Is money the only scale with which to measure value?  Are you saying that
just because no on is willing to buy up all the mighty sequoias to save them
for future generations, that they don't have true value?

I think not.  You must consider their value to the common good. I appreciate
that YOU don't care whether the last sunroof Vanagon made in 1987 may very
well fall victim to a vicious Sawzall, but I believe that we, as a community
of Vanagon lovers should, and yes, DO care.

We don't have room in this fine community of ours for anybody who'd advocate
this kind of activity.

I say let's get us a rope, boys.  Let's go down to the tree and string 'em
up!  We can and will make this fine country of ours safe for the spotted ow
.  .  .

Oh, never mind.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Anderson" <jander14@WVU.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: Building a westy/DESTROYING A RARE SUNROOF VAN

> >
> > 87 sunroof vans that exist.   87 was the last year the sunroof van was
sold
> > in the US, and since the sunroof vans were not available with A/C, they
> were
> > rare.  if you want to do a poptop retrofit - go with a hardtop van.  not
> only
> >
> > will you be destroying one of the few 87 sunroofs that exist, you will
> have a
> >
> > lot more work because of the double roof in the sunroof van, as opposed
to
> > doing the conversion to a hardtop van with the single roof.
>
>
> Oh good lord it's a vanagon already.  Do whatever makes you happy.
> Yeah and that rare '87 sunroof van is worth what, probably less than
> a hardtop on the market since it doesn't have A/C.  The sunroof is a
> great way to do a safe conversion, that '87 isn't going to be worth jack
> 5 years from now, and less in 10 to anyone except someone who thinks
> it's worth something.
>
> John
> jander14@wvu.edu