Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:31:09 -0700
Reply-To: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: vans
In-Reply-To: <CAEOIPKOOCKNBBDDDMBPEEGBNBAA.jeff@vanagonparts.com>
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My westy is named & plated "DETLEF" after the little German man who
owned it for its 1st 18 years & put 38k miles on it in that time. He
kept it so pristine, that I plated it in his honor. My other vws go
by "the doublecab", "the blue westy", etc.
Tom B.-sometimes I forget my own name
On Dec 21, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:
> I just can't do the "name" thing. I have a hard enough time
> remembering the
> names of people I know (phone numbers are not a problem though), so
> naming
> vehicles is nearly impossible. Usually, my many, many vans have
> been simply
> called: the red bus, the white bus, the blue bus, etc. Certain
> vans will
> get downgraded to the red turd, the white turd, the blue turd,
> etc. The
> Tristar is called "The Tristar". The closest I've ever come to
> naming a
> vehicle was nearly 30 years ago when I was riding a Honda XR500,
> that heavy
> beast came to be know as "The Red Sled".
>
> Viele Grüße,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Anthony Egeln
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:16 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: vans
>
>
> Thomas, I don't know if there is an official christening....my
> kids and I
> just started referring to my van as Hidalgo after seeing the movie
> of the
> same name....about the indefatigable, independent and intelligent wild
> mustang horse, who could go anywhere and never quit! The name
> seems to fit.
> Cheers, Anthony
> '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
>
>
> Thomas Butler <thomas_butler@MSN.COM> wrote: I have an ’87 Syncro
> Weekender
> and I was reading posts yesterday and
> somebody said that half the fun of owning these things is making
> them your
> own. I have started this process by adding the swivel seat to the
> passenger
> side. What I would like to do is add the shelf that runs over the
> sink and
> stove in the full camper models. Does anybody have pictures of
> this shelf
> that they could share? I’m looking for dimensions and how the
> track for the
> curtains is located.
>
>
>
> Also – it seems to me like you guys all have attachments to these
> things
> that is only rivaled by old Harley riders – I have a ’71
> Electroglide myself
> so I understand – and I’m wondering if there is a process used for
> christening your ride. I have seen vans and busses called Horst,
> Matilda,
> Blue, Emma and other names and I’m curious.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
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