On 12/27/06, Sam Johnson <wrey45@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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

Wow, Sam. I've never met a black person. I've only met people in various
shades or brown or beige. Anyway, welcome to the Bay Area. You ought to
drive north on 01/27/07 to meet with some of the local Vanagon guys. That's
Burningvan (bURNINGvAN as Mike Miller writes it).

You'll see some creative destruction by fire created by the VW crazies
(yours truly not included).

BenT
"artfully crafting BS for nearly a half century"

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BenT