[tcb] Re: Wow. I just bought a new bus

After the Monument show. Sometime????

Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  So when are we going to work on the 
Vanagon brakes?

Christopher Dirksen said:
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> Thanks Mark! Your so Banging!
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> Happy Eskimo
> From: Mark Sawyer
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> Subject: [tcb] Re: Wow. I just bought a new bus
> Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 20:17:07 -0700 (PDT)
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> Well, let's see. today I rebuilt the brakes on a 69 Vert,(Jumpin Joe's
> straightened out the electrical system, adjusted the parking brakes,freed
> up the pedal assembly on same vehicle, rebuilt the cooling system on a
> 66 type 2(Cajun Eskimo's), supervised the reinstallation of same engine
> on 66 type 2, sent all of them home and helped Emily finish the yard
> work. Other than that, it's been a quiet day. Happy mothers day tomorrow
> to all the mothers out there. P.S. Still haven't been able to work on
> the Vanagon brakes yet!!! P.P.S. and the Ghia's been moved to Mark J.'s
> house to finish the body work.
> Denis Dodson wrote: Across the street from the AutoZone was a dull
> green panel splitty. I went to the door about 2 months ago, but no one was
> home. Today I was driving past and saw somebody in the yard, so I stopped
> and asked about the bus. It belonged to her husband and he died and she
> would like to sell it right now, but I had to deal with his 5 kids, three
> who want to sell. She made a call and said $2000. I said $1000. Then the
> kid in charge came over and said that he had rebuilt the engine and that
> he had more than 1K in it. I left my number and came home. The phone rand
> and it was her and "$1500 takes it". I said OK. It has windshield washer
> nubs but no backup lights. I think it is a 65 or 66. Somebody had cut
> windows, but somebody else has welded back in the metal. There is rough
> bondo there, but you can see the work from the inside and it looks good.
> There is NO rust showing. It may be bondo packed, but I don't think so.
> It has no title. She is sure of that because her husband told her that he
> had lost it. It has a back seat but no camper stuff. I pick it up
> tomorrow. I need it like a hole in my head.
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