Date:         Tue, 22 Oct 2002 14:52:21 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Van-O-Rama: update on Mike Miller's post very long
Comments: To: Ben T <BenTbtstr8@aol.com>
In-Reply-To:  <1bd.11b64ecb.2ae7208a@aol.com>
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The contract on BenT's worthless life has now been let.  Imagine the
audacity of comparing a real German paint job with that cheapo Italian knock
off.

Pontiac is also mighty irritated.

Mike

On 10/22/02 2:43 PM, "Ben T" <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> wrote:

> In a message dated 10/22/02 1:49:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> FONGBALL@AOL.COM writes:
>
> << my right door closest to the right rear tire swings out like a regular
> passenger door and therefore clears the wider than stock vanagon rear tires
> without any problems. it does seem to be lower to the ground than most
> vanagons i've seen. it was also was painted in italy, might explain why the
> color does not appear to be stock german vanagon color. it does have a water
> cooled boxer engine. >>
>
> Thank you for that clarification, Tim. No wonder the color did not match the
> Tornado Red Carat that was parked near you. It's amazing what those brlliant
> Italian paint maestros can do with a fancy paintjob. Even those fake side
> grills look real. Who's your painter? I'd like to have flames painted on my
> diesel Syncro.
>
> By the way, how did those italians make your Vanagon look like an altered
> Pontiac Fiero GT?!? Must have been a lot of painstaking Bondo work.
>
> BenT
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