Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:30:53 -0500
Reply-To:     Thomas Butler <thomas_butler@MSN.COM>
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From:         Thomas Butler <thomas_butler@MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: 60 years ago this week
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I'm tearing up...


>From: BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
>Reply-To: BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: 60 years ago this week
>Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:24:37 -0400
>
>Ol' Ben brought a few VW's over here to sell.  Not much interest but he
>sold
>the ones he brought over in order to pay for his ticket back to Europe.
>The
>bugs eventually caught on. He then saw a flatbed truck being used to ferry
>parts around the VW plant and then drew a box with 4 wheels on it on a
>napkin (like the Stonehenge from Spinal Tap) as his design for a new
>vehicle.  The new vehicle was the VW bus. The first one was on a bug
>chassis
>which bent in half under the weight. The new reinforced version was a hit
>all over the world for those who desperately needed a box on wheels that
>went up to 50 mph.
>
>Later someone added a sloped windshield to that box on wheels and found a
>way to make water leak out of the motor.  With a couple hundreds pounds of
>camping gear these vehicles found homes with crazy people who like to throw
>money at them.
>
>Bryan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>mike
>Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 10:54 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: 60 years ago this week
>
>?
>
>
>On 7/31/07 7:41 AM, "Alistair Bell" <albell@UVIC.CA> wrote:
>
> > The list is pretty quiet about this big birthday.
> >
> > Old Ben Pon started the ball rolling 60 years ago this weak.
> >
> > huzzahs!
> >
> > Alistair
> >
> >
> >
> > '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
> > http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/