Shhh!  Don't say that - my container is enroute from Germany as we speak!
:)

Actually, if my container were to go to the bottom of the ocean it would be
like winning the lotto for the insurance money!

David Marshall

Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning
4356 Quesnel Hixon Road
Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3
mailto:info@fastforward.ca      http://www.fastforward.ca
Phone: (250) 992 7775           FAX: (250) 992 1160

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Jason Yasment
Sent: October 25, 2000 9:11 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Tiico conversion

But they do loose containers off the decks every once
in a while.....nothing like seeing a few thousand
tennis shoes floating in middle of nowhere.

--- David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG> wrote:
> This seams a little strange... ocean freighters that
> carry sea containers
> run like clock work and they don't "never make it"
> to a port city they are
> destinated for unless they sink!
>
> David Marshall
>
> -- David Marshall - Volkswagen Enthusiast - Quesnel,
> BC, Canada   --
> -- 78 VW Rabbit, 79 VW Iltis, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW
> Westfalia        --
> -- 85 VW Cabriolet, 87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 VW
> Syncro Double Cab --
> -- David's Volkswagen Home Page
> http://www.volkswagen.org  --
> -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning
> http://www.fastforward.ca  --
> -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or
> vanagon@volkswagen.org (list)  --
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of John Koloski
> Sent: October 25, 2000 4:45 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Tiico conversion
>
>
> I've heard from Peter at Tiico regarding the
> wherabouts of my engine.  The
> freighter carrying it from South Africa never made
> it to Galveston, Texas.
> It arrived unexpected in New York City.   The
> container with my engine in
> it was trucked from NYC to Galveston. Soon my
> globetrotting engine will be
> shipped from Texas to Baltimore, MD, where I will
> put it in my Vanagonb.
> Good things come to those who wait.  Thanks.
>
> John Koloski
> '90 Vanagon GL
> '60 Pontiac Catalina
> '71 Catalina 27 (sailboat)
> '69 Beetle Cabriolet (lawn ornament)

=====
Jason M. Yasment
'84 Westfalia
'98 Jetta TDI
Troy, NY
ICQ#22191965
List Moderator vanagon-unrestricted@egroups.com

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