

| Subject: | Re: Friday: So Ya Think Keeping a Vanagon Alive is Tough? |
| From: | Sudhir Desai |
| Date: | Fri, 5 Jun 2009 14:19:33 -0400 |
I was hoping to see some suicide-doors. :~) On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 13:57, neil N<musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. > > On my last trip to Alice Lake B.C., spotted a few old Bentleys in > Squamish. Had a short chat with one English fellow about his '30 > something Bentley. Found out these people had come from all over the > world to drive their pride-and-joys to Alaska! > > http://www.bentleyalaska.com/ > > The idea of these dedicated owners taking a bunch of Bentleys to > Alaska was kind of a thrill from my POV. After heading toward > Whistler, I spotted another one and followed him to Brandywine Falls. > Found yet some more Bentleys. I tried not to plague them with too many > questions. <grin> Didn't manage to get to their AM meet at Whistler > the next day, but got some pics none the less. > > Of note, found it curious that the '30's Bentley has a servo for the > brakes, yet the brakes are entirely mechanical. Makes sense, just, > well very different! > > My pics > > http://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/OldBentleys# > > Enjoy! > > > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines >
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