I like these. I had seen something about aerodynamics and was working on
aerodynamics are overrated. Flying brick.

El t

On Tuesday, April 30, 2013, JRodgers wrote:

> Love It Always!
>
> jOHN
>
> On 4/30/2013 9:52 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>
> Driven Daily!
> Fueled Weekly!
> Fixed Monthly!
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of T
> Collins
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 10:11 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: daily driver Vanagons
>
> I had been working in making some stickers....If I get it together would
> anyone else be interested in getting something along the lines of We defy
> aerodynamics, daily driven!
>
> el tr
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Dake Collins <wuwe423@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  Wu-Wei, my '84 Westy, has been my daily driver, constant companion and
> home-on-the road for 4 or 5 month a year for the past 8 years. When
> I'm not on the road I live on a poorly maintained dirt road in Maine;
> we've familiar with salt, frost heaves and the other assorted
> pleasures of living in paradise.
> I'm the third person to be entrusted with the care and feeding of Wu-Wei.
> The guy I got her from took reasonable care of her but didn't use her
>
> much.
>
> Lat summer I had the unexpected pleasure of a chance meeting the
> original owner. He bought her in Germany in 1984, toured Europe,
> brought her back to Rochester, NY and used her as a daily driver for a few
>
> years.
>
> So, for most of the last 29 years she's been a daily driver on the
> salt encrusted roads of the northeast.  She's had good care and
> regular maintenance. The good care, at least during my tenure with
> her, has been due, in large part, to the kindness and knowledge of the
> community of kindred spirits who have also been entrusted with the
> awesome responsibility of a Westy. The financial burden of maintaining
> Wu-Wei has been less than a car payment. I love my Westy!
> Dake
>
>
>
> ______________________________**__
>   From: Bill Monk <billmonk@GMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 3:33 PM
> Subject: Re: daily driver Vanagons
>
>
> Look here for a stainless collector:
>
>
> http://www.gowesty.com/ec_**view_details.php?id=23772&**category_id=366&ca<http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23772&category_id=366&ca>
> tegory_parent_id=
>
> Lifetime warranty...
>
> Bill
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 26, 2013, at 3:09 PM, John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>  Been driving my 91 in northern MI winters since '91 and it shows.
> Exhaust system could be wrangled to last 4 years max. Got smart and
> installed one of Frank Condellis' systems about 8 years ago. Now the
> only maintenance
>
> is
>
> the occasional gasket and that iron collector piece that has no
> stainless version. Got the SS coolant tower and that thermostat to
> water pump pipe that likes to hold a drip of salty water on it till it
>
> rusts a hole.
>
>
> POR 15, Undercoating and Stainless Steel. Rubber Steering hoses and
>
> nickel
>
> alloy brake lines. Keeping it alive!
>
> John Meeks
> '91 Vanagon MV Phoenix
> Stock 2.1 250K miles
> Northern Michigan
>
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>
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>
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>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Craig Cowan
> <phishman068@gmail.com>
>
> wrote:
>
>
>