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Subject:Re: Adventurewagen
From:David..M
Date:Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:14:46 -0400

Garrett Adams wrote:
>
> It's an Adventurewagen conversion made in Fort Bragg, CA on the Northern
> California coast. They did VW camper conversions from the 1960's up until
> 1991, the last year Vanagons were imported into the USA.
>
> Since 1992 they have doing pretty much the same conversion to the Ford Club
> Wagon. I purchased a replacement rooftop solar shower assembly from them
> today and learned that they will cease new production at the end of the
> year. Ed Anderson, the owner,  is retiring but will continue to service
> existing units and act as a middle man in the buying and sales of used
> campers.
>
> I've owned mine since 1987 and love it. It's got all the comforts of home,
> some of which are: propane 12,000 btu forced air furnace, fully made up
> (sheets and blanket) 48x75 inch bed (there's another bed topside but I use
> that for storage), 12V/120V NorCold 2 cubic foot refrigerator (powered by
> two golf cart batteries), big stainless steel sink with on-demand electric
> pump faucet and 19 gal. filtered fresh water tank plus a 13 gal. gray water
> holding tank. Finally the aforementioned inside shower setup and
> Porta-Potty.
>
>
Sounds like Americans can do some things as good as the Germans (said my
mentor in heavy American accent).