SURE MISS SARAFANS-AND YOU WOULD TOO

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SURE MISS SARAFANS-AND YOU WOULD TOO

Post by Joe Gopan » Fri Aug 02, 2019 4:25 am

You name it-they had it. It was quite a sight at the MV shows to see Michael and his crew arrive with an assortment of NOS W.O.F . Body Tubs for $1400 each and maybe a nice or like new MBT or Mitsubishi 1/4 Ton Trailer or two.
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Re: SURE MISS SARAFANS-AND YOU WOULD TOO

Post by Joe Gopan » Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:58 pm

Anyone have a Mitsubishi JEEP Trailer?
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Re: SURE MISS SARAFANS-AND YOU WOULD TOO

Post by sjalbert » Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:25 pm

I visited Sarfans once in the late 80's. I spent well over a $1000 on parts for my Jeep and had them ship them to me in Arizona. I'd ridden up to NY on a motorcycle and couldn't take them with me. If I recall correcting sales tax would have been more then the shipping cost. They'd just got a shipment in from Greece and had more WWII Jeeps and trailers then I'd ever seen in one place.
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Re: SURE MISS SARAFANS-AND YOU WOULD TOO

Post by Fred Coldwell » Fri May 14, 2021 9:22 am

Joe Gopan wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:58 pm
Anyone have a Mitsubishi JEEP Trailer?
Joe:

I have one for sale in Colorado that I bought in Florida a decade ago:

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Re: SURE MISS SARAFANS-AND YOU WOULD TOO

Post by Joe Gopan » Sun Jul 18, 2021 7:59 am

I miss those French GI reconditioned T-84's that they used to sell, once in a while a customer would get a good one that actually worked.
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Re: SURE MISS SARAFANS-AND YOU WOULD TOO

Post by dpcd67 » Sat Jul 24, 2021 5:59 am

Living in the past 40 years ago gets you nowhere. It's 2021 no matter how much you want it to be 1960.
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Re: SURE MISS SARAFANS-AND YOU WOULD TOO

Post by Joe Gopan » Sat Jul 24, 2021 6:24 am

Living in the past with our MV's is what this hobby is all about.
History comes alive every time I open the barn door and visit my MV.s, the memories are fond and my youth returns, What happened to you?
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