In a message dated 2/12/02 7:27:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dieselvanagon@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

> What about the wheelbarrel biathalon:
> Entrants take a wheelbarrel into a junkyard and retrieve the most valuable
> parts from a newly arrived Vanagon. A combination of low time and highest
> value retrieved determines the outcome. Gender differences are the same as
> in hockey. Men's competition: full contact allowed. Women's competition:
> Some hip-checking, but no hitting with tools.
>

We do this one several times a year at my local wrecker.  There are probably
three or four Vanagon fans in the area and I have friends that call me via
cell phone from the yard to tell me about a Vanagon that has just newly
arrived.  I show up with tools and inspect the beast and then (if it is a
diesel or something extra special like a Carat) I spend all day stripping it
down.  It is a race because if I don't strip it that day, the chances are
that I would come there the next day to find someone else had beaten me to
the punch.  It is a fun sport to break up the monotony:)

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
Van-Again
John 3:16
http://www.vanagain.com
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