It may be only a few people wanting to buy them but hopefully 3 D printing even metal parts will make it easy to maintain them.  I hope so because if I’m still alive I’ll have a VW bus or two, and hopefully a nice self driving car. As well, unless I can combine the two!

If the Supply is very low the demand and cost will be up.  I’m pretty sure I read that somewhere?

Now Dave, did you report back on your Pop top side lift bar experiment?

Eric Caron 
 

> On Jul 26, 2022, at 10:54 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Notice that Jim said, "the fraction of the Vanagon camper buying world ...
> ."  The Vanagon camper buying world in 25 years will be so tiny that if one
> is bought, it will be a remarkable event.  If one is around, it will be
> remarkable. So, the "fraction of the Vanagon camper buying world... ,"
> looking for a pristine vehicle may well be 100%, but that may well be 1 or
> 2 people in the whole world.
> 
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 7:10 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> In 25 years?
>> 
>> Nope.
>> 
>> Won’t be any daily driver vans using gasoline . Will be just collectors
>> and garages of types. That market, in 25 years ain’t going for buying
>> vanagons as an investment.  And they certainly won’t be looking for the run
>> of the mill North American market 2wd westy. That itch will be easily
>> filled.
>> 
>> 
>> Classic car bubble has been high the last decade. That won’t last
>> 
>> Ab
>> 
>>> On Jul 26, 2022, at 7:03 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I’d say the fraction of the Vanagon camper buying world looking for an
>> original example will be the exact same as that of every classic car = very
>> very high. There are no exceptions.
>>> 
>>> Jim
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 26, 2022, at 8:27 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The fraction of the world looking for a pristine westy in 25 years is
>> ….
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Well….
>>>> 
>>>> Very very low
>>>> 
>>>> :-)
>>>> 
>>>> Ab
>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jul 26, 2022, at 4:25 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Double sided tape is a good solution. Remember, no matter how you get
>> Carried away with your own needs, in 25 years the world will not be looking
>> for westies with holes drilled in the cabinets.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jim
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jul 25, 2022, at 1:12 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Only way I can suggest , short of drilling holes, is using 3m high
>> bond double sided tape.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It’s quite strong. But you can use solvents to get it off agajn
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Alistair
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Jul 25, 2022, at 8:37 AM, Pete Sicilia <pete@coffeepot.org>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi gang,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I was doing some last minute pre-camping shopping on Amazon and saw
>> someone
>>>>>>> had mounted quickfists to the back of their cabinet. As seen in the
>> reviews
>>>>>>> of this item... https://a.co/d/5OOFTvb
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I may have had a lapse in impulse control ;)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Does anyone have an opinion on the best (strongest and least
>> damaging)
>>>>>>> mounting option for securing quickfists and other items to the fiber
>> board
>>>>>>> cabinets?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>> Pete
>>>> 
>>