Hi Craig, 

Thanks for the warm welcome - I'm in San Francisco. 

s. 

On Dec 7, 2009, at 9:25 PM, craig cowan wrote:

> WELCOME ABOARD SHEILAH!
> 
> Where are you located? If you're lucky you can find a group of diehard
> vanagon enthusiasts near you that will help you out or at least get together
> and answer some of your questions. At the very least, you've always got us
> here! This is a great community and while these are great cars (as we all
> agree), it's the community that is what keeps us going and striving to keep
> them on the road!
> 
> Best of luck to you, and welcome aboard!
> 
> Sincerely,
> Craig Cowan
> '85GL turned WESTY
> BOSTIG in the back
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Sheilah Rogers <sheilah@sheilah.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> Not sure the protocol on this list, but I just joined today and thought I'd
>> introduce myself. I'll probably be a lurker more than anything, but have
>> been meaning to join this list (or a vanagon list) for quite some time. My
>> name is Sheilah and I'm the proud owner of an 86 Westy whom I call Vanna
>> White.
>> 
>> She's been my fave for 10 years, but I've become neglectful. Apparently it
>> shows and the things I need and/or want to do with her are mounting, but my
>> pocketbook will have none of it, at least for now. So we'll see how it goes.
>> It may be a slow road. (What's new, eh.)
>> 
>> I'd really like to fix her up though and I think it's high time I start to
>> understand a bit more about her inner workings, both mechanically as well as
>> the conversion part, so we'll see how this goes as a start.
>> 
>> Carry on,
>> s.
>>