I recently purchased a 86' Westy, it's that lovely BRONZE color, not UPS brown, more of a metallic root-beer hue. With the bad shocks and the Color it was only obvious, the perfect name for my van- "FLOATER"

At least he German tourist I see in ar-vee Parks smile at my Westy.

Happy trails, Peej

On Apr 24, 2007, at 8:22 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:45:08 -0700 > From: monte merrick <montemerrick@SPEAKEASY.NET> > Subject: Re: That VW Brown... > > my 84 gl is that color brown and i really like it - very stealthy > indeed - > > as far as the reason for the decor of those giant ar-vees i would say > it is a matter of weeding out them that dont belong - if you like the > swoops you're in, if not, you're not. > > or perhaps its another reason entirely - maybe it just takes the ar- > vee > marketer longer to realize that the 80's are definitely over - they do > sort of resemble swatch watches circa the "hold me now" thompson > twins, > dont you think? > > > onward > > monte > > > If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore > it to > him though I drown myself. - henry thoreau > > On 24 Apr 2007, , at 19:30, Don Hanson wrote: > >> "Turd-brown" someone called it..That is a distinctive 80s VW color, >> isn't it? My 84 is that color and I am growing to really like it. >> One day this spring when I had my Vanagon down in the desert (doing >> some medical tourisim to Mexico) I rode my bicycle up the Montezuma >> Grade west of Borrego Springs..From the mid-grade overlook, you can >> see for miles and miles. I could see every motorhome out on the >> desert, but not my 'stealth tur* brown' vanagon. Why do they make >> all >> those motorhomes really white with all those dorky "swoops" of color >> all over em? I mean, the VW vanagon might look like a shoebox, but >> those big motorhomes, they look like giant Nike running shoes with >> all >> those swoopies all over em... >> The only change I might consider now in the color of my van >> might be >> to re-do a very light roof color (no poptop on mine) to help deflect >> the sun's heat from the interior. >> Or, maybe I, too, should do some Swoops and Ribbons and Arrows and >> crap, perhaps airbrush some animals on the back...Maybe a pride(?) of >> Shrews or Voles would fit on my smaller tailgait..or a Lemming..I >> know, a really nice rendering of a cockroach...! Cool!.. >> Ever overnight at an RV park with your van? You kinda get >> looked at >> like a cochroach sometimes, don'tcha? >> Don Hanson

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