Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 11:34:44 -0500
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From: David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: I'll miss this AW
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><DIV>I know a guy like that in Springfield, Missouri (I'm from the Boston area). Works in a VW parts dept. and has a couple of Vanagons. Collects bus parts for a guy in England until he has a cargo carrier full of stuff and then sends it him. I guess I'm happy that these things are being restored or used in a restoration, but I think I'm unhappy I will never see them again. Unless I go to England.</DIV><DIV></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Dave B.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV style="BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid; MARGIN: 5px 0px"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000">On 06/10/14, <SPAN>Stephen Grisanti<bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM></SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV> </DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000">There was a tan aircooled AW here that I saw occasionally, then it turned up at a car repair place where it sat for a couple of years. The shop guy wanted $4000 "and not a penny less" for it and then the van disappeared. Turns out to have been bought by the already- two-Vanagon-owning parts guy at the local VW dealer. Last I heard he was selling both the AW and his rusty Syncro. Life goes on, even for the lucky Vanagons among us. <BR><BR>Stephen <BR><BR><BR>On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:57 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM" target=_blank>camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM</A>> wrote:<BR><BR><BR><BR><<A class=parsedLink href="http://bend.craigslist.org/cto/4512734488.html" target=_blank>http://bend.craigslist.org/cto/4512734488.html</A>><BR><BR>I've seen this AW around town for a few years.<BR><BR>Along with Harvest Gold and Avocado Green, the fine burnt-orange on this<BR>van is a reminder of the color palette favored in the '70s.<BR><BR>I'll miss it -- if they actually sell it (price seems a /wee/ bit on the<BR>high side) to a buyer who doesn't live here.<BR><BR>--<BR>Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott<BR>1984 Westfalia, auto trans,<BR>Bend, Ore.<BR></DIV></div>
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