Actually, you guys all need to go to Pittsburgh and visit Walt Spak and see
his Vanagon (and Lancia) friendly house!  He bought a wonderful warehouse on
the side of a hill, with drive-in entrances on the 1st and 3rd floors.
(Hills are serious in Pittsburgh).  On the third floor he's building (maybe
has finished by now?) a stunning apartment with huge windows overlooking the
whole city.  Really amazing.  The vanagons and Lancias don't drive right
into the apartment part, but they do go right into the building, so they are
right there any time he might want to look at them, work on them, etc.
Matilda and I drove right in too, we even popped the top inside, back when I
still had my kayak on the roof.  We did have to make sure the kayak didn't
hit the hanging lights, but otherwise no clearance problems.

Walt, are you out there?  I think it's time you published that warehouse/
apartment of yours on the internet so everyone can see!

Joy

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Joy Hecht
now living in a real house in northern Virginia
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
lugging Joy and her stuff around...

For musings about life and the vanadventures:
http://www.joyhecht.net

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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of bueses
:::Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 6:38 PM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: [SPAM] the bus friendly house (LVC)
:::
:::on 9/11/06 4:12 PM, Marion Lathem at resiolute@COPPER.NET wrote:
:::
:::> I can fully understand completely... there is a look to them, a stout
:::> beauty...as they sit there.. there are truly not words to explain it...
:::it
:::> just is..!
:::> Lyle Lathem
:::> 1985 Vanagon GL
:::
:::Hearing eloquent musings like those makes moi think that you guys don't
:::have
:::enuf things to do or GF's?
:::
:::Grin,
:::
:::Tom B.
:::
:::p.s.- one of my architect partners designed his own house to have
:::overhead
:::garage doors (really nice architectural ones) that opened into the dining
:::area & master bedroom.  The dining table & bed were to be on wheels so
:::they
:::could roll out onto balconies on the exterior.  Since the floors were
:::exposed, stained concrete, no problem w/ oil or coolant dripping on the
:::floors!
:::
:::Alas, he still doesn't have a westy, but he could?