That is a very nice story of Vanagon culture and could also be a considered
a genuine model for NAFTA.

Bruce

On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 5:30 AM, Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>