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Subject:Re: Selling my beautiful Syncro Westfalia
From:John Rodgers
Date:Tue, 11 Oct 2005 04:42:22 -0500

Georgeous machine, Chris.

Everything including the kitchen sink - almost.

For that price, Chris, where's the portapotty??<grin>

Good luck with this one. It's a beaut!

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Chris Dixon wrote:

>Fellow listers,
>It is with a heavy heart that I have decided to sell my one-of-a-kind 1987
>Syncro Westfalia with an expertly retrofitted Adventurewagen top. Figured I'd
>put the notice up on the lists before I hit thesamba and epages.
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>When you see the below webpage, and the work that's gone into this van,
>you'll see why my price is $31,000 firm -- and hopefully that my price is more than
>reasonable. I'm selling the van in partnership with Joe Schoeningh at Europro
>in Costa Mesa, CA. Joe did most of the remarkably extensive remodeling and
>restoration. In the summer of 2004, "Pound Puppy", as former owner Veronica
>Fraga called this Syncro, carried me and my wife across America on assignment for
>the New York Times -- the trip represented, perhaps the best two months of our
>lives together. That is, until the recent birth of our daughter.
>
>If any of my closer associates on these lists - people who have saved my ass,
>or provided particularly lifesaving advice want to call first dibs, then
>please send me an offlist email.
>
>Owning a Syncro has been one hell of a cool experience -- and I'd like thank
>everyone who has helped to make driving one of the great unsung vehicles on
>the planet such a fascinating and rewarding experience.
>
>Please check the below link and forward to anyone you think might be
>interested.
>http://homepage.mac.com/dixoncj/vansale/index.html
>If you are interested, please contact Joe at Europro before me:
>js@europrovw.com
>Thanks and please forgive the cross-posting.
>Now I think I'm going to go sit in my driver's seat and have a good sob.
>Chris Dixon!
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