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Subject:Re: '52 Barndoor update
From:Bob
Date:Wed, 15 Nov 1995 09:14:21 -0500

At 03:09 AM 11/15/95 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi everyone-
>    This last Saturday I took the twelve hour trip upnorth, to pick up the
>'52 barndoor.
>
>      The guy I bought it from had only owned it a month.  He bought it from
>a older man, who has a farm about four miles from his house.  Derek, the guy
>I bought the bus from, took me to meet the guy.  He was very nice, and let us
>check out his VW graveyard behind his barn.  I couldn't believe my eyes!
> There if front of me was a '56 panel van, five other split window buses,
>three bay windows, one thing, one fastback, and a bunch of bugs.  I almost
>had a heart attack when the old man (Ed) said I could take what ever parts I
>needed.  I wanted to get back on the road, so I didn't have time to take
>anything, but I asked him if I could come back in the summer to get any parts
>I needed, and he said sure.  So I loaded up the Barndoor and headed home.
> What a great day! 

Ok Eric, fess up.  Where is it?  Come on, you can tell us.  We promise not
to scavenge, honest!  Please tell me it's in MD or VA....

Bob.
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