Volks,

PIF (Pay it Forward) Fund Project - Bad Accident in a Splitte / Folks need
help

Goal: Transport a 1962 Westfalia & personal effects from Maine to Oregon.

Two members of our community recently had a terrible accident while
traveling from Oregon to Maine.

Cristian Torlasco (founding member of WetWesies) is trying to help.

Please read Cris's email below.

If you would like to make a contribution please use either of these links,

My PIF Fund Link

http://tinyurl.com/jovxb

Cris's Donation Link

http://torlasco.tripod.com/ronnieandcristalsdonationsite/ 

If you would like to donate by check, 

 pls email me privately for details.

Thank You,

larry chase
www.roadhaus.com
soon to be roadhaus.org

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Cris's Email .... "Slightly edited version for brevity"

Dear VW Friends;

I am sorry to have to contact you in such an unfortunate circumstances. Two
of my closest friends, Ronnie and Cristal,
 had just have a serious accident while driving their 1962 Westfalia. After
being treated/surgery for about 2 weeks in
 Maine, they were recently transported back home to Cottage Grove, OR. 

For those of you who don't know them, they are excellent people, and truly
VW enthusiasts (Ronnie's yard has about
 15 split window buses and his collection includes some amazing buses). They
had a lot of hopes and worked hard to
 prepare the Westy for this trip. They drove from OR to CA, then to NC and
then stopped at my new place in upstate NY,
 a few weeks back. After they left home they headed to Maine, were they got
T-boned by a 22 year old girl. The impact
 was so strong  that it ejected both of them through the driver's door,
Ronnie hitting the pavement and injuring his
 head, and Cristal getting caught in the wheel well and sustaining several
broken bones. They had to operate her back
 as well. They are  both slowly getting better, Ronnie has terrible pain,
just hearing the phone ringing causes him
 pain and nausea. 

I got a call from a still very shocked Cristal two days ago, and found out
what happened. I was asked to take care of
 organizing the transport of the bus and their belongings from Maine back to
OR. The bus still sits in a body shop located
 near the accident scene, and storage and towing fees for about $600 are
owed, and it keeps going up. 

Please help if you can, any amount will do. Please spread the word among the
VW circles. 

Please don't call them if you have their number. 

You can write a note to them if you wish, VW Steve in Eugene (stevo@efn.org,

We will make a decision on how to transport the bus in a few days, based on
suggestions, offers, and amount of cash
 collected. Thanks in advance for your help in these bad times. 

Cris.