My folks bought a 67 back in 72. I was 12. The engine went the next year,
the dealer replaced it. I rebuilt it at 16. I learned on that bus. After
installing radial tires the family joke was that tires lasted longer than
the engines. It became mine in 78 and I sold it in 81 due to excessive rust.
After that I had a 70 and later a 72. When I got the first water cooled
vanagon (an 84) after few years I realized that trip preparation no longer
included a pre-trip valve job. I miss those buses.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Marc Perdue
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:42 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Van on Bring a Trailer

That brings back memories... We bought one new in '62 when I was 5 and I
loved it! Not Dad. After having to have two valve jobs in two years, he
decided it wasn't up to the task of driving our family of 6 and all of our
camping gear across the U.S., so we got a Rambler station wagon in '64.
Sigh...

Marc

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Roger Whittaker
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