

| Subject: | Re: So wha-da-ya call a Vanagon with no legs? (Frayday humour) |
| From: | neil N |
| Date: | Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:57:11 -0800 |
Well, if I had the room, I might have saved it. But it's time too. I see your point, but this bus needed a *bunch* of work to make it right and I only bought it for parts as engine was kaput at the time. Anyhow...... it's gone. At least part of it will live on. :^) Neil. On Feb 8, 2008 11:36 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote: > even makes it more sad.. :<( passenger vans are a dime a dozen.. > ive only ever seen one panel van in person, in my life..they are actually > more rare in north america than doulbecabs.. were you even aware of that > neil?? > > IMO the rarer models such as panel vans, dokas, etc should be saved > whenever possible, but it was your van, you did with it what you wanted.. > > ive sent many vanagons to the crusher but nothing that was rare. > > > this would be akin to parting out a doka because it had some rocker rust.. > but.. c�st la vi�.. > > not slamming you niel, but it does make me shed a tear :<( > > oh well, on the bright side, you made the few that are left even more rare > :<) > > chris > > > > In a message dated 2/9/08 2:12:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, > musomuso@GMAIL.COM writes: > > > > I'm in Canada. I think it's possible that this "Transporter" was an > import from Germany. > > Yah they aren't common around here either. But it's what I found for a > parts van at the time. It didn't run and appeared to be seized, but I > got it running. > > I stripped almost *everything* off that puppy. The rockers near the > rear trailing arm where rusted through so the body was "on its' way > out". It was a cool van though. At one point I almost considered keep > it as a runner, but the rust was getting bad. > > > > On Feb 8, 2008 10:51 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote: > > you crushed a panel van??? why?? what a shame.. those things are rare.. > > at least here in the US.. > > > > neil, are u in the US? > > > > chris > > > > > > In a message dated 2/8/08 8:30:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > musomuso@GMAIL.COM writes: > > > > > > > > heh heh... > > > > yah it was "stuck" until yesterday. Gone to the crusher. At least part > > of it will be put to good use! > > > > Neil. > > > > > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/nolegs%21 > > > > > > > > > > > ************** > Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. > > (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548) -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
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