Date:         Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:41:21 -0500
Reply-To:     Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Italian Vanagon
Comments: To: Piero Padroni <vanagon@HOTPOP.COM>

Welcome Piero!!

G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree


-----Original Message-----
From:   Piero Padroni [SMTP:vanagon@HOTPOP.COM]
Sent:   Monday, November 22, 1999 6:30 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Italian Vanagon

Hi boys,
thank you all for your welcome!
I use this mail to reply to all.
I live in Genoa (Genova, the city where Colombo was born), in the north of
Italy. Genoa is placed in the region of Liguria, a good wine district!
I saw a Vanagon with a Canadian license plate on last August in Carcassonne
but in that moment I was in the car of a friend. So after parking a came
back to see the vanagon and to take a photo, but it wasn't yet there. I'm
collecting Vanagons photos and related internet links because I'm very
enthusiast of that car.
I bought mine from a private here in Genoa five years ago. It's a 2WD,
green, 9 seats, 1600 diesel, the simplest people carrier version (kombi)
but I worked a lot to improve it: I added anti-noise material in the
lateral panels, an auxiliary heater under the rear bench, panels on the
roof, new radio system and a lot of other works...now I know my Vanagon
better than my pockets!
Now I'm thinking about to buy a new one......a new "used" one, but I'm not
yet sure if it will be a Syncro or a Multivan. I'm a little astonished
because the Vanagon is more famous in America than in Italy, so it isn't
simple to find a good one here.
Regarding Italian sites, I actually don't have anyone of them in my 35
Vanagon bookmarks!!
I was thinking about to do a new one, but why? There is VANAGON.COM that is
the best!
bye,
Piero.







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Piero Padroni
Genova ITALY
'84 Vanagon 1.6D (green)
e-mail: padroni@lycosmail.com
           vanagon@hotpop.com
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