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Subject:Re: Westy sold, sanity returns
From:Michael Sullivan
Date:Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:44:32 -0600

Don't call me for bail $$. :-) Adios Amigo......
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Jim Cochran <mxsailor@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi list,
> Today I delivered my '86 Westy to a local buyer here in San Carlos, Sonora,
> Mexico.
> It's a pretty good van, now, with 600 miles on a good 2.1 rebuild, fuel
> tank fixed and front wheel bearings, new fire extinguisher and the usual...
> new Temp II sensor. Price? $9,000 cash.
>
> I still have a 1971 Bay that has a variety of problems, but I'm going to
> park it until I get back from sailing, sometime in June. In the meantime,
> I'll be sitting in the cockpit of my Morgan sloop watching the lovelies swim
> in their tiny bikinis, painting watercolors and playing my guitar, sipping
> iced beverages down near the Guatemalan border.
>
> If I need a car, I will buy a Nissan.
> If I need a headache, I will buy a Vanagon.
>
> Adios, and thanks for helping me get this far.
> Love and good fortune to you all.
>
> Jim C
> Mexico
> 71 Bay Window (The Bing)
> 73 Morgan 33 sloop (Bliss)
> 87 Morgan 44 sloop (The Green Flash)