Hello Listmembers,
    My name is Joe Ash and I also am a recently new owner of a 80' Westy that
I acquired at no cost.  I had been given a 65' Kombi and after much soul
searching sold it and purchased the westy for $1,000.  I live in  Binghamton
NY  and look forward to a busy spring/summer of mechanical and cosmetic
upgrades.  Can't wait for the new sticker!    by the way, 87 octane was $1.54
yesterday.......I luv NY !

Joe Ash
80' westy (no name yet)
previous: 65' kombi,78 westy deluxe

Bill Nienhuis wrote:

> I'm in Washington State.
>
> Regarding the "Free" part - I should mention that I received the van as a
> gift from someone who recently had a husband who passed away. They took
> great care of it...and it was hard for her to get rid of it, but she knew
> that my family needed a van [we have 4 kids] and she thought we would give
> it as much love as she and her husband.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ThomasD. Hanlon [mailto:hanran@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 7:22 AM
> To: Bill Nienhuis
> Subject: Re: Enter new list member
>
> Bill,
>
> Where are you?
>
> Tom Hanlon
> Palm Springs, CA
> 84 Westfalia
>
> > Bill Nienhuis wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone:
> >
> > Just want to introduce myself as a brand new Vanagon owner [as of last
> > week]. I was GIVEN FOR FREE a 1982 Diesel Vanagon with a rebuilt 1998
> > Porsche engine. I've never owned one of these before...in fact...my
> > only experience with VW's was way back when my father owned both a bug
> > and a rabbit. The body on this bus is in great shape...the interior
> > was well taken care of. I'm quite happy...
> >
> > I'll submit some pictures in the near future. So far I've enjoyed the
> > discussions on the list. I hope to contribute soon.
> >
> > Later,
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > Bill Nienhuis