You should have compared serial numbers!

Karl Wolz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> Mary Creasy
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 8:32 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Small world westy sighting
>
> We took our chocolate brown '85 westy about 100 miles from our home in
NEPA to
> the Pine Creek Gorge for backpacking and visiting friends near Slate
Run, who
> incidentally have a '81 diesel Westy and Vanagon.  On Sunday late
morning, we
> had just got back to the vehicle when what comes puttering down the
lane but a '85
> chocolate brown Westy.  Our ears and senses were focused as we watched
it pass
> and pull over at one of the little runs feeding Big Pine Creek. I
walked over, every
> muscle protesting, and came to learn that just like mine, his Westy
was bought
> originally in Germany by someone in the service and shipped back, they
had
> almost equal mileage,
> within 6k and showed the same wear in all the usual areas.  The kicker
was that
> our new friend lives just 20 miles from our house and is a list
follower, BD and VA
> customer and frequents the same wilderness areas we enjoy.
> Talk about a small world !!  So Oneida Jim, nice to have met you and
see you out
> there.
>
> Dave Creasy
> '78 Westy
> '85 Westy
> '93 EVMV 5 sp.