Hi Jim,

        So glad to read this.  You have given many of us such list miracles .  It is great to see you get one as well!

Every now and then I’ve had the right spare thing for someone and I love passing the support around! 

Best to all.

Eric Caron 
85 GL Auto 
about to head out to West River Westies  Camping with about 100 VW buses in Townsend VT.

> On Jul 10, 2018, at 8:58 AM, ddbjorkman@verizon.net <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
> 
> This is truly a great group, crossing many physical and cultural boundaries.
> 
> 
> Dave B.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim. Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tue, Jul 10, 2018 8:30 am
> Subject: One of those list miracles
> 
> Last January, I put out a request on both the Vanagon and Diesel Vanagon
> lists for a front table leg, old style. I had a few false starts at
> acquiring one (most usual problem being that most people including me
> didn't know the exact dimensions we were looking for). But it didn't take
> long for Vanagon owner Mark Pinnell to reply that he had one, but it was in
> Canada and the shipping would likely be onerous.
> 
> Turns out Mark had the correct leg for me, but it was the wrong leg for
> him. He needed a late model leg, which I had already swapped for, but again
> there was the shipping for both in and out of Canada.
> 
> I asked him where the item was located, and Mark said it was at his son's
> near the airport in Toronto. I said "great," I have some friends going to a
> trade show in Toronto from here in February, is there any chance they could
> get together and swap table legs? Longish story shorter, I got my table leg
> to my friends in north Alabama who drove to the show. Mark's son was kind
> enough to meet one of them in the parking lot and they made the swap. Deal
> done, no shipping, I've got the leg I need and Mark has his.
> 
> Thanks, Mark and son, for this international event!
> 
> Jim