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Date:         Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:36:36 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: My weekend project.
Comments: To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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perhaps with some education on the history of plaid in VW Buses..... she can get on board with the nostalgia thing ............or 'classic VW' etc. but otherwise....... orange .........orange is a funny color. Awesom color, but has to be used in the right place. the height of poor yucky taste, in my mind, is something like brown motel walls, with orange-framed pictures on the walls. orange is a 70's thing in a way ..... which is why you probably want it .........I think it looks yucky myself, and am not even sure I'd do plaid at all.... but maybe if you show her a buncha pics of classic vw buses, that'l help.

I saw a Gullwing Mercedes 300SL once..........that was being driven by an old guy ..... and it was his daily driver, his 'normal car' ..........and it was dinged here and there.....he had owned it since new I think.... it was really ratty actually ............and it had blue plaid upholstery I think.

What's important is that it be fun, of course. Pretty impressive about using a 1933 sewing machine , btw !! electric, or pedal treadle ? Scott

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:27 PM Subject: Re: My weekend project.

> The green/orange or the orange/green? =) > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Jake de Villiers < >> crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Oh that's nice Mike! >> > >> > I love the whole Plaid/VW thing - I really want to redo Dixie in that >> great >> > blue plaid from the seventies or even the orange but I'm getting a lot >> > of >> > resistance from my wife... >> >> >> That is very nice - As for that 70's Plaid - Patty loves the green plaid >> and >> is hoping to do that in her '78 >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> >> Jeff >> '90 Carat (Grover) >> '86 (We call this one Parts) >> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus >> > > > > -- > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > > Crescent Beach, BC > > www.thebassspa.com > www.crescentbeachguitar.com > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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