Date:         Fri, 9 May 2008 12:53:29 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Icons, emblems, symbols - personalized for your Vanagon
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I see your future, making this stuff and driving around to bus gatherings to
sell it. You'd have to get a Westy so you could live on the road, tho. : )

Cya,
Robert


On 5/9/08, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
>
> I saw a Mercedes go by the other day and it had as a hood ornament a
> "Rod of Hermes" or Caduceus by another name, mounted in a circle. It
> brought to mind a question,
>
> Would there be any interest in such personalized symbols for our
> Vanagons? Would there be any interest in one symbol for the entire group
> of Vanagoneers on this list? Sort of like the list stickers - except
> these will be metal. Everyone would have the same thing. Or, as asked
> before, would there be interest in the "one-off, one of a kind, this is
> me" sort of emblems.
>
> Or how about personalized jewelry that speaks to our lifestyle around
> the Vans - some nice jewelry - not cheap foreign made junk. I have
> access to burnout ovens, casting machines, smelters (small for melting
> bronze, gold, silver), tumblers, buffers and a jewelers bench full of
> engraving tools.It would even be possible to come up with something that
> could really speak loudly about Vanagons, Vanagoneers, and the life
> style - a jewel encrusted icon of some sort. We would just have to think
> about it.
>
> Anyway, just curious, exploring ideas.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>