Oh, those ( rather ugly IMO ) vans. Cool. What about 'inboard wheels.' ? I'm sure it has a narrow track, but not inboard wheels like say, inboard disc brakes would be.' Thanks for the pic. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Grisanti [mailto:bike2vcu@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:32 AM To: Scott Daniel - Shazam; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Nearly creamed by a Syncro AW If you ever played (or still do) with Matchbox/Dinky toys you probably know what a Commer van is. The look of the wheelwells is reminiscent of the Nash Metropolitan. http://www.lrfaq.org/Series/Dormobile/JHess/pictures/rCOMMER.jpeg Stephen --- Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > Interesting tale, > Few of us in the states would know what a "one of > those inboard-wheeled 60s > Commer vans" > is, and what are inboard wheels ? > an extra narrow track on one end, or ? > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Andrew Grebneff > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 2:14 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Nearly creamed by a Syncro AW > > >Well, I have read about a husband and wife crashing > into each other. > >And I did have two consecutive serial numbers of > the same kind of car once. > > > > > >'running the light' .........what kind of vanagon > or syncro owner does that > >! ? > >scott > >turbovans > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > >Nunya Business > >Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:57 PM > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Subject: Re: Nearly creamed by a Syncro AW > > > >That's probably the strangest variation of the 'was > that anybody on the > >list' routine I've seen. It did make me stop to > think, however, that I've > >never seen an accident that involved two of the > same vehicle. > > > >Cya, > >Robert > > I did see the aftermath of two mid-late-70s Coronas > colliding (RT100 > & RT104, same car but different years) and while I > had my 57 VW > panelvan I found myself following (in my other > vehicle) one of those > inboard-wheeled 60s Commer vans with a plate one > digit later than > mine. > -- > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin > New Zealand > Fossil preparator > Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut > , Opinions stated are mine, not those of Otago > University > "There is water at the bottom of the ocean" - > Talking Heads >
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