NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Ron,
It's all been said already, but I'm sorry to see that. That's a real heartbreaker.

When I was back east and one of the hurricanes came through (about 1999 I think) it dropped a tree and the tree's trunk bent off my Westy's top mount/below the windshield radio antenna. It also knocked the drivers' outside mirror out of whack. I looked at it for hours trying to figure how the tree could clip the antenna and the mirror and not touch the body at all as it lay about 12 inches from the bus.

I wish you were that kind of lucky. Sorry about the loss.

Best,
Jeff (is jeff still even on the list?)
83.5 Westy
LA,CA

-----Original Message-----
From: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 9:47 am
Subject: My Westy is totaled!

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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