
|> .
|>
|