Date:         Fri, 7 Mar 2014 06:53:50 -0600
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From:         JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: i went to alaska and for got my bus - no not really - but
              somebody did
Comments: To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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When I lived on the Kenai Peninsula near the town of Kenai - on the
Kalifonski Beach Road there was a huge junk yard - and in it was a row
of these early vans sitting there, just lined up. Almost any of them
could have been restored with some effort. They ranged from the 11
window to the 23 window. Must have been 10 or 12 of them just sitting
there. Someone tried going to Alaska back in the day of the hippie  and
they died (the vans) in Alaska. Engine failures most likely and people
were stranded, didn't know what to do or what ever. And these babies
wound up in the junk yard, only to sit for years.  In addition to the
early vans - there were many from late 60's - I bought parts for my own
'68 loaf from there. And there were quite a few '70's vans around.

This was in 1995. In 1996 I went Outside to the Lower 48 for the winter,
and when I got back first of May, I discovered the entire junkyard was
gone. Every single vehicle there was gone! All sold to a scrapper
overseas. It was sickening. That yard had the biggest variety of
vehicles I had ever seen, and many restorable vehicles. Alaska is a bit
like the desert southwest. Up there things don't rust to badly except in
summertime if you are along the coast. The climate is relatively dry and
nothing rusts in winter when it's so cold.

It was a sad day to see all those vans gone!!

John


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