Date:         Sun, 27 Oct 1996 11:22:53 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Turbo <thom@calweb.com>
Subject:      a bus needs a home...


reply to thomas_n_sherburne@ccmail.eo.ray.com and not me.  I thought it was
an interesting story, anyway...

>From: thomas_n_sherburne@ccmail.eo.ray.com
>Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 12:50:55 -0500 (EST)
>To: thom@calweb.com
>Return-Receipt-To: thomas_n_sherburne@ccmail.eo.ray.com
>Subject: Lonely VW Bus
>
>     
>     Thom,
>     
>     Enjoyed your Web Page but VW buses are not my hobby.  I have owned two 
>     and I loved the iceboxes.  Often thought the only sane place for them 
>     was Calif.  That is what caused my problem that I am hoping you might 
>     have a suggestion.
>     
>     A year ago my second daughter finished her college and headed for the 
>     West Coast.  She didn't have much money and I knew that the '75 VW bus 
>     was longing for a milder climate so we shipped it to her at a cost 
>     almost twice it's street value.  She kind of half lived out of it 
>     while trying organic farming in Santa Clara and working in a 
>     vegitarian restaurant but then went to Idaho and became a river 
>     rafting guide and then followed her boyfriend to Chile for more river 
>     work leaving the Bus in Monterey with an elderly grandmother and in 
>     need of either a valve job or new engine.  It has the original engine 
>     rebuilt about 40,000 miles ago.
>     Now the daughter has ended up in Maine with the boyfriend and working 
>     on a sailing schooner and planning to sail around the world after 
>     rebuilding an old boat.  They bought a pick up truck and our old Bus 
>     now sits forlornly in front of her grandmother's house.
>     I can get out there in Dec and dispose of it but it will be done in a 
>     hurry and would much prefer to find an owner that will be a little 
>     more faithful than my daughter.
>     I haven't seen it for over a year now but when I last saw it there was 
>     no body rust and the inside was in pretty good shape.  Should be about 
>     80-85000 miles on it.  I would like to get about $250 out of it and my 
>     daughter wants the radio--its set up with 4 speakers and does have ear 
>     deafening volume.  However all is negotiable.
>     Any suggestions on how to connect up with an interested party via the 
>     internet?
>     Sorry for the long saga but thought the background would help 
>     understand the Bus's personal situation.
>     
>     
>       
>
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>

Thom Fitzpatrick
thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom
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