Mon 31 Oct 2005
Fifteen months ago the passenger door of our van became smashed due to my unfamiliarity with Hungarian road signs. I pulled right out onto a road without the right of way. Over the last year several auto body mechanics promised me they would check all their sources for a used Ford Windstar door, but nothing turned up. I think I must be one of three Ford Windstar owners in Hungary, and neither of the other two have sold theirs to a junk yard yet.
Thanks to the Internet and our Vonage phone I did some shopping in St. Louis today (where I will be in two weeks). I found a used door but discovered my airline won’t let me check it in as baggage. A friend of mine here in Budapest runs a shipping company, so he said if I could get UPS to ship it to his U.S. warehouse he could get it here easily. By hook or by crook I will get this door here and restore our van to a somewhat more civil outlook! It should also add more to the value of the van than my cost of acquiring it - at least I think!
