I am willing to place a bet that there are more Vanagonsin Canada than 
there are in all of California....and that's a a lot!

On Sat, 9 Jul 1994, Joel Walker wrote:

> yes, folks, it's that time again. we've lost a few and gained a few
> more. life goes on. :)  all you unknowns out there: shame, shame, shame!
> here's the makeup of the list as of today:
> 
>   56 Microbus    1    68 Bus    1    80 Vanagon    2    92 Eurovan    0
>   57 Microbus    0    69 Bus    1    81 Vanagon    5    93 Eurovan    5
>   58 Microbus    1    70 Bus    6    82 Vanagon   10    94 Eurovan    0
>   59 Microbus    1    71 Bus   16    83 Vanagon    2
>   60 Microbus    1    72 Bus    7    84 Vanagon   10
>   61 Microbus    2    73 Bus   13    85 Vanagon   10
>   62 Microbus    1    74 Bus    6    86 Vanagon    5
>   63 Microbus    0    75 Bus    1    87 Vanagon    8
>   64 Microbus    1    76 Bus    4    88 Vanagon    3
>   65 Microbus    0    77 Bus    9    89 Vanagon    4
>   66 Microbus    4    78 Bus    9    90 Vanagon    7
>   67 Microbus    8    79 Bus    3    91 Vanagon    5
> 
>  Microbus  20 - Camper   8, Panel    3, Pickup   1, Kombi    7
>  Bus       76 - Camper  40, Panel    0, Pickup   0
>  Vanagon   71 - Camper  34, Panel    2, Pickup   0, Diesel   5, Syncro   6
>  Eurovan    5 - Camper   2
>  Total    172
> 
>  Vanagon Mailing List   187 people,     172 vehicles
>     20 Microbus,    76 Bus,    71 Vanagon,     5 Eurovan
>     22 Unknown,    10 Wanabus
> 
> with the 71's firmly (?) in the lead over the 73's. but ho! check out
> the 82/84/85 vanagons! sneaking up from behind ... who knows what may
> happen by the end of the summer. :)
> 
> and, for those geographically-impaired members among us, here's where
> we all are.  kinda lonely down here in west alabama. :( not even one
> other buser in alabama or mississippi (well,he said snobbily, i sorta
> didn't really expect any THERE ...) ;)  sigh.
> 
> -AUS    2          DC      3          MD      3          OH      1
> -CAN   13          FL      1          MI      3          OR      4
> -UK     5          GA      2          MN      2          PA      6
> AL      1          IA      3          MO      2          RI      1
> AR      1          ID      1          MT      1          TX     10
> AZ      2          IL      2          NC      3          VA      2
> CA     25          IN      1          NE      2          WA      7
> CO      2          KY      1          NJ      2          WI      4
> CT      1          MA      6          NY      7
> Unknown      55
> Total       132
> 
> the beach-bums of the golden surf are still waaaaaay out in front
> (must be all that nice weather than makes 'em like buses ... or the
> ability to move everything they own in case of a) earthquake,
> b) mudslide, c) brushfire, d) mudslide putting out brushfire. all WE
> ever get is bugs, floods, hurricanes,and tornados!).
> 
> but the lone-star texans are slowly gaining on 'em! and our neighbors
> to the north (should i break you guys up into provinces?) are also
> gaining ground.
> 
> well, time to go visit my local FLAPS (they feel neglected if i don't
> come by once a week or so). :)  hope everybody has a good weekend.
> 
> joel
>