Edward,
           This is Sam who is black, originally from Toronto, Canada now in
Palo Alto CA, and am still the first and only proud owner of a 1984 white
Westfalia bought at Owasco Volkswagen in Ontario Canada April 7th '84.
Presently it has 273,000 miles on the odometer and working on the second
engine from a wrecker in San Jose for $89.00.  All miles were personally
driven by myself since it has a standard gearbox of which most women are
afraid. The dealer has never seen this vehicle since the warranty ran out in
1985 thanks mainly to great tips from "The List"!! A million "Thank Yous" to
the brains here - I never could have done it without them!!   Hip! Hip!
Hooray!!!

Sam