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Date:         Sun, 18 Mar 2001 14:51:13 EST
Reply-To:     Roq8cyans@AOL.COM
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From:         Rusty Johnson <Roq8cyans@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Why my van is named Pokey,
              why is you van named what it is? (Wa...
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In a message dated 3/18/01 12:10:55 PM Mountain Standard Time, themisanthropicmeanie@YAHOO.COM writes:

<< think mebbe i'll call mine Big Blue (after the IBM supercomputer)

i shoudl suggest to my father that he name his Silver lightning, his is a helluva lot faster than mine (his is 2.11 /w manual vs mine which is 1.9 /w auto, the most opposite combo you can get..as fast as possible vs as slow as possible.) <SNIP> >>

Not _quite_ as slow as possible... I have an '80 Westy with the 2.0L aircooled engine and manual transmission. You'd blow my doors off :-)

I had called it the Vanagon Valdiz, for its propensity to leak oil like a supertanker run aground. But now that the engine has been rebuilt, I'm at a loss for a name.

--Eric Ogden Utah The '80 Westy Formerly Known As The Vanagon Valdiz (now sans oil slick).


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