Sorry, Andy. The model was discontinued in 1988.
David.
I want one where's the order form
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On Feb 18, 2016, at 3:25 PM, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Fellow Flexers:
Rose and I are again making plans for a road trip to the Yukon.
Though Rose has worked up there, many summers, as a gourmet wilderness cook,
at various fly-in or horseback-accessible only fishing and/or hunting camps;
I've not been back since I drove out, in my 1960 Beetle, in December, of
1967. The road was all gravel, back then, and it was an "interesting" trip!
But this planning got me thinking about "The Sourdough Rendezvous", the week
long, winter carnival that they hold in Whitehorse at the end of February.
It is, as they say "The only legal cure for Cabin Fever".
In fact, this year's Rendezvous is to start tomorrow.
I've always been fascinated by one of the two local newspapers, the
Whitehorse Daily Star. Back in the day, it was published 3x per week and
was just The Whitehorse Star.
On every issue since they started, in 1900, the byline has read "Illegitimi
non carborundum" - a mock-Latin aphorism meaning "Don't let the bastards
grind you down". (A typical northerner's attitude and you can still see it
on their website.)
I don't know if they do it any more, but back in the sixties, during The
Sourdough Rendezvous, they would change the name of the paper to "The WHALE
FAT TIMES"; the byline of which read: "Published from time to time, if the
staff is sober."
As I combed over my old photos, I came across an Ektachrome of a car likely
unknown to car collector's anywhere.
It's a VW Beetle, but of a variety you just don't normally see. Taken
during the 1966 Rendezvous parade.
http://www.furnfeather.net/Look/Bug.html
Enjoy.
David.
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Logan Lake,BC, CANADA
Webpage: www.furnfeather.net
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