I should be glad it wasn't a spindle, then : )

Jim

On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 7:09 AM Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> > >
> >
>