http://www.robinmasters.de/van.html the link to the pdf is broken, but somebody made a paper cutout van model. also, there's info on the van's current home. aaron '87 syncro gl
-----Original Message----- From: JordanVw@AOL.COM [mailto:JordanVw@AOL.COM] Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:33 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Vanagon sighting: anyone see Magnum P.I. yesterday?
In a message dated 3/10/05 1:19:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, Dieselslave@WMCONNECT.COM writes:
> The famous Magnum PI van looked like an air cooled--not having the > second lower grill on the front. Magnum(Tom Selleck) drove it to pick > up a package at the airport. nice paintjob! > > its actually supposed to be a '84.. but, as with any TV or movie series, they have duplicate vehicles.. so they may had a '83 aircooled as a duplicate.. most of time during the series they showed TC (the black guy) driving a '84 7 pass as the Island Hoppers van.. fwiw, one of the originals turned up on ebay a few yrs ago in atlanta... no bids.. i wonder where it is now.. chris |
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