Date:         Sun, 19 Oct 1997 10:35:01 -0400
Reply-To:     Pelikan <pelikan@SOVER.NET>
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From:         Pelikan <pelikan@SOVER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Alaska...
Comments: To: Scot Douglas <sdoug@concentric.net>
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Hi!

My wife & I lived in Alaska many years (14 for me, 10 for
her).  We bought our '93 EV MV 5 speed in Anchorage in
Feb, '94 & drove it and a U-Haul down the AlCan when we
moved to Vermont three years ago.  We took a Canadian
route (closest to pure diagonal).  4700 +- miles in 11
days of driving over a 14 day period.  AlCan remains
unpaved over about a 300 mile stretch just into Canada
from Alaska.

I've not yet written up a detailed acount of this
journey, but really ought to sometime.  The EV's
semi camping rig was very serviceable for a trip
like this, and in whole, this vehicle has proven
itself time and time again - the best single vehicle
I've ever owned, and I've owned a bunch - including
4 previous VW vans - a splittie, two breadloafs, and
a breadloaf Westy.  The EV's got over 93,000 miles
now, and still feels largely like new...

Michael Pelikan
'74 Super Sun Bug - see it at  http://www.atlcom.net/~csaari/sunbug
'93 EuroVan MV 5 speed

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> From: Scot Douglas <sdoug@concentric.net>
> To: Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU
> Subject: Alaska...
> Date: Saturday, October 18, 1997 5:30 PM
>
> Hey everybody!
> Currently I'm in Fairbanks, Alaska doing some auto testing and I'm
> lookin' around saying to myself; I should really come back here sometime
> in one of my vehicles...
>
> Anybody know how long it would take to drive here from Michigan?
>
> ANyway, this is beautiful country up here.
> --
> Scot Douglas
> Powertrain Performance Engineer,
> Mitsubishi Motors R&D of America
> Ann Arbor, Michigan