I'm in Huntsville (Madison, technically). No shortage of parts here, thanks
to me! LOL

Plus we have a really good shop here and another in a nearby town. I looked
at a Carat automatic yesterday at my local shop. It was parked out front
with a Birmingham tag. The shop owner said that they owner has the car
towed to Huntsville for any kind of service more complicated than an oil
change.

About a week ago a friend with a westy stopped by for a part. There were my
two in their respective driveways, and this one on the street. My neighbor,
who just bought a red passat TDI wagon, stopped and rolled the window down
and said "You better keep them apart! They're starting to multiply!!!"

Jim

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:

> I've heard that Huntsville has a pretty good quantity of Vanagon owners.
> Aerospace folks seem to like them. Drive up for a weekend to get your fix!
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> JRodgers
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:10 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: I am not alone
>
> For the longest kind of time I have not seen any Vanagons around
> Birmingham, AL but my own. Never see any mention of Birmingham on the
> Vanagon List so have wondered if I am all alone in the big city.
>
> Well, today, just after parking my van and nearing the steps into the
> house, I hear this familiar engine sound, and almost simultaneously hear
> the unmistakable sound of a Vanagon horn down by the street. I turn and
> look toward the street in time to see TWO Tintop Vanagons with cargo
> carriers on top - one behind the other, one blue, one green, chugging up
> my hill. They waved, blew the horn again, but didn't stop. Wish they had.
>
> But it's nice to know I'm not alone in the big city.
>
> John
>