Jake--

Thanks!!

I think I can
I think I can
I think I can

Best,
Jeff
83.5 Westy
LA,CA

On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Jeff, good to have you back!  =)
>
> I hope you're more or less all better and ready to face the problems in
> your Van...
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Seeya,  Jake
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Jeff oxroad <oxroad@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey all you lunatics---
>>
>> I've been off the list for quite a while, but I'm giving you fair warning:
>> I'm back.
>>
>> My bus has been sitting for a couple of years now. Before you have me
>> arrested and hauled cross country to the Cambridge PD station followed by
>> a
>> Beer Summit at the Whitehouse, I got injured pretty good a while back and
>> the bus suffered the consequences of neglect.
>>
>> No need for panic, the bus was never injured, save the insult of sitting
>> in
>> my driveway like a monument to my failure to properly care for her during
>> my
>> recovery.
>>
>> Now, like a Phoenix University Student, I am determined to raise the bus
>> from the figurative ashes.
>>
>> Don't worry about me, I am fine now, although I personally show a little
>> more mileage.
>>
>> The bus on the other hand has the benefit of not being driven so it still
>> only shows 160k beneath the veil of cobwebs.
>>
>> The first order of business is a wash and wax and see what we've got.
>> Then I suppose I'll drain the gasoline or whatever it has become during
>> it's
>> vacation in the tank.
>>
>> The bus started up to two years ago when one day I went to move it and it
>> ran fine for about 4 minutes then just sputtered twice and died with a
>> puff
>> of white smoke
>> as if it had run out of fuel. I couldn't really get around too well to
>> diagnose the problem or fix it at that time, so it sat there. There was
>> seemingly plenty of fuel in the tank at that time.
>>
>> I'll keep you posted and likely be stuck and looking for advice.
>>
>> I hope you're all well and look forward to seeing what's going on in the
>> world of Vanagons again.
>> (I've moved from aol to gmail in the meantime so I'm "Au Courant." I think
>> that's French for "consumer" ;)
>>
>> Yea!
>>
>> Best,
>> Jeff
>> 83.5 Westy
>> LA,CA
>>
>
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> Beverley Anne de Villiers   April 20, 1930 - July 4, 2009
>
> Jake
>
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> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>
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>
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