Tofino you say .... Better not tell that to all those people in prince
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On 2010-09-25, at 4:36 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM
 > wrote:

> yes,
> it's more than two hours drive ..
> ( but you can still get salt air on your vanagon in some areas )
> it would take a person from Seattle, driving ..
> 3 hours easily to get to the Pacific Ocean ...
> whether you go south and take the Hood Canal Bridge..
> or take a ferry across the Sound , like to Bainbridge Island...then
> West.
>
> ( If on that route,  be sure to visit Cheif Sealth's grave after
> crossing Agate Pass ..
> at the north end of Bainbridge Island ...right after crossing that
> narrow water passage, if going west, turn right at the traffic
> light....go about a mile  or so, find a funky very old small
> church ..hidden back on the left.
> behind that ...in the cemetary, see the two large carved wooden
> canoes sticking up at an anlge on top of a log framework over a
> pretty large christan grave ....people leave tobacco, and trinkets
> and whatnot there..
> It's a trip.
> Very NON- 'all-big-and-huge-and-paved-over' ....the extreme opposite
> of that.
> Old and funky to the max, in true western washington mossy style. )
>
> As the crow flies it's what ..about 70 miles or so  to the ocean
> from Seattle,
> driving ...up to 3 hrs. easily, by Vanagon of course  !
>
> You know what they say about Western Washington ...the two keys
> works are 'visiting' and 'summer' ..lol !
>
> hey ..I paid the dues to be able to say that ...4 yrs in Port
> Townsend ...
> did my first subaruvanagon engine conversion there.
>
> best wishes to all Washington Vanagon folk !
>
> and if any road emergencies with vanagons, I'm just off exit 24 on
> I-5 in southern oregon, 'bout 9 hours from seattle.
>
> VROOOMMM !~
> scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Annie
>  To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans
>  Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
>  Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 4:05 PM
>  Subject: Re: Simply Stunning....
>
>
>  See, that's what I'm saying - the Puget Sound isn't what most
> Washingtonians would consider Pacific Ocean - THAT is way West - off
> the Olympic Peninsula. ;-)
>
>
>  Annie Anderson Blogger, Designer, Thinker & Mom
>  web: annieandersonblog.com email: lsandrsn@gmail.com
>  twitter: silverlunace facebook: anniesanderson
>  Blazin' a trail where there is no path.
>
>
>  On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com
> > wrote:
>
>    more like Puget Sound..
>    the Pacific Ocean is well west of Lynnwood.
>
>    Do most Canadians that own Vanagons realize that the only place
> you can
>    drive to the open ocean coast in Western Canada is Tofino and
> that area of
>    Vancouver Island. ?
>
>    anyone ever been to Bella Coola ?
>    pretty exotic/remote almost wild last time I was there in the
> late 80's.
>
>
>
>    ----- Original Message -----
>    From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
>    To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>
>    Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 3:32 PM
>    Subject: Re: Simply Stunning....
>
>
>
>      Zoltan is in Lynnwood,Washington - near the Pacific Ocean?  ;)
>
>      On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Michael Sullivan
>      <sandwichhead@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>        Bravo---East Coast to the rescue.
>        Michael in San Antonio
>        91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
>
>
>
>        On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Brandon Christophel <
>        bchristophel@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> I had beed doing small projects on my 1987 Westy for a few
>> months.   As
>        you
>> do van research, you can't help but run across peoples experiences
>> with
>> rust.  I could see where my seams were showing a tinge of rust color.
>> I
>> sense of dread sunk in.  Rust is like an iceberg they say.  If you
>> can
>        see
>> the tip, then whats underneath is huge.  This is what started the
>> sense
>        of
>> dread that I carried while finishing up small projects.  Pretty
>> soon it
>> became the monkey on my back and I couldn't take it anymore.  I
>> finished
>        up
>> the projects and began to seek out a doctor for my baby.  Not just
>> any
>> doctor, I wanted a specialist.
>>
>> I put out some feelers.  The name that came back was "Zoltan".  He's
>> had
>        my
>> van for awhile now.  He sent me a mail saying, "its out of paint
>> and it
>> looks beautiful".  You have to know the man but, he usually doesn't
>> use
>> decorative words like that.  He'll say, "and it's fine" or "that's
>> ok".
>         So,
>> I was *very* curious what I was to see.
>>
>> Getting the van to this point is the culmination of a lot of hard
>> work.
>> Zoltan has been like the conductor of an orchestra.  Doing the tear
>> down
>        of
>> *everything*, noting items to be replaced or fixed and giving me
>> options
>> along the way, getting the sanding done and bringing the body metal
>> back
>        to
>> trueness,  attacking rust and going through the procedures he has to
>> get
>        rid
>> of it and probably a hundred other things I'll never know he did.
>>
>> Today I get to see it.  The results of all this work so far.  So,
>> in my
>        car
>> and off to Lynnwood I go.  I saw Zoltan and waved hello.  He was
>> moving
>        cars
>> around among the fleet of Westys that are his domain.   We greeted
>> and
>> walked as we were chatting.  We rounded the corner of one of the
>> other
>> Westys and suddenly, I looked up and there it was, my baby... it was
>        simply
>> STUNNING...  I think I clapped my hands and yelped.  I turned to
>> Zoltan
>        and
>> shook his hand.  "It's fantastic!" I said.  All his preparation work
>> had
>> paid off.  The van is incredible looking and yet, it doesn't even
>> have
>        it's
>> trim put back on it yet.  Zoltan took me around the vehicle and led
>> me
>> through pieces of the the work and how it was done.  I just couldn't
>> stop
>> looking.  It's gorgeous!  We still have a ways to go but, man it's
>> going
>> well.  It is a work of art already.
>>
>> Zoltan won't brag so, I felt it necessary to send this mail.  He may
>> not
>> like it but, the way I see it, If I don't inform the community of the
>> availability of a master craftsman and the fine work he is doing
>> then,
>> I
>        am
>> doing a disservice to all all those van owners who were like me and
>> had
>> a
>> monkey on their back but, didn't know who to trust.
>>
>> Get rid of your monkey.  Call Zoltan.
>>
>> -Brandon
>
>
>
>
>
>      --
>      Jake
>
>      1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
>      1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'
>
>      Crescent Beach, BC
>
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