Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:55:19 -0700
Reply-To: "CARVER, JEFFREY D" <Jeffrey.Carver@AEROJET.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: "CARVER, JEFFREY D" <Jeffrey.Carver@AEROJET.COM>
Subject: Re: Demographics
A real quick synopsis here.
42 at last check. Second vehicle owned (1978) is
a 1967 VW Squareback, still have it, not running, parked
about 6 years ago due to overheating. First car Fiat 128 sedan.
Grew up in Sacramento, CA, graduated ('78) and ended up
at Boeing in Seattle, bought 4 more aircooled vehicles.
'64 Deluxe, slow and rusty, but utterly reliable, loved this bus.
'67 Deluxe, utterly UN-reliable, hated that bus.
'64 Baha, got cheap, sold high; '71 Honda CB350 motorcycle.
First date with wife was in her car as only working vehicle was
the motorcycle! See kept me, even so!
Sold everything except Squareback, bought '76 ASI Camper,
drove the US and Canada for 5 months as our honeymoon,
after enjoying the Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984.
Rolled the bus in black ice Manitoba, thawed it out, drove back
to Seattle. Insurance totaled it, bought a '80 Westi, had been
drooling over one since it came out. Lived in Arizona for about
a year and a half, drove ALL over that state in the Westi.
Moved to California, had a pair of boys (10) join us, and
eventually a girl (6) too.
Had some problems with missing/bad parts on the '80, so
bought another '80, for exhaust parts.
Got my dad's '64 Ford F100 Crewcab (Ford didn't make
them until '65 as F250 & F350). Grew up with this truck.
Thus my love of crewcabs, would have a VW crew, but I have
a crew already. If I ever get a website, it'll be devoted to
crewcabs of all makes and years.
Have a '87 Subaru Gl 4WD wagon with about 240K on it,
a '66 Kombi I got recently, and a '98 Nissan Quest when the
kids got too big for the Subaru. I know, I know, we shoulda
gotten a Vanagon. My SO is VERY particular about driving
position, and that ended that. Wish a non-camper EV had
been available, may have been able to talk her into that.
Been driving the '80 Westi daily for many years, but I am
now in the market for an older bus, 21/23 window deluxe.
We haven't camped in years, & I don't drive freeways, love
Deluxes, thus the intended change in busses.
- Jeff Iwanna21/23windowsunroofDeluxewalkthru!
to be used for daily driving
'80 Westi (2) BOTH FOR SALE
Sale pending on non-running '80, needs transport to Utah
'66 Bus, Kombi FOR SALE
see them at:
http://ebus.simplenet.com/Volkswagen/classifieds/classifieds.htm
'22 Piano, upright Kohler & Cambell FOR SALE
'67 Sqbk '64 Ford Crewcab
'87 Subaru 4WD '97 Nissan Quest
Grass Valley, California, USA
Jeffrey.Carver@Aerojet.com
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