[tcb] Re: What's the long lost history of your bus?
- From: "Shelby Shook" <sloweyefasthand@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:53:30 -0500
YAY I made a neat thread! I had a feeling it would be good and couldn't wait
to post it, so I used a school computer and had to dodge my teacher so I
wouldn't get caught.
On 8/28/07, Stephen Brannan <ozarkcycleworks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yeah, this is definitely one of the neatest threads.
>
> *Shelby Shook <sloweyefasthand@xxxxxxxxx>* wrote:
>
> That's so cool that you know everything about it, expecially since it came
> all the way from Germany. That's a really neat story man.
>
> On 8/28/07, Ronnie Hughes <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Flash - my silver Vanagon doesn't have a long history since it is only
> > 20 years old. However, I do know it's history from the beginning.
> >
> > Flash was purchased by a member of the Canadian air force. He and his
> > wife took the European delivery and picked the van in Germany. They
> > traveled the countryside for a while then had it shipped to Canada. Since
> > he an old military guy, he had the entire underside and engine compartment
> > coated with cosmoline (army guys used to coat their guns so they wouldn't
> > rust when they were crossing rivers, etc.) before it was put on the boat.
> >
> > Fast forward to October 29, 1993. The old miltary couple was having
> > breakfast at a resturant in Maine and happened to sit next to a couple from
> > New Hampshire, Lewis Royal and wife. Lewis overheard them discussing
> > selling their van and buying an RV. The deal was made on the spot and the
> > van never went back to Canada. Just stayed in the States and was never
> > legally imported. 26,775 miles - 4,465 miles/year.
> >
> > The next 12 years Flash made a summer trip each year and then was parked
> > in the garage in the summer home of the Royals in New Hampshire.
> >
> > November 18, 2005 - 42,919 later or 3,577 miles/year, I bought Flash,
> > had it serviced and drove back to Houston from Concord, NH.
> >
> > Today, Flash has 101,250 miles on it. 31,556 miles in less than two
> > years - 18,000 miles/year. Two trips to California, a trip to Illinois, the
> > trip home from New Hampshire, Oklahoma, various weekend adventures.
> >
> > To this day there is not one spot of rust anywhere on the body or
> > undercarriage. I still have to scrap the cosmoline off fittings & bolts to
> > work on the van.
> >
> > As far as music, I have XM radio and let the DJ pick the music.
> > Normally set on Channel 7 - the seventies, or Watercolors - smooth jazz or
> > XMU/Starbucks station - new age & Indie.
> >
> > I know more info than you wanted.
> >
> > Ronnie
> >
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