They've been around awhile; they even have a splitty camper on their
homepage at http://www.sportsmobile.com/ . I have a picture of one of their
'70's bay window conversions and it is the tackiest thing you ever saw. Big
vinyl seat cushions, shag carpet, looks like from an Austin Powers movie. I
wonder if any are still around... Did they ever do Vanagons?

Bryan 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of J
Stewart
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:21 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: This GoWesty is really starting to annoy me....

>Now, just go buy or find a similar van on the market... well, there is
none!
>So there is NO �quivalent that mean you can't compare prices!!!!!!!!!!

Well, technically not true. Check out http://autoramblings.com/blog/?p=97

For about 90-100K you can get yourself a 4x4 Sportsmobile. I know, bigger
than a Westy, horrible fuel economy, not as fun to drive,  etc. and while
most of us on this list wouldn't consider one of these, for the general
population out there that don't know/don't care what a Vanagon or a Westy
is, this is an alternative.   Jeff