Having sold my Air Cooled 83 Westy of eight years of ownership and many
hundreds of thousands of miles of happy travels, I decided to think
through the daily differences in my life and here is what a came up with.
The lawn is getting mowed, more regularly, the hedges also got trimmed.
I don�t have that feeling of wanting to go find Larry Chase and race him
coast to coast anymore.
I no longer have that feeling of wanting to hit the road every time that
I had looking at the Westy.
I�ve given up going to garage sales buying unneeded camping gear.
The small cluster of freckles, cause by an oil drip on the drive have
been removed.
My entrepreneur�s collection of Vanagon and Westy parts seems to have
grown disproportionately for a person owning just one Westy.
I�m feeling like selling off some of my most treasured NLA Westy parts.
Others have also noticed a change in me:
Mom (87) says (never rode in the Westy). It sure was a cute little van.
Good you still got that 66, I�ll always know where to find you if you�re
not in the house.
Older Brother says. Boy you sure took good care of that van, everybody
really liked it.
Younger Brother says. Hope I can get that many miles out of my Mercedes.
Dad (94) said. That thing was always broke.
Poppy (the 7month old dog) said. I much prefer the luxury of the Crown
Victoria rear seat and the quality air conditioning. I notice that I
salivate less and sleep better in the back seat of the Crown Vic.
Neighbor said. Wish I knew it was for sale, I been thinking about getting
one.
Local parts vendor. He was speechless and couldn�t speak because he was
sobbing so badly. Said something about closing up and just selling out.
Local Bar Owner �Bobby Joe�. He�s been trying to sell me his ancient
Porsche for two years. Bobby Joe says; Well Stan now you can slip around
on that girlfriend of yours, that big green van was like a giant waving
red flag. Every crown Vic looks like a NARC car, she�ll meet lots of nice
cops running into bars looking for you.
Those numbers behind Dad and Mom are their age; I haven�t given them team
player numbers like the NFL.
So here is where I�m at these days.
I�m thinking about buying Wasser Boxer Westy with a dead engine and
installing an Air Cooled engine in it (Heat, we don�t need no stinking
heat and I�m severely blessed with more than enough parts to do the job.)
I�ve been cruising some local Wasser Boxers that have Acme bricks behind
the back wheels and I�m thinking about approaching one of the owners and
insulting him with an offer.
I�m getting closer to getting the Engine Ceramics thing up and running
and I�m going to need a test vehicle for my first super FuFu fully
ceramic enhanced engine.

Stan Wilder