I just turned 60, so I'm out of the hunt, but my first van was a
white Texas-bred 1960 Kombi(no rust) with the double doors on the
driver's side.  Paid $3.61 for it ie the cost of a compression check
at the IH dealer in Clarinda Iowa.  A bunch of hippies had a load of
tapestries etc(drugs???....ya think??) blew a hole in a piston on
their way to a head shop in Ames off campus at ISU.  All they cared
about was getting the "goods" to the head shop.  They said that if I
delivered, I could have the bus.  A borrowed 1969 Ford XL and a
rented U haul bumper hitch/tow bar combp later, it was home and so
were the goodies.  Used piston and cylinder from my stock pile and I
drove it all summer long.  Eventually got a clear title to it.

Gave it to my roommate that fall in exchange for him co-signing a
loan so I could buy my dream car, a blue 1963 356B Porsche
Coupe.  Went bus-less from about 1970- 1978 when I bought a 71
gold/white in Arkansas for like $700.  Wish I still had all three of
those vehicles.....oh well

DM&FS

At 11:33 AM 10/7/2011, John Jensen wrote:
>So if Craig is the youngest, who is the oldest?
>And what is the average?  What was the most likely first VW van of the
>average list member?   Splitty?
>
>John Jensen
>johnjensen@johnjensenartist.com
>http://www.johnjensenartist.com
>bluesbug@verizon.net