--- On Sat, 10/29/11, MICHAEL H <vwdash80@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: MICHAEL H <vwdash80@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: vanagons are rare....on the east coast
> To: "Jason" <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
> Date: Saturday, October 29, 2011, 11:32 AM
> upstate NY, away from the coast ; )
> Westies are few and far between even as vacation/tour
> vehicles. Vanagons even more scarce ... until I got mine -
> just my luck, within days of having it trucked up from Long
> Island [yes, there is more than the city. come see for
> yourself] I watch the very same model drive by ! Capri blue
> as well !! this was a summer rerun of when I bought an 80
> Benz 300TD Estate ...15 years ago it was a Dasher square
> back. WTF ?
> 
> --- On Sat, 10/29/11, Jason <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Jason <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: Re: vanagons are rare....on the east coast
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Date: Saturday, October 29, 2011, 10:37 AM
> > It must be 10 years since I've seen a
> > vanagon in a yard around here.
> > Even the ones on the road are getting pretty rare to
> > see.���Southern
> > Ontario is not kind to these vans in the winter and
> not
> > many lasted.
> > Even the ones you do see are normally imported from
> the
> > south or from
> > out west.
> > 
> > Jason
> > 
> > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Stephen Grisanti
> <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > > I found two in junkyards in the last year or so,
> and
> > one of those used to live in my neighborhood.� Engine
> fire,
> > sadly, and before finding it I just figured the guy
> had
> > moved.� I know of several more still on the road but
> I'm
> > still surprised when I see one driving around that I
> don't
> > already know about.� That is always a pleasant
> discovery.�
> > There's even grey Westy like mine driven by a guy
> named
> > Steve in town and I ran into him buying parts a few
> weeks
> > back.
> > >
> > > Still several bays in town and I even saw a nice
> split
> > last weekend.
> > >
> > > Stephen
> > >
> > > --- On Fri, 10/28/11, JordanVw@AOL.COM
> > <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
> > <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
> > > Subject: vanagons are rare....on the east coast
> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > Date: Friday, October 28, 2011, 10:08 PM
> > >
> > > 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...
> > >
> >
>