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Alaska 100 �F / 38 �C June 27, 1915 Fort Yukon 

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|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] 
|On Behalf Of JRodgers
|Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 9:24 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: Sally is FS
|
|That is why I drive a Tin-top - the utility.
|
|Envision a pallet laying there with 15 one hundred pound bags 
|of plaster on it. BTDT - From Anchorage, Alaska through the 
|Chugach Mountains to Soldotna - a 150 mile trip. I took my 
|time. There were several stretchs of first gear creep in my 
|'85 GL. Glad the weather was cool in those mountains.
|
|John
|
|On 7/21/2013 2:24 PM, Zeitgeist wrote:
|> Truckasaurus! *http://tinyurl.com/lhdqp9y
|> *
|> or the following if you're not into the whole brevity thing:
|>
|> 
|https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CLwsISi33qg/TZIG5LKbl6I/AAAAAAAAAaE
|> /x2547iuZYgs/s640/van%2520rocks_1.JPG
|>
|>
|> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Stephen Engel 
|<sengel543@yahoo.com> wrote:
|>
|>> You're not alone! Although I do go camping.
|>>
|>> I decided on a tin top to maximize utility. I love the 
|stares when I 
|>> pull up to a loading area next to all the pimped-out, pumped-up 
|>> F-250s, Rams, etc.
|>>
|>> Steve
|>> 87 Syncro GL
|>>
|>> PS  Someone give that sexy red T3 a good home!
|>>
|>> Sent from my iPhone
|>>
|>> On Jul 21, 2013, at 1:59 PM, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
|>>
|>>> Sometimes it feels like I'm the only non-camping T3 lover 
|out there.
|>>   I've
|>>> owned four of them (including two campers), and ultimately their 
|>>> utility value as a truck is what keeps me coming back for more.  I 
|>>> don't drive offroad (have a Quattro for that), so it's 
|really just a 
|>>> nice handling covered cargo area truck that can move people and 
|>>> goods around in unique style...which means I look at a tintop as a 
|>>> plus, rather than a deficiency.
|>>>
|>>> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Jason <uberhare@gmail.com> wrote:
|>>>
|>>>> Ditto.  It's just a bit too far from me.  1000 miles to 
|home.   I could
|>> use
|>>>> a decent passenger van.  Pinball machines and lumber don't fit so 
|>>>> nice
|>> in
|>>>> the Westy.  If someone was local to check it out and get 
|some more 
|>>>> pics
|>> I'd
|>>>> consider the drive.  I seem to be a sucker for long drives in 
|>>>> unknown vehicles.
|>>>>
|>>>> Jason
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Stephen Grisanti 
|>>>> <bike2vcu@yahoo.com
|>>>>> wrote:
|>>>>
|>>>>> If Sally were for sale nearby I'd be tempted.  The Mopar 
|>>>>> dog-and-lumber minivan needs a lot of attention and 
|replacement has been discussed.
|>>>> We're
|>>>>> not camping this year (move) and does not look like we 
|might (new 
|>>>>> old
|>>>> house
|>>>>> mods and family obligations) so the Westy is doing some 
|commuting, 
|>>>>> and
|>> a
|>>>>> nice automatic (getting-old people ankles, knees and hips) in an
|>>>> attractive
|>>>>> package like this could easily end up in the new 
|driveway.  I'd be 
|>>>>> seriously tempted, but not for twice the money.  I hope this van 
|>>>>> finds
|>> a
|>>>>> nice home.
|>>>>>
|>>>>> Stephen
|>>>>>
|>>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>
|>>>
|>>>
|>>> --
|>>> Casey
|>>
|>
|>
|>
|> --
|> Casey
|> .
|>