You would think that Birmingham with it's million plus population would
have more vanagons and shops that would work on them. Not so, it turns out.

John

On 2/21/2014 11:08 AM, Jim Felder wrote:
> 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
>>
>