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Subject:Re: Weakly Statz
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Sat, 15 Aug 1998 01:09:43 -0700

I cant believe it! I'm still the only one on the list in Norway!:-(
In a small town with only 40000 citizens, I guess there are well over 100
vanagons, and even more EVs. They are (almost) everywhere. Police, ambulance,
taxi, you name it, it is done. At least half of all are deliverys, with the wb's
still going strong. This type of car is more a tool to make it through the day
over here, than something to drool enthusiasticly over. We hardly have any
VW-clubs here, but amcar clubs are plentiful.(gee). It is just as they say, the
grass is greener at the other side...

Per

Joel Walker wrote:

> yup. well. it's That Time again. :)
>
> so here's WHERE all you folks have told me you are located ...
> -AUS         1, -ZA          2, IA         2, NE         5, SC         2
> -AUS.NSW     4, AK.ANC       3, IA.CR      1, NH         2, SC.COL     1
> -AUS.WA      1, AK.FB        1, IA.DM      2, NH.MAN     1, SD         1
> -AUST        1, AK.KOD       1, ID         1, NJ         1, TN.E       1
> -CAN         6, AL.AUB       1, IL         2, NJ.PRIN    1, TN.KNOX    1
> -CAN.AB      1, AL.HUNT      1, IL.BLM     1, NJ.S       2, TN.MEM     2
> -CAN.AB.CAL  1, AL.MOB       1, IL.CHI     5, NM.ALB     1, TX.AMA     1
> -CAN.AB.EDM  2, AL.MONT      1, IN         2, NV.LV      1, TX.AUS     4
> -CAN.BC      1, AL.TUS       2, IN.INDY    2, NV.RENO    1, TX.DAL     5
> -CAN.BC.INT  2, AR           1, KS         1, NY         1, TX.ELP     1
> -CAN.BC.VAN 10, AR.LR        4, KS.KC      2, NY.ALB     1, TX.HOU     4
> -CAN.BC.VIC  5, AZ           1, KS.WIT     1, NY.BUFF    1, TX.LUB     1
> -CAN.NB      2, AZ.PHOE      3, KY.LEX     1, NY.E       1, TX.SAN     2
> -CAN.NB.FRE  2, AZ.TUCS      2, KY.LOU     2, NY.LI      6, UT         3
> -CAN.NF.SJ   1, CA.BA       34, LA         2, NY.NE      1, UT.SLC     7
> -CAN.NS.HAL  3, CA.LA       17, MA.BOS    10, NY.NYC     7, VA         2
> -CAN.ON      2, CA.N         3, MA.CAPE    1, NY.ROCH    1, VA.ALEX    6
> -CAN.ON.OTT  1, CA.SAC       6, MA.NBED    2, NY.SYRA    1, VA.FRED    2
> -CAN.ON.TOR  6, CA.SD        8, MA.W       5, NY.W       1, VA.N       3
> -CAN.PEI     3, CA.SLO       2, MD         1, OH.CINN    2, VA.NEWP    2
> -CAN.PQ.MON  3, CA.WC        1, MD.ANN     1, OH.CLE     3, VA.RICH    1
> -GER         4, CO.BOU       3, MD.BAL     9, OH.COL     4, VT         1
> -GER.HAMB    1, CO.DEN       1, MD.E       1, OH.DAY     2, WA         1
> -GER.HANN    1, CO.FTC       2, ME         2, OH.TOL     1, WA.OLY     3
> -GER.KOLN    1, CT           6, ME.BANG    1, OR.CORV    2, WA.SEA    12
> -GER.MUN     1, DC           1, ME.PORT    1, OR.EUG     1, WA.TAC     1
> -GER.NURN    1, FL           1, MI         1, OR.NE      1, WA.VAN     1
> -GR          1, FL.GAIN      2, MI.DET     1, OR.PORT    6, WI         1
> -NL          2, FL.ORL       1, MI.N       1, PA         1, WI.MAD     1
> -NOR         1, FL.PENS      2, MN.MSP     4, PA.ALL     2, WI.MIL     4
> -PHIL        1, FL.T-SP      3, MO.CG      1, PA.E       2, WI.N       1
> -SWE         4, GA.ATL       5, MO.STL     6, PA.ERIE    1, WI.W       1
> -UK          1, GA.AUG       2, MT         4, PA.HARR    2, WV         3
> -UK.ENG      1, GA.MAC       1, NC.CHAR    2, PA.PHIL    8, WY         2
> -UK.ENG.LIV  1, GA.N         1, NC.DU-RA   1, PA.PITT    1
> -UK.ENG.LON  1, GA.SAV       1, NC.GB-WS   1, PA.YORK    3
> -UK.SCO      2, GA.W         1, NC.RA-DU   5, PR         1
> -UK.WAL      1, HI           2, NC.W       1, RI         4
>        Unknown     215      Total       684
>
> and here's WHAT you told me all your buses are ...
> 50 Microbus   0, 59 Microbus   1, 68 Bus   4, 80 Vanagon  18, 91 Eurovan   0
> 51 Microbus   0, 60 Microbus   2, 69 Bus   4, 81 Vanagon  19, 92 Eurovan   0
> 52 Microbus   0, 61 Microbus   0, 70 Bus   4, 82 Vanagon  54, 93 Eurovan  15
> 53 Microbus   0, 62 Microbus   2, 71 Bus  10, 83 Vanagon  21, 94 Eurovan   0
> 54 Microbus   0, 63 Microbus   2, 72 Bus   9, 84 Vanagon  72, 95 Eurovan   7
> 55 Microbus   1, 64 Microbus   4, 73 Bus   7, 85 Vanagon  71, 96 Eurovan   1
> 56 Microbus   0, 65 Microbus   2, 74 Bus  10, 86 Vanagon  75, 97 Eurovan   6
> 57 Microbus   0, 66 Microbus   5, 75 Bus   1, 87 Vanagon 102, 98 Eurovan   0
> 58 Microbus   1, 67 Microbus  10, 76 Bus   5, 88 Vanagon  25, 99 Eurovan   0
>                                   77 Bus   7, 89 Vanagon  27,
>                                   78 Bus  19, 90 Vanagon  37,
>                                   79 Bus   7, 91 Vanagon  54,
>
>  Microbus   30 - Camper   9, Panel    2, Pickup   5, Kombi    2, Deluxe   4
>  Bus        87 - Camper  52, Panel    1, Pickup   3, Kombi    2
>  Vanagon   575 - Camper 289, Kombi    2, Pickup  15, Diesel  31, Syncro 105
>  Eurovan    29 - Camper  13, Panel    0, Pickup   0, Diesel   1, Syncro   0
>  Total     721
>
> Vanagon Mailing List   684 people,   721 vehicles
>     30 Microbus,    87 Bus,   575 Vanagon,    29 Eurovan
>     10 Wanabus,    132 Unknown Sniveling Lurkers :)
>
> For details of where/when the next camping event in your area is,
> Watch your list and/or contact the following folks:
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon)
>   Wet Westies
>      wetwesties@vanagon.com
>      bsutton@gladstone.uoregon.edu
>      http://members.tripod.com/~torlasco/WetWesties.html
>   Volkswagens of Western Oregon (VW of WO)
>      Western Oregon chapter of NEATO and LiMBO
>      http://www.peak.org/~maynardj
>      contact Jack Maynard <maynardj@peak.org>
> California: North, Central, SF Bay Area:
>    busgirl@netcom.net
>      Join the CCA's (California Camping Anarchists) for
>      mischievous wild fun, terror, chaos, hysteria, and
>      the ritual burning of magnesium.
> Intermoutain-West: Utah, Wyoming, Idaho
>    kokopelli@sprintmail.com
>    sjones@tetondata.com
> Southeast Wisconsin/Northern Illinois
>    dbg@ols-inc.com   <der Busbestizer Gruppe>
>      camping most every weekend from May to October
> Ohio, Great Lakes area:
>    http://ebyte.com/gl
> Northeast/New England/New Hampshire:
>    jonr@empire.net
> Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland:
>    dfleming@moosebird.com
> Southern Wisconsin:
>    rodavies@facstaff.wisc.edu
> North Carolina, Triangle Area:
>    rapalmer@unity.ncsu.edu
> North Georgia/NE Alabama/East Tennessee/W North Carolina:
>    deasterw@st6000.sct.edu
> FLorida:
>    jclark@supernet.net
> Oklahoma, Kansas:
>    jjrodgers1@compuserve.com
>
> CANADA:
>   Ontario:
>     http://graphics.uwaterloo.ca/volks
>   Quebec:
>     Club Westfalia: Les Wests DLAUT BORD Dla Gate
>     http://www.microtec.net/~jblp/les_wests
>
> If you are interested in joining a club dedicated to the
> preservation, restoration, and enjoyment of 1968 and newer buses,
> and receiving their bi-monthly newsletter, Check out LiMBO
> <limbo@bcn.net>  <URL: http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/>
>
> If you are interested in joining a club dedicated to the
> preservation, restoration, and enjoyment of 1967 and older buses,
> and receiving their bi-monthly newsletter, Check out NEATO
> <neato@rt66.com> <URL: http://www.mindspring.com/~deasterw/neato.html>
>
> Got a Diesel? there is a diesel vw mailing list ...
> send email to wclistserve@velocity.bc.ca with this body/text:
>   subscribe vw-diesel
> and the list itself is at vw-diesel@velocity.bc.ca
> or check out the Diesel Vanagon web page at
>   http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw
>
> There is also a mailing list for the old Split-window buses.
> Send a message with the word "subscribe" in the body
>  to    vintagebus-request@type2.com
> You will recieve a confirmation message, which you must reply
> to and then you are on the list.
>
> There is another bus list for folks interested in
> only aircooled buses. To subscribe, send a SUBSCRIBE
> message to type2-digest-request@type2.com
>
> There is also a list for Eurovans. to subscribe, send mail
> to  majordomo@db.erau.edu  with message text/body of
> SUBSCRIBE EV_UPDATE
> the address of the list itself is  ev_update@db.erau.edu
>
> Warm the cockles of your heart with a VW Transporter coffee mug
> ... high quality drawings of the generations of Buses. contact
>    Richard Palmer <rapalmer@eos.ncsu.edu> for more info.
>
> FAQ and Archives available from:
>  http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html
>
> WWW/HTTP info available from:
>  http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov
>  http://www.automatrix.com/~skip/volkswagen
>  http://www.supernet.net/~jclark/vw/vwpage.html
>  http://www.alldata.com/
>  http://tigger.as.arizona.edu/~dlytle
>  http://www.vanagon.com/
>  http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/3392/
>  http://www.kiz.com
>  http://www.village.org/vw/parts/
>  http://www2.ari.net/dworkin/vw/
>  http://www.vintagebus.com   .../barndoor/html
>  http://www.infocom.com/~paulr/vw
>  http://www.pipeline.com/~tforhan/swhome.htm
>  http://www4.ncsu.edu/eos/users/r/rapalmer/www/
>  http://www2.zone.ca/~jblp/type2    map of bus locations
>  http://www.type2.com/sermons    Bob Hoover Sermons
>  http://ebus.simplenet.com/Volkswagen
>  http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8249/
>  http://www.armory.com/~y21cvb/charlie/charlie.html
>  http://www.mylink.net/~kdf_cars/v6van1.html
>  http://www.relitech.com/tomc/tomvw.htm
>  http://ebyte.com/ev/

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