Not sure if it's relevant to his stopping production of the Digitool,
but when I last spoke with Darrel at High Country '04 he was in his EV
camper.  IRCC,  Darrel is completely out of Vanagons.
He is one very interesting, personable and knowledgeable dude.  He is a real
source of a lot of VW info.
Cheers,

Stephen
Chillicothe OH
'89 Westy no name yet
'91 Caravelle  "Hans"... FS on the Samba
'90 Carat  "Parts"
'74 MGB  My first car...yep, I've kept it since '74
'93 Chevy S-10
'91 Jetta Diesel   My daily driver
'02 Jetta Wagon VR6  Wife's car
Ex Vans/VWs:
'81 Vanagon  from 1985-1990
'84 Westfalia  "Fritz" 2000-2004 now with Son #1
'87 Westfalia  "Franz" 2002-2005  now with Son #2
'88 Jetta GL  1990-1992
'92 Jetta GL  1992-1998
'90 Jetta     1999-2003
'81 Rabbit diesel   1999-2003
'82 Caddy VW Diesel P.U.  1999-2004

on 6/14/06 8:52, Steven Johnson at sjohnso2000@YAHOO.COM wrote:

> --- Sam Walters <sam.cooks@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
>
>> First, let's have a history lesson.  Shawn Feller
>> wrote about Darrell
>> Boehler's Digitool, saying that it is "basically a
>
>
> Well put Sam.  I agree that there are alot of well
> meaning folks on this list that mis-quote the past
> and I'm glad you stepped forward to make this
> correction.  I've seen quite a few gems come from
> the list and Darrel's creation and instructions
> of the Digitool is one of the very best.  And I'm
> sure many folks probably already understand that
> he most likely quit making them because he was
> probably overwhelmed by the demand.  I may be wrong
> but it would not suprise me.
>
> I would suggest to those that want one to study up
> on some basic electronics and soldering.  There's
> plenty of info. on the internet and books (remember
> those?) that you can read and become knowledgeable
> very quickly about how to put the Digitool together.
> I'm sure there are many folks out there that have
> already done this.  The silent majority of this list
> probably reads most of the articles from the archives
> as I usually do.  And they glean what they need from
> the constant generous contributions of the collective
> mechanical and electrical genius's.
>
> Steven
> '91 Westy
>
>
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