Last weekend I took the syncro westy from NJ up to NH, to let it stretch  its
legs with the new svx engine.  It ran great!  Hans and John at  East Coast
Vanagon did the conversion for me, and it came out looking first  class.  Its
really a pleasure passing people going 85 up hills.  I do  need to remember the
vanagon is not a stealth vehicle, and cops won't appreciate  that speeding is
a form of self-expression and liberation!  I didn't go on  anything rougher
than some manky dirt roads, but it was still a blast, and I had  fun spending
time in the woods with friends.  Its also now sporting SA  headlights, a rebuilt
transaxle, schwenk springs with OMEs, SA front brakes,  projekstwo fog lights
and a decoupler, so it feels like a whole new  vehicle..

Where in the Whites were you off-roading?  I'll be back up there in  two
weeks, on the north tip of Winnepesaukee.  If I can escape the family  (a rather
big if, it is a family weekend) I hope to go sample the  trails.

ciao
rob