Date:         Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:13:40 -0800
Reply-To:     fortinoj@SPEAKEASY.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joseph Fortino <fortinoj@SPEAKEASY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Hobie Cat Vanagon?
Comments: To: David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
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i still think this bus came with a skate board. like the
h-50 look. book'em, but its more calie style

Joe

On 04 Apr 2003, David Brodbeck wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Josh Greenberg wrote:
>
> > This is somewhat of an off topic, but it's
> > Friday after all. Yesterday while driving
> > through town, I pulled along a Vanagon
> > Westfalia with silhouette of a catamaran
> > sailboat on the driver's door and some large
> > pin striping down the side. I pulled up
> > closer to take a better look at the front of
> > the vehicle and plastered in black letters
> > on the front left of the vehicle it read
> > Hobie Cat.
>
> I used to have a '75 bus with these decals. If
> I look around I probably have a picture
> somewhere I could post.
>
>
> > Could our beloved Vanagons even haul a Hobie
> > catamaran?
>
> The previous owner of my '75 claimed the guy
> who'd owned it before *him* had towed a Hobie
> cat with it. It did have a hitch installed.
> This may partly explain why the van was on its
> second engine at only 120,000 miles. ;)
>
>
> David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94
> Honda Civic Si