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On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:03 PM, B Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote:

> >> Do I hear sarcasm? I think its a valid point to question the idea of
> using a too small vehicle just for the sake of it being a vw. <<
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> But there is no other van to use other than a  full size commercial Ford or
> Chevy. The only "van" available in this country is the "mini-van" which is
> really only a station wagon as far as I'm concerned.  Westfalia does a
> pretty nice job of converting small van "like: vehicles in Europe.  People
> associate Westfalia with VW. I really don't think a Ford Westfalia is going
> to take off.
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> >> precisely not, as I specifically adressed that one. It was a MWB with a
> hightroof and bath etc. I am talking about a short sprinter with a vanagon
> camper like interior, just a little bigger.
> more like this, but of decent quality: http://www.rvwheellife.com/?p=177<<
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> But it's just going to be another $80K vehicle that nobody is going to buy.
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> Nobody wants Westfalia to start building vans here more than me but we have
> to realize that VW, Westfalia, etc. are businesses out to make money. Not
> make cool stuff most of us can only dream of owning because they are so
> expensive. As far as I'm concerned the only way Westfalia will survive here
> is to build inexpensive conversions in addition to higher end ones.   If
> bought a new VW camper it would be for a daily driver and need to be pretty
> low priced just like the Westfalia of the 60's. I can't afford a $50K
> camper
> to sit in my driveway to use just for camping and judging by the economy
> today there ain't going to be a whole lot of people that can.
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> >> more like this, but of decent quality:
> http://www.rvwheellife.com/?p=177
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> From what I'm told Sportsmobile does a pretty decent camper conversion.
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> Bryan
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