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Date:         Sat, 14 Sep 2013 08:19:34 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Idea about going to warmer climate for winter and servicing
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Comments: To: "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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Florida is too expensive - take a look at Alabama or Tennessee. We still have winters but they are very mild and BTW I'm from just South of Buffalo NY & live in Huntsville AL.

Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.grow-sun.com www.raspberryproject.com

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of kenneth wilford (Van-Again) Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 7:59 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Idea about going to warmer climate for winter and servicing Vanagons

I am super busy here in NJ working on Vanagons and Westies for customers. However the dreaded winter is coming and even though I have a heated shop, etc. I really would like to go somewhere that is nice and warm outside during the winter months, yet still help customers and work on Vanagons for them. I had been tossing this idea around in my mind for a few days and trying to figure out how it could happen when I got a call from a customer in Hawaii. He tells me that in Oahu that there are tons of Vanagons and only one trusted mechanic that can work on them. He is super booked up (sounds familiar) so the customer suggested I could come out there and be as busy as I would want to be repairing vans. Of course it is never that simple. I have a wife and four kids so I would need air fare and also a place to stay while I am there and a shop to work out of or use as a home base.

I am also thinking that Florida might be a good choice for this idea since all of the motorhomes go south for the winter.

I am just putting this idea out there. Anyone on the list give me a way to make my dream of a "no winter", winter actually come to pass?

-- Thanks, Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com


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