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Subject:Re: AW FS in Vancouver/Sunshine Coast
From:neil N
Date:Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:51:59 -0700

Very interesting.

Although I like the flexibility of the pop top, the AW sure looks
"roomy". Probably great for living FT, though not so "stealth" --- ;^)

Thanks for the info Jim

Neil.

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote:
> No, Adventurewagens were produced by (who else?) Adventurewagen out on the
>  coast of Northern California (Ft Bragg, Ukiah?).  There was a bit of
>  discussion 3 years ago that Ed Anderson, the retired owner wanted to sell
>  the molds (Vanagon I believe) for the tops that were in storage in Santa
>  Rosa, CA.  Gist of it was that by May of 2005, the molds were safe and sound
>  resting comfortably in a locked indoor storage facility.
>
>  Robert H ( male95219@yahoo.com ) apparently is the one who has them and
>  indicated in his last post to the list that he was looking into reactivating
>  the tooling and manufacture of them.  Best to contact him if interested.
>
>  Check the Archives under subjects:
>
>  Adventurewagen Top Molds for free? or AW Molds safe and sound
>  --
>  Jim Thompson
>  84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
>  84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
>  73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
>  72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
>  oldvolkshome@gmail.com
>  http://www.oldvolkshome.com
>  ***********************************
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Is the Adventurewagen conversion done by Westfalia?  I thought it was
>  > ... someone else (?).
>  >
>  > Allan
>  >
>  > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:17:02 -0700, "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> said:
>  > > Not mine, and there's no pics.
>  > >
>  > > Ad states that it needs a new engine.
>  > >
>  > > http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/car/612267352.html
>  > >
>  > > Cheers,
>  > >
>  > > Neil.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > --
>  > > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
>  > >
>  > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>  > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>  >
>

--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
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