Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:53:21 -0500
Reply-To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Fake campers, etc.
In-Reply-To: <ccd73a10711300944k1035673bx3fbc3b2b6f5f6370@mail.gmail.com>
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I like to think i'm in possession of a van with a fake poptop.
A transplant that never worked so well....
Making a fake diesel is easy, just slow down and put a handful of ash in
your tailpipe.
-Craig
'85GL
On Nov 30, 2007 12:44 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fake POPTOP For Your Vanagon - $650
> ------------------------------
> Reply to: sale-493688664@craigslist.org<
> sale-493688664@craigslist.org?subject=Fake%20POPTOP%20For%20Your%20Vanagon%20-%20$650
> >
> Date: 2007-11-29, 4:08PM PST
>
>
> I am importing these fake poptops from China. They look exactly like the
> real thing except they don't have those pesky tents. Of course you won't
> have the large hole in your roof either.
> These will bolt right on and instantly increase the value of your Vanagon
> by
> $10,000! Put a 2" lift in your stock Vanagon and have a fake Syncro too. I
> am selling Syncro stickers also for $39.99.
> Also another advantage is that the stuck-up people in Vanagon Poptops will
> now wave at you. You won't have them look the other way when you wave from
> a
> stock Van. (Doesn't that piss you off that you are not cool enough????)
> Now
> they will wave before you do!
> These look like a Westy not a Riviera which is not near as cool. Even have
> a
> Westfalia sticker.
> Cost is a mere $650.00. It is all one piece. Paint it to match!
> Email for more info.
>
> clearly this ad is poking fun at all vw vans ... i mean really as if a
> fake
> syncro sticker were going to intimidate anyone ... and the mention of
> pesky
> tents .. those tents are actually pesk free ... i would suggest that the
> creator of this add is either a person who recently had their van taken
> away
> from them by Bernd Pischetsrieder for some sort of unvanagon behavior ...
> i have heard that rolls royce drivers are continually threatened by
> mother
> corp if they dont fly right the vehicle will be taken away
> and i had heard that vw bought rolls royce so i see no reason why the
> policy
> should change...
> as i said the creator of this add is clearly a former vanagoner who had
> driving privileges revoked
> yours
> On Nov 30, 2007 8:04 AM, Tom Boldway <jboldway@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Folks seen this? http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/pts/493688664.html
> > I've learned to ask tons of questions before driving many miles to see a
> > vanagon Westy "camper" that turns out to be a multivan (no camping
> > equipment, just poptop) – or another "westy" that had camping equipment
> but
> > no pop-top!
> > Always get pictures before wasting your time. How stupid do some of
> these
> > sellers think we are or are they just interested in wasting our time?
> >
> > Tom
>
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
> There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
> Picking up garbage and telling people things.
> Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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> View the growing list of video work at:
> http://revver.com/find/video/?query=LastonLastof&search_on=owners
> and ... older work at
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> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259745150182742364
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