I love it when it works out like that!

Jim helped me out years ago when I couldn't find a spindle for my '86!

Because the table leg is steel, the 25% tariff on the import from said item
from Canada will be satisfied by the inclusion of 1 (one) used side view
mirror.

Thank you,
Edward

On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 8:07 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
>