>
> Flu bug has hit twice in in the past 10 days, so I've been a bit "off
> list" so to speak.
>
> Pomona Swap Meet, Jan 15th
> LA County Fairgrounds (Fairplex)
> Pomona, CA
> http://www.pomonaswapmeet.com/
> The West Coast's largest, held every 6 weeks or so, with a rather sizeable
> VW-Porsche section.  Some neat finds, but a lotta garbage too ;-)  The
> January edition may be a bit slower as most people are broke just after the
> holidays. However, this year it falls on the same weekend as.....
>
> Buses By The Bridge X
> Windsor Beach State Park
> Lake Havasu City, AZ
> Jan 13th thru the 15th
> Looks to be a sizeable Type 2, Westy , Eurovan & EVC crowd to be
> attending, many of those coming have indicated on the frappr site.  Could be
> the biggest one to happen in quite awhile.  There will be some parts sales
> and swapping going on there for sure.
> http://www.busesbythebridge.com/
> OR
> http://www.frappr.com/bbbx
>
> Frappr shows 89 registrations, but based on all the talk, sounds like a
> lot more are coming, so it might put a tiny dent into Pomona.
>
> For those that are interested, the Annual VW Porsche Toy and Literature
> Show held at the LAX Hilton, instead of being usually on the first
> Saturday morning of February (4th), it will be held on the last Saturday of
> February (25th) this year.  Although heavy on the Porsche stuff, there is
> quite a respectable showing of VW stuff to include rare & vintage small
> parts.  Never know what you'll find at this event and I have attended most
> of them since it's inception over 20 years ago.
>
> http://www.lalitandtoyshow.com/
>
> There will be the usual OCTO show the next day (Sunday, the 26th,) at
> Huntington Beach High School.  Although OCTO is Pre-68 oriented, there's
> always stuff for all models throughout the swap area, might be worth a
> look-see.
>
> http://www.octo.org/files/
>
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> See You At Buses By The Bridge! :-)
> **********************************
>  On 1/3/06, JordanVw@aol.com < JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 1/3/06 2:45:31 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > groups.florian@GMAIL.COM writes:
> >
> >
> > > hi list,
> > >
> > > my vanagon mechanic over in germany (i do not wor on my german van
> > myself -
> > > no space, and its a eurovan) is reaaly keen on flying over to
> > california for
> > > that " really big vw meeting and show and swap meet that happen in
> > caliornia
> > > i think in january maybe or so canyou find out for me where and when
> > that
> > > is?"
> > >
> > >
> > > gzzzzzz so my question is is there a good list somewhere on the
> > internet of
> > > vw and especially van meets or even better yet - does someoone have an
> > idea
> > > what he is talking about?
> > > would be a grea help. i owe him the favor of finding out.....
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > florian
> > >
> >
> > hey Flo -  he's prolly going out to Pomona..    huge swapmeet in orange
> > county..    where is Jim Thompson of the Old Volks Home?  he usually is
> > up on all
> > the SoCal swapmeets......
> >
> > chris
>
>