Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 10:00:36 -0700
Reply-To: Jim <jrasite@EONI.COM>
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From: Jim <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Organization: http://wetwesties.org/
Subject: Re: My Hula Girl ...on my dash ...Plastic Jesus
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<http://www.commonplacebook.com/songs/plasticjesus.shtm>
;o)
steeles wrote:
>"I don't care if it rains or freezes
>'long as I got my plastic Jesus
>ridin' n the dash board of my car.
>I don't care if it's hailing and scary
>'long as I got the Virgin Mary
>ridin' on the dash board of my car."
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>A blast from the past that rolled out of one of those
>folds in the gray matter. It happens sometimes.
>Stephen
>Chillicothe Ohio
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>>On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:16:27 -0400 John Parson <bentway@IWON.COM>
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>> I can only speak for myself, but I've found Goop to be an excellent
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>answer to "Hula Girl Syndrome". Goop, if you're not familiar with it, is an
>adhesive that dries to a booger-like consistency and sticks wonderfully.
>Every Vanagoner should own a tube, along with duct tape and wire
>coathangers. Works just as well for your bobble-Jesus, if you're
>religiously inclined. Scrapes off with a fingernail later, should you
>become a Buddist.
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>> The Trundler
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>>--- On Mon 07/14, Alistair Bell < albell@UVIC.CA > wrote:
>>From: Alistair Bell [mailto: albell@UVIC.CA]
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:53:28 -0700
>>Subject: Re: My Hula Girl won't stay on my dash
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>>At last, a good Vanagon tech question!<br><br>:)<br><br>I inherited an
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>early '60s Hula Girl from my aunt. She originally had it on<br>the back
>shelf of her '62 Vauxhall Envoy - whoo-hoo! 2 tone blue and white,<br>three
>on the tree manual trans, trouble free electrics (ha!) but
>a<br>not-so-bullet proof ohv I4. I inherited that also, was lying under
>the<br>aforementioned Hula Girl.<br><br>Wish I had kept better care of the
>Envoy, was really a cute car (no sniggers<br>from the peanut gallery please,
>that means you G. Goff).<br><br>Anyhoo, the girl was glued to a 3"X4" or so
>bit of 3/8 plywood which allowed<br>it to stand on the Envoy shelf but not
>the Vanagon dash. I removed the<br>plywood and I tried 3M double sided tape
>on the hollow base of the girl, no<br>go. I finally had best success with
>polyurethane construction adhesive<br>gluing a quarter sized rare earth
>magnet (Lee Valley Tools) to the base of<br>her feet.<br><br>The material
>this girl was made of was some sort of fibrous Plaster of<br>Paris. After
>almost 40 years in a car she is getting frail (osteoporosis?),<br>her nose
>is chipped and she leans to one side. She also lost her grass skirt<br>a
>long time ago but my Aunt made a fetching little red crotchet number
>for<br>her.<br><br>Alistair<br><br><br>--<br>'82 Westy -> diesel converted
>to gas in
>'94<br>albell@uvic.ca<br>http://members.shaw.ca/albell<br><br><br><br><br><br>on
>13/7/03 9:02 pm, Johnny DeVilla wrote:<br><br>> Ok this might be off in the
>left field, but it is important stuff. I<br>> have a hula girl in my Westy
>(like all good Westies should). And it<br>> won't stick to the dash. I have
>cleaned the area with alcohol then<br>> stuck her on..... few weeks later
>bam poor hula is lying on the ground.<br>> I keep changing out the tape on
>the bottom with double stick super<br>> adhesive tape.<br>> Has any one come
>across this?<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> ----<br>>
>Johnny<br>> 81 Westy<br>
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