Wow. Your lucky the tree missed the house.

-Craig
'85GL

On Dec 18, 2007 12:47 PM, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com> wrote:

> A 60 foot tree squashed my Westy like a bug early yesterday morning.  I've
> never seen a Vanagon so totally demolished.  Not a single body panel is
> intact and it literally split at the seams. The curious can see some pics
> at:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~type2/Vanagon.htm<http://home.comcast.net/%7Etype2/Vanagon.htm>
>
> While I've had a number of VW campers over the years of various vintages,
> this one had a special place in my heart, as my little girl (now 9) pretty
> much grew up in it over the summers.
>
> Anyway, now comes the arduous process of convincing the insurance company
> that a VW camper is worth more than the NADA book says it is. And finding
> a
> replacement.  If anyone knows of a very clean later model Vanagon Westy
> (although I wouldn't rule out a '76-79 or a Eurovan camper) that isn't
> overpriced, please let me know. Driving distance from Philly is preferred
> but not absolutely necessary.
>
> - Ron Salmon
>  The Bus Depot, Inc.
>  www.busdepot.com
>  (215)  234-VWVW
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