Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 12:01:11 -0600
Reply-To: Colin Moran <cmoran@CSWNET.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Colin Moran <cmoran@CSWNET.COM>
Subject: Re: Location long
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Hello Fello Listees,
Boy its been awhile since I made a post to the list itself. So I guess
to avoid being labled a lurker I need to respond to something.
So here goes, I'm Colin Moran. I live in the beautiful state of
Arkansas. I am married with 3 sons age 7,9, and 10. My '86 syncro GL is
the first VW I have owned. I bought it in Alaska while stationed at
Elmendorf AFB near Anchorage. I had a '90 S-10 Blazer, pending the birth
of our third son, the blazer was not going to be big enough. I wanted
somthing larger with 4 wheel drive. I found the Vanagon on a chevy dealers
lot, it had just been traded in, It was a single owner van with 58,000
miles on it. I did'nt realize at first glance that it was a VW. I agreed
to drive it at the salesmans insistance. He realy like it and drove it home
at night. I was very suprised at how it handled and drove. Ture it was
under powered but it was still alot of fun to drive. I was hooked. I
traded in my S-10 and bought the van. The Syncro drove better through the
snow better than the S-10. I had town and country mud and snow tires with
studs on the S-10. The van had BF Goodrich T/A's on it. When I seperated
form the Air Force after 10 yrs I drove the van down the Alcan highway. It
was a journy to
I've not regreted my purchase of the van in seven years. The van has
203,000 miles on it, except for the small problems common to Vanagons it has
been a joy to maintain. I still have'nt replaced the engine in the van. It
spun a bearing back in July. I have'nt had time to work on it. I realy
miss my van.
I am employed as an industrial control technician. I work for ITT
industries, we make stainless steel fuel lines for Ford trucks. We also
make brake lines for Ford, BMW, Chrysler, and Saturn. We make coolent lines
for Nissan. I have been working overtime since last November. I average
between 60 and 80 hours a week. I hope that soon the overtime will end. I
have alot of work to do around my house and property.
I have 12 1/2 acres just west of Beebe AR. Beebe is 35 miles north of
Little Rock. We keep a couple of horses here mostly just to look at righ
now. I don;t have time to ride them anymore. My wife Lisa works as a bank
teller.
I seem to have rambled on enough for now, if anyone needs any help
while traveling Arkansas, please feel free to contact me. I will help in
any way I can.
Colin Moran
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