----- Original Message -----
From: Pierre A Lachance <palachance@sprint.ca>
To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Sent: 3 octobre, 1999 11:25
Subject: Re: Saw the weirdest Vanagon for sale today...

> just a  few words to tell you that from 86 to 92 I owned   a 82 vanagon
> micro bus 7 passengers with the same sun roof as the one in prince
george...
> the fisrt owner had paid more than 17000. $can for it. to me it was the
same
> body  as the westie, same  roof opening but with the sliding hatch , you
had
> to turn and turn to get it opened ! I did take out the rear, rear seat for
> space and really loved this car, but  i blew two engines and left it
> sitting in a garage lot for a year before selling it for  314.$ can that
is
> what   the guy who wanted it, had in his pocket...  also, the only vw that
i
> ever had  brand new out of 15, was a 70 two seater with windows... it was
> called then and still is a window van... i transformed  it into a westie
and
> was pretty neat, but i did not have the pop top...
>
> pierre a. lachance
> lac beauport, que
> canada
>
> - Original Message -----
> From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: 2 octobre, 1999 20:44
> Subject: Saw the weirdest Vanagon for sale today...
>
>
> > At Hub City Motors in Prince George there is a 1991 Vanagon on the lot
> with
> > a factory sunroof.  This thing is MASSIVE.  If you are sitting in the
> > driver seat you reach behind your head and twirl a little crank knobbie
> > thing and the sunroof slides back, this thing is it is at least 3' long
so
> > half of the back end of the Vanagon has no roof when it is open - pretty
> > neat!  Another puzzeling thing is this is a two seater Vanagon with
> > windows, I always thought that two seater Vanagons were Transporters...
> > according to the sales person these were all factory installed items and
> > the van was owned by a former share holder of the franchise...
connections
> > I guess!
> >
> >
> > --   David Marshall -                    - Quesnel, BC, Canada   --
> > --    78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW Westie, 85 VW Cabriolet   --
> > --       87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab      --
> > -- David's Volkswagen Home Page        http://www.volkswagen.org --
> > -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning  http://www.fastforward.ca --
> > -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) --
> >
>