John,

That'd be me.  I'm the third owner of this rig; the original owner lives
down in Massachusetts, where the van enjoyed all that the Bay State has to
offer for the first 8 years of its life.  Then it found its way up to a
dealer/repair shop in New Hampshire, who used it as his day to day
transportation and for parts pick up.

I bought it from the Greek owner of the shop about 3 years ago.  He's
getting up there in years and was having a hard time driving a manual.
When I bought it, it was a straight 7 passenger GL.  Since then, I've
gutted the interior, reinsulated it top to bottom, installed the camper
interior which I purchased from Chris Jordan down around Philly way, added
a Plat Cat heater, GoWesty 16" rims and wheels, etc. etc.  I've driven it
around 3 of the 4 corners of this great country (haven't hit the South
East yet).

Right now, I'm up to Portland, Oregon for a 10 month training assignment
for my employer, then returning to Phoenix.  But before I do, the A/C will
get repaired....I'm not spending another summer there without it.

Like most of the rigs out there, its a work in progress.  I've replaced
quite a bit on it, but much still remains.  I'll try to post photos of the
fuel tank swap out when that happens.  After that, I think I'm going to
tackle installing a PLC that I have laying around, and tying in the
various sensors (O2, Oil temp, Oil pressure, voltage, vacuum, tire
pressure, exterior temp, etc) to it, then routing that info to a single
LCD monitor on the dash. I have too many gauges.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

Mike

On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 10:39:22 -0500, John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

>OK ...... someone out there is driving the above named vehicle.
>
>Would you please come forward and identify yourself? I would like to ask
>some questions about your vehicle and how  you came by it.
>
>Thanks.
>
>John Rodgers
>88 GL Driver