VANAGON archives -- June 2007, week 1 (#116)

Date:         Sat, 2 Jun 2007 21:02:30 -0400
Reply-To:     Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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From:         Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject:      Re: Stretch Westy Google "Street View" voyeurism
Comments: To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <71d9cdf90706021543i1da6807kad74e70a6ea77ba3@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Jake,

It i most assuredly an early baywindow, not a splitty.

Have a look here:
http://www.busesofthecorn.com/googlestreets/Picture1.jpg

This zoomed in rear/side view tells me it's a 68-70 baywindow.
(Wide-5 rims)
http://www.busesofthecorn.com/googlestreets/Picture2.jpg

Why worry about a tow truck? You can drop and swap an engine on one
of those before the meter costs you a dollar.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
www.pottsfamily.ca
www.busesofthecorn.com


On 2-Jun-07, at 6:43 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:

> Geez, a guy won't be able to scratch his ass while working on his van
> anymore!   8)
>
> And that's not a Bay, its a '67 Split.  I just found the zoom control.
>
> Look out for the tow truck!
>
> On 6/2/07, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ryan,
>>
>> It's a cool sighting, but it's not a stretched bus....
>>
>> Have a look from a different angle:
>> http://maps.google.com/maps?
>> ie=UTF8&ll=37.799205,-122.477732&spn=0.030112,0.086002&z=14&om=1&laye
>> r=c
>> &cbll=37.783709,-122.477482&cbp=1,349.765687801447,0.525056145690316,
>> 0
>>
>>
>> Happy Trails,
>>
>> Greg Potts
>> 1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
>> www.pottsfamily.ca
>> www.busesofthecorn.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2-Jun-07, at 3:05 PM, Ryan wrote:
>>
>> > I was checking out this Google Maps "Street View" and stumbled upon
>> > what
>> > looks like a stretch Bay Window Westy.  The "street view" thing is
>> > kinda
>> > wierd worth checking out for goofs, I mean look what I found
>> > without even
>> > looking...  Here's the link to the "stretchsty"
>> > http://maps.google.com/maps?
>> >
>> ie=UTF8&ll=37.799205,-122.477732&spn=0.030112,0.086002&z=14&om=1&laye
>> r
>> >
>> =c&cbll=37.783709,-122.477482&cbp=1,349.765687801447,0.52505614569031
>> 6
>> > ,0
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com





Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
www.pottsfamily.ca
www.busesofthecorn.com

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