Watched it last night.. Said it was a 20 yr old Syncro 4wd van and later
mentioned it was a camper.
Almost the entire 30 min of "guest time" was Tom telling about the"issues"
with the van starting at 18.6 miles into the trip the speedo quitting and
the fuel gauge reading 1/4 tank off. Running out of fuel by Bonneville 12
miles form there KOA campground, tow truck rescue, getting gas can filler
stuck in tank filler, etc etc.. Pretty long in the tooth, but was sooo
typical of what we all have dealt with on our own rigs. Typical non car guy
type report.
Daryl of AA Transaxle (doin OK so far)
425-788-4070
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Stevens" <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: Tom Hanks and his syncro Westy on Letterman

> Hanks was camping in the Salt Lake area and did a weekend at Deer Valley
> Ski
> Resort. Left his van with Utah Imports to have them repair the ignition
> swittch/headlight problem. He asked Allan, Business Mgr. at UI if there
> was
> a place he could rent a van or if they knew someone that he could rent a
> Syncro Westy from locally. Allan called me but I was up at Mt. St. Helens
> camping and didn't get the phone call for 3 days (no cell coverage). He
> wanted to rent my van for $600 for the weekend. A month later someone
> offered me $50K for the van. I feel like a pimp! ;-)
>
> He got his van at Go Westy, beautifully done interior. All the cabinetry
> was
> redone and it has the usual Recaro's in it. Go Westy 2.3 or 2.4 motor.
>
> bob
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Edward Duntz <eduntz@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I just saw on the Samba that Tom Hanks is talking on Letterman about his
>> Syncro Westy. I saw the post in time to flip in on and listen to him
>> talking
>> about his experience camping  and driving- even saw pics. If you're on
>> the
>> west coast, tune in to Letterman and watch. I'm going to go back to watch
>> the rest of the interview- he's got one more pic to show.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>