Thanks Skip!  The secret of success on this List is to post.  Good, bad, ugly...we don't care and we have all been there.  Unified, we are extremely strong.

    On Sunday, December 25, 2022 at 06:16:20 AM PST, Skip Laubach <skiplaubach@gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Merry Christmas! 
My New Year’s resolution is to post now and again, now that my ‘84 Westy is back after six months with an extraordinary engine builder, Adam Kottke, near Rockford, IL. Adam is well respected in the air cooled arena, and agreed to take on the build of my (now) 2.2 wbxr, most of the components (including heads) sourced from and modified by Rocky (Walla Walla, WA).  Van safely stored (from the elements and hopefully from the mice) in the garage (northern IL) until March. 
Cheers!
Skip Laubach

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> On Dec 24, 2022, at 7:17 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> And back at ya David, and to the group 
> 
> Ab
> 
>> On Dec 24, 2022, at 1:49 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Have a Happy Christmas and a Great 2023, with all Vanagon problems
>> immediately resolving.  mcneely
>> 
>>>> On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 1:24 PM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> to all of you....
>>> 
>>> *MERRY CHRISTMAS *and* HAPPY NEW YEAR  ! ! !  *
>>>