Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:48:16 -0800
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: vans
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Its funny how the name thing works.
We've had "The Grey Van" since 1993 and that's what it gets called, even
though we've camped all over with the kids in it and I now drive it for work
every day.
My older son and I went to south-east Washington in March, 2005 to pick up
the 86 from a little town called Dixie and she's been called "Dixie" from
day one.
Which is cool because there are dozens of bluegrass songs & tunes with
"Dixie" in them; "My Dixie Darling", "Dixie Cannonball", "Dear Old Dixie",
"Dixie Hoedown" and of course, "Dixie Breakdown"! :)
On 12/21/06, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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