Now before everyone goes stomping on this GTRV thing, has anyone driven one
or owned one? I think it looks pretty clever. Everytime I see a big Ford
Econoline van, I think about the unique possibilities in what this company
has achieved.

Granted, I LOVE our VW Westy, and this Econoline thing could never replace
it. But GTRV seems to have cured many of the ills of the VW without being
substantially horrible. I would like to see how well engineered/quality of
fit and finish before I drew hasty conclusions. The base van, the ford
Econoline is rugged and solidly built. It looks like the designers of the
camping gear did a good job of designing as a small yacht, ala Westfalia,
rather than as a small house, ala Win-or-beg-o. Except that tacky apartment
style kitchen faucet and the stupid microwave...what's up with that?

If it is built as durably as our Westy, and costs in the "high $30's" as
advertised, I wouldn't be so quick to blow it off.

Please issue receipts for $.02.

G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   Steve@Schwenk-Law.com [SMTP:Steve@Schwenk-Law.com]
Sent:   Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:12 AM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: Fwd: Check out this Westy

Obviously, there are not 30 years of engineering tied
up in that thing like with the real westies...just
baltant copying of the concept.  they got the concept,
but missed the soul.  that van has no soul.  mine has
lots!  So does yours, of course.

Scott Davis wrote:
>
>   -------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Re: Check out this Westy
> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:42:30 EDT
> From: OuiSki1@aol.com
> To: wjohnson@TCSN.NET
>
> In a message dated 8/16/99 9:19:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> wjohnson@TCSN.NET writes:
>
> << http://www.gtrv.com/ >>
> I dunno, Wes, maybe it's just me, but somehow drivin around in a
fancied-up
> Econoline just doesn't seem enough like "fahrfegnugen" to make the
switch!
>
> S.Davis