Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 15:57:36 -0800
Reply-To: Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon Configuration Puzzler
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You need to cut and paste and don't forget the '?' after cgi.
It is Captain Ping and the subbus. And he does have a Tiico conversion in
it.
tim in san jose
>From: Tanja Barnes <dabomb@TANJABARNES.COM>
>Reply-To: dabomb@TANJABARNES.COM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Vanagon Configuration Puzzler
>Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 15:39:08 -0800
>
> > Hi again,
> >
> > Please read all the way through!
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what years this Vanagon was produced? I wanted to
> > try to get one of these to enlarge my vanagon fleet. I don't think they
> > were imported to the US. Perhaps it is a spinoff of the Cold War? What
> > is the range and top speed ? My guess at top speed would be about 100
> > mph or 87 knots. It looks very areodynamic.
> >
> > Here is link to the picture of the Vanagon:
> >
> > http://images.burningman.com/index.cgi?
> > image=7249&q_year=&q_photog=&q_keyword=&q_category=art_cars
>
>
>The above link shows an image for Cinnabar Charm which his a Type II. If
>you are serious about this vehicle, do a search on the site for Cinnabar
>Charm.
>
>When you said knots, I thought you were referring to the submarine
>Vanagon. Am I missing something? The submarine Vanagon has been
>converted to look like a submarine. It even has a periscope installed, and
>is operated by a guy who calls him self Captain Ping. You can here the
>bus pinging through it's loudspeakers.
>
>I met Capt. Ping in Reno, after driving for 10 hours from Los Angeles. He
>drove circles around me in the parking lot at Safeway. He didn't say "hi"
>or any normal salutation like that. All he said was: "How many times did
>you break down before you got here?"
>
>I had to laugh. What a greeting. It said sooo much about my relationship
>to my vehicle.
>
>The answer was twice. And there would be three more to come before I got
>home.
>
>There is also a camp called VW Bus Camp, but Cinnabar and Ping prefer to
>camp on their own. For more information see: http://www.vwbuscamp.com
>
>Love and Rockets,
>DaBomb
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