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Subject:Re: 87 syncro non camper, needs clutch. Utah
From:Buese Thomas
Date:Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:56:26 -0700

Elsinore is right on I-70 about 3 hours south of SLC,  so it is sorta
in BFE, but you can get there from here-there are nice hot springs not
far from there.
So point taken!

Cheers,

Tom

On Dec 22, 2011, at 5:27 PM, Jeff Schwaia wrote:

> Tom,
>
> The Syncro is in Elsinore, UT.  That's somewhere between SLC and Las
> Vegas.
> Seems like BFE to me...
>
> If it were in SLC, I'd probably buy it!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Buese [mailto:tombuese@comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 12:53 PM
> To: Jeff Schwaia
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 87 syncro non camper, needs clutch. Utah
>
> Hey Jeff,
>
> LOL!
>
> You must not get out much if youse think we are in BFE!
> Way nicer than Sacramento?????  & our NBA team isn't as bad as yours?
>
> If you take I-80, it is 150 miles shorter than Hiway 50 & they
> actually plow
> the roads in Nevada & even in BFE Utah!
>
> There are also gambling places  & brothels along the way in Nevada
> that
> cater to old guys like youse!
>
> I have already forwarded the link to a friendly vanagon & syncro
> hunter here
> , Thanks for the link Ken, but he's got a syncro just like that one,
> that he
> paid $400-500 for, IIRC.  Uses it on deep lite powder days to get up
> the
> Canyon.
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ-moving to BFE Maine soon
>
>
> On Dec 22, 2011, at 12:49 PM, Jeff Schwaia wrote:
>
>> Looks like a good deal.  If it wasn't in BFE I would consider
>> driving over
>> and towing it back to Sacramento.  Unfortunately, I just don't feel
>> like
>> towing a Vanagon on the loneliest highway in the US in the middle of
> winter.
>> Must be getting old...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>> Behalf Of
>> Ken Wyatt
>> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:18 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: FS: 87 syncro non camper, needs clutch. Utah
>>
>> Here's a 1987 syncro vanagon (non westy) for $1200 or less.   Its
>> been in
>> one of the local free want ads. Van needs clutch according to ad.
>> Not mine
>> at all.  Picture looks pretty good.  Thought maybe one of our syncro
>> hunters might be interested.
>>
>> http://www.ksl.com/?nid=218&ad=18451432&cat=&lpid=&search=vanagon
>>
>> cheers
>> ken
>