I sold my '66 VW Westfalia to buy my '69 MGB. I really enjoyed the old
camper and did considerable work to it myself. A couple of lads stopped
by one day and really wanted to buy it to take to California. WEE HAA!!
The last I heard they were in Texas and ran into a solenoid problem but
all else was ok. They drove the van from Prince Edward Island, Canada.
So if you see a white on green Westy with PEI plates say Hello from me.
Chris Spenceley
-----Original Message-----
From: Garner, Joseph P. <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
To: 'Ajhsys@aol.com' <Ajhsys@aol.com>; tonyw@mailmedia.com
<tonyw@mailmedia.com>; Mgs@autox.team.net <Mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 7:38 PM
Subject: RE: The dreams of youth......
>My experiences of the two are both happy.
>
>I think the only time i've ever sung along to the radio on a road trip
was
>in a VW, the song was "Octopus's garden". We weren't drunk either. And
i
>can't think up a better way to sum why VW buses are so cool, or why you
>should want to own one. I've also seen loads in
>not-the-best-condition-but-just-needs-some-TLC kinda shape up here in
>northern CA. Keep looking.
>
>I'm sure i'll get flamed for saying this, but I find the B or the
midget
>intrinsically more beautiful objects than the GT. And for me at least,
the
>joy of owning an MGB is the sheer fun of driving on a sunny day with
the top
>down, and the joy of looking after such a beautiful machine. Just my
>opinion, based of course, on ignorance ;-)
>
>
>hee hee hee
>
>Joe
>
>p.s. I found my MGB on traderonline. AS well as a number of other cars
i
>turned down, ranging from crappy, to fair to ok to good.
>___________________________
>
>Dr. Joseph Garner
>University of California
>Department of Animal Science
>One Shields Avenue
>Davis
>CA 95616
>USA
>
>Phone: (530) 754 5291
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ajhsys@aol.com [mailto:Ajhsys@aol.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 2:18 PM
>> To: tonyw@mailmedia.com; Mgs@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: The dreams of youth......
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 5/3/00 4:19:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> tonyw@mailmedia.com writes:
>>
>> << My son's dream (he's almost 15) has been for a couple of
>> years now to own
>> a vintage VW Bus (pre 1966 - split front windshield).
>>
>> We went to a VW car show this weekend and he is now
>> thoroughly discouraged.
>> Seemingly everything restorable has been restored.
>> Everything else is a
>> rust-bucket.
>>
>> LBC content - - He now thinks that an MGB-GT is "just the
>> right car for
>> him". >>
>>
>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>
>> Cool!! I had a '67 Bus back in the mid-'70s. I was very
>> successful at
>> turning it into a rust-bucket with very little intervention
>> on my part.
>>
>> I'd suggest a B-GT also (or actually a Midget which is a
>> better babe magnet).
>> The bus was fun to drive, but in a much different sense than
>> an MG. I used
>> to use the term "gathering speed" instead of "accelerating",
>> just to give you
>> an example.
>>
>> There are 32 MGB-GTs listed at
>> http://www.traderonline.com/coll/search/index.shtml
>> and you should also check out
>> http://www.mgcars.org/class/search.html
>> for lots more.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Allen Hefner
>> SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
>> '77 Midget
>> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
>>
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