Hey Brendan,
how's it going overall ?
and how's Totoro hangin' in there ?
hope you and your family ( and business ) are super well !
scott
www.turbovans.com
Rogue Vally, Or.
maybe I'll get over there one of these days and stop in.

Jake de Villiers wrote:
> Well I was close!
>
> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Brendan Slevin <totorovan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>
>
>