That does it! I'm going to buy the Microbus emblem. I followed the link and found the original VW of South Africa emblems and decals. Check them out, fellow bus drivers... www.southafrica-parts.de Warren L. 88 Westy Microbus (I've already got the SA grille (upper and lower) and SA Rhein Alloys, so may as well go all the way!)
----- Original Message ----- From: Todd Lund <westy4us@yahoo.com> Date: Friday, February 3, 2006 6:49 pm Subject: Re: Of course a vanagon is a bus! > This guy will probably list some again. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8025356463&viewitem=&category=33643 > > --- Warren Lail <wlail@OU.EDU> wrote: > > > The engine is in the rear and a VW logo is on the > > front, so as far as I'm concerned the lineage is > > sufficient for us to > > refer to Vanagons as buses if we so desire. Our > > beloved Vanagons are only called this in North > > America (as far > > as I know). I know that in some places they are > > called Transporters and in South Africa they were > > called a Bus - > > sometimes Mini-bus, until they halted production in > > 2002. So I'm driving a Vanagon that I sometimes > > refer to as a > > bus. :-) If I could find one of those SA Mini-Bus > > logos or whatever, I'd put it on my bus in a flash. > > > > Warren L. > > 88 Westy Bus (be proud of your Vanagon's heritage!) > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > |
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