sorry to hear that ron..    good thing it didnt hit your house tho..
definately sad, but the westy is replaceable.. lives arent, and  id rather have my car
smushed than a huge hole in my house roof in the middle of winter..
might be time to get the chainsaw out and clear your yard, at least the dead
trees....huge trees like that so close to a house is scary..

my aunt in GA had a mature oak come down on her house in a hurricane,  after
that she cleared her whole yard..  living in the woods is nice, but its a risk
you gotta take i guess.

 for those of you not in the know, we had a really bad ice storm here in SE
PA (3" ice) sunday, which was followed by 45+ mph winds sun nite...
power was out at my house sun nite for 4 hours, with outside temps in the low
20's...driveway is a sheet of ice, cant even shovel or plow it.

as for tips dealing with the insurance, im sure you know all the places to
look ...  good luck tho..and  you can prolly buy it back for dirt cheap and part
it out..

chris

In a message dated 12/18/07 12:56:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM writes:

> 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
>
> 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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