Yep, it's sounds like they are the future DPO's of
that generation.... :)

--- Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote:
> If you go to the type2 list at type2@type2.com
> you'll find a multitude of
> young Van owners. In many cases price keeps them out
> of the Vanagon
> air-cooled and watercooled vans.
> The older vans can be had from free to just several
> hundred dollars.
> A complete rebuilt or even new Mexican engine can be
> had for less than
> nine hundred dollars.
> At a recent get-together at Bardwell Resivour I met
> several young
> individuals and married couples that had adopted
> displaced and repairable
> vans. Rust was something to show off rather than
> cover up.
> They all had a passion for their 61 through 76 vans
> although they were a
> little put off by the top speed of their vehicles.
> It's cool to have an old van I was told and a little
> rust was better than
> Bondo patches.
>
> Stan Wilder
> 83 Westfalia Air Cooled
>
> On Tue, 29 May 2001 13:03:04 -0000 Hermann the
> German
> <urlauber10@HOTMAIL.COM> writes:
> > A weekend story that made me chuckle:
> >
> > Last night, kids in the bath tub after a long and
> hard day of
> > playing
> > outside, the door bells rings. I rush downstairs,
> frantically drying
> > my
> > hands with a kid's towel- probably Lion King-
> stepping on toys,
> > shoes,
> > leftovers from a day of joy in the sun.
> > Open the front door to be faced by three young
> gentlemen all dressed
> > in
> > Marilyn Manson attire, one even wearing a long,
> black skirt. Now ,
> > my 87
> > Westy was parked in the driveway, the airlift was
> pumped for the
> > biketrip
> > and picnic we had done that day, and it would not
> fit into the
> > garage.
> > Says the young man in the skirt:
> > Hey,dude, you wannna sell your van?
> > Says I:
> > Now way. She's my baby.
> > I witness massive disappointment in their faces.
> But I am happy,
> > because I
> > am hip. I drive the coolest vehicle on the block.
> >
> > Volkswagen should bring the van back, there is
> definitely a young
> > market out
> > there.
> > Cheers,
> > Hermann de Boer
> > Kansas City
> >
>
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