I have personally seen three TriStars.  I can say that the 4th door is cool
and the gas cans attached to the rear bed wall is nice, but other then that
I can't see all the excitement.  They are just slightly fancier than a
normal Double Cab.

If you are interested in spending about $40,000 US I know where you can buy
one (of two).  Each are in PERFECT shape and less then 100,000 kms on the
clock.  There is a picture of one of them on my web site.

At 02:13 5/27/98 EDT, you wrote:
>I just wanted to brag about my experience last Wednesday night on my way to
>Portland.  I had the rare experience to see, touch and smell a TRISTAR, owned
>by Todd Francis in Washington. What a cool rig it is. I got to meet my first
>vanagon list member that night delivering a syncro tranny core wich I sold to
>Todd.  It was a late, cold ranny night, and when that garage door opened,
man,
>did I freek out. The Tristars are cool set-up. I couldn't stop looking at it.
>Todd, you are lucky man to have such a cool car (truck) (van) (vanagon).
>Someday it would be nice to have a Tristar and syncro vanagon get-together.
> Michael M. 87 syncro.
>
>

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