I’m not sure how much those Riggs cost, but if you put that into updating a synchro you might have a pretty sweet ride.  And, certainly much more interesting. 

But, if even they can admit the Synchro is cool I can tell you that if you take a Westfalia and take it to a car show and watch, very often  people will spend a lot of time around even a well used bus compared to a brand new Porsche.  In a general crowd the vW busses of all kinds get the smiles, stories, and attention.

I sometimes go to the Hemmings motor News show and even a well used bus gets a significant following.

Eric Caron 

> On Feb 15, 2020, at 6:28 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
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> David,
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> The taco and forerunner crowd with their roof top tents and maybe off road trailers sometimes slightly , very so slightly, admit a Syncro westy is pretty cool.
> 
> But they are smart, they have more reliable and powerful vehicles. :-)
> 
> Ab
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>> On Feb 15, 2020, at 2:24 PM, "ddbjorkman@verizon.net" <ddbjorkman@verizon.net wrote:
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>> Hey!  Who are you calling an old fart  (I turn 70 this year).  These vehicles keep one going. I have been dicking around with the beasts since I was 19.  Some years without, but after having kids, nothing else was practice for camping than the Westies.  Tent camped for a while, but by the time we set up, the kids were rolling in poison ivy or drowning themselves (active kids) in the local stream. Yes, I use mechanics more than I used to.  And yes, I am somewhat stingy with my money..  I have to be.  Fixed income.  I can't just work some overtime to pay for something.
>> Don't get me wrong.  There is certainly some truth in what you say.  Many folks younger than us have never experienced the wonderfulness of Vanagon/Westy/Syncro travel.  The poor son of a guns. They keep trying with jacked up Tacomas.  They are doing the best they can with what they have to work with,  They are having a lot of fun.  
>>  We have found something special and we are trying to keep them up.  I may be old, but I'm trying to not admit it.  And I don't fart all that much. :0)))
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>> Dave B.
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