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Hello, new here

New to this group, not new to VWs, or Westys. Our 71 is fairly new to us, it replaces our old 70, which was getting too rusty to continue. I also have a whole flock of air cooled VWs and they are the only road vehicles I have. I'm in the middle of nowhere in East Oregon. Hope to share information and ideas.

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Permalink Reply by Big Blue's Driver on October 9, 2013 at 9:41am

Welcome! If you're in eastern Oregon, you'll need to hook up with Gary Marrs, who is active up there and is a swell VW guy here on the site. Glad to have you in the family.

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Permalink Reply by lance barker on October 9, 2013 at 10:58am

Thanks, Driver. I sent a friend request to Gary. He is close , by East Oregon standards, three or four hours at VW speed. Our 71 Westy still needs considerable work before its road ready, but I do have a wood heated shop and winter is here, a little snow on the ground this morning.

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Permalink Reply by Gary Marrs on October 9, 2013 at 11:15am

Hi Lance, as you must know, I'm here in La Pine, I have three Westies, a 70, 78, and a 83.5. You might also want to join the WetWesties who are centered more up here in the PNW, at www.wetwesties.org . If there is anything I can do to help, let me know. I'm off on a WetWesties campout this weekend, and plan on staying out on the road for maybe up to two weeks before coming home. I use have a 71 for many years also, and before that I had a 70 hard top Westy. Been driving these wonders for almost 40 years now.