I s'pose I should chime in here, we've been out camping, it is Brendan
Slevin and I am the roastmaster for Bellatazza, a wholesale/retail micro
roaster here in Central Oregon!  And 1984 GL named Totoro!  Indeed, check in
at the downtown shop, Bellatazza, and you'll find me or a way to get a hold
of me.  Can't wait to meet my second lister!

Brendan
84 GL Totoro
Bend, Oregon

On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> Its because I mis-remembered the spelling of his name!
>
> Try 'Brendan Slevin'.  He's got an '85 GL or something called Tortorro and
> a
> cafe at http://www.bellatazza.com/
>
> My apologies - my memory has started having these tiny glitches ......
>
> On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 7:42 AM, Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Could be, but I Googled "Brendan Slavin" + bend +oregon and came up with
> > nuthin'.
> >
> > It's odd to me that the name, "Brendan Slavin," has a familiar ring to it
> > but I can't say why. Googling "brendan site:vanagon.com" only brought
> > three hits and they were from Brendan Moran, Brendan Irwin, and Brendan
> > Coffey.
> >
> > So where did I hear about this guy?
> >
> > --
> > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> >
> > On 5/24/2008 7:25 PM Scott Foss - Shazam wrote:
> >
> >  YES THANK YOU Jake !
> >> I had a 'B' in mind, but knew it wasn't 'Ben."
> >>
> >> Jake de Villiers wrote:
> >>
> >>> I believe that's Brendan Slavin?
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Scott Foss - Shazam
> >>> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com <mailto:scottdaniel@turbovans.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>    No Sir...........
> >>>    i will tell you EXACTLY the skinny on going to the DMV with your CA
> >>>    registered van.
> >>>    first there are NO SMOG CHECKS in Oregon anywhere, except in the
> >>>    Portland area and the Rogue Valley ( medford- ashland ) where i am.
> >>>
> >>>    They will VIN check it, so drive it to the DMV.
> >>>    go in, tell them you now live in oregon- when i did this just
> >>>    yesterday
> >>>    with my old mercedes with Wa plates- they said
> >>>    'do you live in oregon?"
> >>>    do you have an Oregon drivers's license?"
> >>>    'is the car here now?"
> >>>    i answered yes to all 3 questions -they said fill out this form,
> wait
> >>>    for your number to be called.
> >>>    so they might want you to get an Or driver's license first.
> >>>
> >>>    but other than looking at the VIN on the car - they don't care.
> >>>    they don't care if it was a diesel and now it's a Suabur gasoline
> >>>    engine  or whatever.
> >>>    They simply are not interested in it smog wise in anyway.
> >>>    there WAS a deal in Oregon where campers cost more, like double to
> >>>    register,
> >>>    I beleieve that went out Jan 1 of this year.
> >>>    They also do two years at a time.
> >>>    Yesterday, on my 38 year old Mercedes, to transfer the title to
> Oregon
> >>>    registration........you know waht i mena, and get plaes and tags
> >>>    for two
> >>>    years...........cost $ 120.00.
> >>>    Bring proof of insurance of course on the vehicle.
> >>>
> >>>    There are no safety inspections.
> >>>    I 'was' told by the allways difficult Ashland DMV ( never go there)
> >>>    .....i had this parts van or something i thought i might want an
> >>>    orgeon
> >>>    title for ( was Wa) ............they said 'has to be running, has to
> >>>    have all equip liight lights working' etc.........
> >>>    of course i am like .................what , it's a parts van.  And
> it
> >>>    still has Wa plates on it, and i let the reregistration lapse.
> >>>    But of the several out of state cars i've taken to the DMV to title
> in
> >>>    oregon...............
> >>>    THE ONLY thing they have ever done is look at the two VIN tags, I
> >>>    could
> >>>    have a Stinger Missile mounted on the roof and i don't think they'd
> >>>    notice. I've had a non VW gasoline engine in a diesel van ( the 5th
> >>>    digit of the   VIN tells which type of engine the van left the
> factory
> >>>    with , B = gas, G = diesel, very logical - in geman perhaps ! )
> >>>    ...............but i've had that weird combo, and due to the age
> >>>    of the
> >>>    van.......
> >>>    they never said boo about engine or whatever.  That particular van
> >>>    had a
> >>>    Wa title that said 'gas- passenger' but when i got my Oregon
> >>>    title...........their system flagged as a diesel by the VIN - and
> the
> >>>    Oregon title said 'diesel'.
> >>>
> >>>    but you won't have any of that.
> >>>    and if it's like Medford is, their soul  ( sole ? ) interest in
> >>>    the van
> >>>    will be to check the VIN , both of them. ( there's a 3rd hidden
> >>>    one too ) .
> >>>    It could be different in Bend, but i doubt it.
> >>>
> >>>    But I've been to the Medford  DMV about 8 times in 5 years or so,
> >>>    always
> >>>    smooth.
> >>>    it's like the old days.......
> >>>    you just go in, say i want to title this car in Oregon to me, they
> say
> >>>    'fill out this form', ' give us your money.'
> >>>    they give you the plates and year and month tags,  , and YD-
> >>>    you're done.
> >>>    there is a nice Crater Lake license plate, it's an extra  $ 20.
> >>>    and one
> >>>    time only fee, and that money goes to Crate Lake they say, and i did
> >>>    that on one of my vans.
> >>>    There are also salmon license plates or whatever.
> >>>    yesterday the guy asked me 'do you just want the pine tree ones? "
> >>>    .................i said'just  the basic ones, yes '
> >>>    ...........those are
> >>>    the standard plates, but look into their Crater Lake plate- that
> will
> >>>    make you look like a clued-in Native !!
> >>>
> >>>    you asked, there you go. More than you wanted !!
> >>>    scott
> >>>    www.turbovans.com <http://www.turbovans.com>
> >>>
> >>>    Rogue Valley - Medford-Ashland, Southern Oregon.,
> >>>    Vanagon engine conversion specialist, vanagon restoration  and
> >>>    'saving '
> >>>    vanagons etc.
> >>>
> >>>    BTW,
> >>>    There's this fancy coffee shop down town, in Bend, in the cool part
> -
> >>>    Italian flavor type place- not a starbucks.
> >>>    I haven't been there, but the owner is a vanagon guy.
> >>>    Can't think of his name right now. He and his wife and i 3 kids were
> >>>    stuck on this side of the Cascades a few months ago, with a
> >>>    vanagon that
> >>>    could only go 20 mph, working together at me shop we fixed it -
> >>>    water in
> >>>    the fuel, and got them home.
> >>>    So ask in that coffee shop, and you'll have a vanagon friend perhaps
> !
> >>>    84 Vanagon passenger model I believe.  Real nice people too !
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>    Mike Elliott wrote:
> >>>
> >>>        As I posted earlier, Mrs Squirrel and I are moving to Oregon
> >>>        (Bend) from
> >>>        California. The endless seas of pink stucco houses, mini-malls,
> >>>        pollution,
> >>>        heat, and people everywhere around here in SoCal have finally
> >>>        gotten to
> >>>        me. I know this is not necessarily a Good Thing in the minds
> >>>        of many
> >>>        Oregonians, but there it is. Bend has had more than its fair
> >>>        share of
> >>>        Californication, but we'll do what we can to fit in: we're
> >>>        bringing our
> >>>        little home businesses there to contribute to the local
> >>>        economy, and
> >>>        we'll
> >>>        be friendly.
> >>>
> >>>        First thing we'll do is register with the Oregon DMV and swap
> >>>        out our
> >>>        Cali
> >>>        plates for Oregon ones, if for no other reason than to avoid a
> >>>        stoning
> >>>        from riled-up passersby. Of course I expect we'll need to pass
> >>>        emissions
> >>>        (and safety?) requirements -- anyone care to comment on that
> >>>        vis a vis
> >>>        California standards?
> >>>
> >>>        --
> >>>        Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> >>>        71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> >>>        84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> >>>        74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> >>>        KG6RCR
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Jake
> >>> 1984 Vanagon GL
> >>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> >>> Crescent Beach, BC
> >>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
> >>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
> >>>
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> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>