Jeffy-pop, Much too much fun to pass up. Perhaps your nickname has nothing to do with popcorn?
Anyhow... I haven't found having a stove in my Westy has done much to change the smell of the interior. Of course, it's not hooked up, or even installed. Still has the plastic over the burners. Someday. right.
tim in san jose
>From: Jeff Palmer <livingincar@YAHOO.CA> >Reply-To: Jeff Palmer <livingincar@YAHOO.CA> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: INFO: Griddle for westy, great for bfst lnch and dinner! >Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 13:46:13 -0400 > >Well this topic is too much fun to pass up. > >Next weekend I will be celebrating my ten year >"Vaniversary." Ten years ago I bought my 85 Westfalia >to take on a trip to the Yukon and Alaska. I was 22. >Trip of a lifetime. > >To celebrate, a few friends and I will be gathering at >the local Drive-In, putting up the top and piling in. >Jiffy Pop on a propane stove is my specialty. In >fact, it somehow became my nickname. > >As for that Westfalia smell, i first came to love it >in my Dad's 79. My 73 VW Safari camper had a slightly >different smell (burning motor mostly). Every time I >get in my van I have this Pavlovian response (or >whatever) that makes me think of trips gone by. > >Kind of like Stan's bacon but better for my arteries. > >Jeff > > >I burned some popcorn in mine once. (Jiffy Pop is >hard to cook on a hot >propane stove. ;) ) The smell lingered for a day or >so, then the usual >Westy odor reasserted itself. I think all of you that >have Westfalias >know the one I mean. > > >______________________________________________________________________ >Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 |
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