I met this very guy at the Litchfield Bug-in last June. Got pix of his van if anyone wants to see it. It was pretty cool -- although, not what you'd call a "professional" job, definitely "home built" in appearance.

If I recall, he works and lives in Buffalo and repairs VWs, mostly air-cooled.

Cheers,

MJS

At 09:20 PM 9/9/98 -0500, Alan Bosch wrote:

>Hello, Volks!

>

>Saw the strangest Westie while in Buffalo, NY today on business.  Someone

>had taken a mid '70's Westie, removed the front half of the poptop, and

>welded - yes, welded - a mid '60's Beetle to the top of the camper.

>Imagine, if you will, drawing a line from the bottom of the headlights on,

>say, a '69 Bug, around the circumference of the car, to the bottom of the

>tail lights.  Now cut the car using that line as a guide.  Take the top

>half, gut it, and weld it to the top of a Westie.  Then paint it all the

>same color (Metallic Burgandy).

>I really wanted to talk to the guy driving the vehicle, and while this

>thing could hardly be lost in traffic, I gave up following it after five or

>six miles.

>If this is your Westie, and you were on Transit Road in Depew, I'd really

>like to know more about that van.

>

>Alan Bosch, aka Ever the Wannabus

>"...fah'n, fah'n, fah'n, auf der Autobahn..."

>

<bold>Michael J. Sullivan

</bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design

Open Market, Inc.

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