Date:         Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:26:54 -0400
Reply-To:     rea <fliptop92@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         rea <fliptop92@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Any clever nicknames?
Comments: To: Anthony Polson <acpolson@HOTMAIL.COM>
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MOTEL 4  (as in 4 cyl)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Polson" <acpolson@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: Any clever nicknames?


> Hi Mark,
>
> Mine's called "Vera Vanagon".
>
> That might not sound clever to you, but she lives in the UK where the
> 1980-91 VW minivans were called either "Transporters" or "Caravelles" with
> the occasional "Bus" or "Kamper".  VW never sold them in the UK market as
> Vanagons, and neither did we ever get a Westfalia with the steering wheel
on
> the right (wrong?) side, although a few used examples have been imported
> privately from Germany.
>
> Vera is the name of someone I used to know who may have had her faults,
but
> was as true and reliable a friend as anyone I could ever wish to meet.
Alas
> Vera passed away some years ago.  I could not think of a name that was
more
> apt to describe my 1984 Reimo Alaska camper conversion on a Transporter
> panel van, so Vera Vanagon she is.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tony
>
> '84 Vanagon 1.9 WBX "Vera"
>
>
>
> >------------- Original Message -----------------
> >
> >Date:    Sat, 12 Oct 2002 12:44:29 -0700
> >From:    Mark Belanger <belanger@FLUID.COM>
> >Subject: Any clever nicknames?
> >
> >Greetings all,
> >
> >It's come time to name my '91 dark blue Westy.  I threw the naming
> >effort open to my friends and the two best to come out of the group are
> >'Vandalero' and 'Vintage Van Blu'.  Eh...  Adequate, but not truly
> >worthy names.
> >
> >Anyway, it got me wondering what other people have dubbed their
> >vehicles.  So let's hear it.  What have you named your vans?
> >
> >-MB
>
>
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