You want to hang me???

At 04:59 PM 7/11/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>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