Despite currently owning 10 vanagons, an 89 Jetta, a 74 
Landcruiser, 74 Volvo 145, and too many bikes- my preferred daily driver 
would be a 1959 or earlier splitty.  I'm a splitty guy at heart and will 
have one again as soon as I can (like the 56 I just saw for sale on 
Maui) I would have no qualms about driving it 4000 miles cause you fix 
the damned bus and drive it- daily.  But that would be a lot of trips 
around the Big Island.  Vanagons are great for their functionality, but 
nothing beats a split bus for pure and simple joy....  my $.02...  
Aloha, Shawn

        p.s.  If anyone has seen the footage of our Kilauea pouring lava 
into the sea on the news, it is probably the video handy-work of listee 
Mick Kalber and his faithful assistant Daddy-o....

On Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 11:51 AM, Jim Ellis wrote:

> --- warmerwagen@hotmail.com wrote:
>> Wait a minute- how do I know whether your'e pulling my chain or that 
>> you need
>> to be pulled with a chain? Where are you broke down?!!!!
>>> I probably deserve to be dragged by a chain but we wont "go there".
>
>> Well,  Now i can see why you are upset- it's hard to sell something 
>> you love.
> Naw, selling is all relative. I'm selling because I have relatives (new 
> baby,
> 2.5yrold daughter and Mom is at home 24/7.
>
>> A Euro Winnie?
>> Will you ever understand us Vanagonuts? Or shall we ever understand you
>> winabagels?
>>> Been there, done that. We had an aircooled '83 Westy that we loved 
>>> but sold
> for some stupid reason. Oh yeah, sold it for a '88 Buick Century 
> because it had
> A/C. Sold THAT a year later to finance a 54 Barndoor.
>
> My Fantasy Vanagon would be a rolling HAM shack/Silver Mist Blue 50 mpg 
> 85mph
> 5spd plus low(s) Synchro Double Cab with A/C, a reliable over powered 
> engine
> and totally maxed out ala South Afrikaner on steroids.
> [bullbars-racks-16"whls-racks-lights all over the place, grab 
> bars-skids etc.
> locking diffs]-WITH a 10 year 100,000 mile-end to-end warranty and 
> ultimate
> sound system to include XM tunes. Oh yeah, and that I can afford it. 
> Leave the
> Euro-Winnie to Mom and the kids. Miss the splittie? um, give me the 
> money that
> I'm asking, a year to think about it, something close to my fantasy 
> Vanagon and
> see how I feel.
> -ellis
>
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