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Subject:Re: Idea about going to warmer climate for winter and servicing Vanagons
From:Geneva Saint-Amour
Date:Sat, 14 Sep 2013 07:34:54 -0700

Arizona!
We need you!
Check out Uncle Bobs in Tucson. And several shops in Phoenix. Plus lots of smaller towns with plenty of VWs to keep a guy busy. 
If you are serious about this please email me. Look up BBs Project VW in Clarkdale. The shop sits empty and the potential exists. 

Sent from my electronic leash!
Geneva Saint-Amour 

On Sep 14, 2013, at 6:14 AM, "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> I am super busy here in NJ working on Vanagons and Westies for customers.
> However the dreaded winter is coming and even though I have a heated shop,
> etc. I really would like to go somewhere that is nice and warm outside
> during the winter months, yet still help customers and work on Vanagons for
> them.  I had been tossing this idea around in my mind for a few days and
> trying to figure out how it could happen when I got a call from a customer
> in Hawaii.  He tells me that in Oahu that there are tons of Vanagons and
> only one trusted mechanic that can work on them.  He is super booked up
> (sounds familiar) so the customer suggested I could come out there and be
> as busy as I would want to be repairing vans.  Of course it is never that
> simple.  I have a wife and four kids so I would need air fare and also a
> place to stay while I am there and a shop to work out of or use as a home
> base.
> 
> I am also thinking that Florida might be a good choice for this idea since
> all of the motorhomes go south for the winter.
> 
> I am just putting this idea out there.  Anyone on the list give me a way to
> make my dream of a "no winter", winter actually come to pass?
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com

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