They could be in good numbers in Tidewater because the large navy presence brought them there.

VWs in general have always been popular with military families.

Anthony (USN-RET)
'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)

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From: Jason Orr <ladros@COX.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: vanagons are rare....on the east coast

Here in Virginia there are Vanagons on the road and a couple of shops
locally(Tidewater Area) that have them along with other Volkswagens. Im not
sure about the junkyards but the last time I went none were in them, mostly
see them here and there on the road around here.

Jason O
Victor 1983 1.9wb 4spd

At 11:16 PM 10/28/2011 -0700, you wrote:
>You might be on the wrong coast for Vanagon peeping. I see at least 4
>a day here in the SF Bay Area. Most of them Westys. A fair amount of
>breadloafs, too.
>
>Be nice to have a map that would show a Vanagon ownership demographic
>of the US...
>
>Jeff in Marin
>On Oct 28, 2011, at 9:00 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
>>Date:� � Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:08:10 -0400
>>From:� � JordanVw@AOL.COM
>>Subject: vanagons are rare....on the east coast
>>
>>ive been hitting up all the major junkyards in southeast PA recently
>>looking for parts for my tow vehicle (ford van) and have not seen
>>ONE vanagon in
>>the junkyards...� theyre literally all gone..� � i dont see� any on
>>the
>>roads either......�  maybe the story is different on the� west coast
>>but on the
>>east coast.. they are pretty much nonexistant� anymore...
>>
>>years back i used to find at least one during a junkyard run...but no
>>more...