Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:07:37 -0400
Reply-To: kathy jacobs <sevwc@SEVWC.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: kathy jacobs <sevwc@SEVWC.COM>
Organization: South Eastern VW Club
Subject: Re: Blue van FLYING I-75 Georgia Sat 6-10 - photo's!
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Well I have a blue 87 GL and leave right off I-75 in GA, But it wasn't me!
But you could have saw it was me with my BIG South EASTERN vw cLUB Sticker
on the back window.
Send me the picture. I might can tell who it is.
Kathy Jacobs
South Eastern VW Club
www.sevwc.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Horace K. Sawyer <firestream@MINDSPRING.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 12:16 AM
Subject: Blue van FLYING I-75 Georgia Sat 6-10 - photo's!
> Volks und Komraden,
>
> A good looking Vanagon GL appearing to be about an '88 model came up
behind
> me Saturday, June 10, heading south on I-75 between Chattanooga, TN and
> Atlanta, Georgia. I was moving on: doing about 75-80 mph. This blue
> vanagon comes up and passes me. I was shocked. This has NEVER happened
in
> my 24 year history of driving. It was loaded down, and had two people in
> the front seats visible. Both wearing hats. Had a pack of cigarettes on
> the dash. I thought it was one of the list stickers on the rear window,
it
> was yellow. But then, I thought . . . .DOH -- don't even say it, k. It
> was a Fahrfugnugen (sp) sticker. This van was flat out haulin butt. It
> was flying. I had trouble keeping up with it. I was driving a
turbodiesel
> 95 model truck. This could not be. My first thought: (I'm not kidding)
> it must be a Subaru conversion, or some conversion. But, the tailpipe
> configuration looked traditional. Maybe he just had it floored the whole
> trip.
> He maintained this speed for 40 miles or so until he disappeared AHEAD of
> me. Once he got into Marietta, he just vanished into the haze of traffic.
> I had my Kodak DC280 handy (former Boy Scout and head of National
Security)
> so I snapped some photo's. They came out pretty good. I can email to
> anyone who wants. If you are the owner and on this List, let me say it
was
> good to see you. Maybe someone knows who it was. The van had a temporary
> tag of some kind, appeared to be from a Kansas City auto dealer sales lot.
> I was driving a green Dodge Ram. Turning about 2100 rpm.
>
> You just never know what you will see out there!
>
> HK
> still vanless since February
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