VANAGON archives -- October 2009, week 4 (#114)

Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:38:28 -0700 Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: friday - vanagon content, some people's taste... In-Reply-To: <16864221.12357.1256327035428.JavaMail.mcneely4@127.0.0.1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

On 10/23/2009 12:43 PM Dave Mcneely wrote:

> Also, and this would > have been a real bummer for aerodynamics, an external sunshade above the > wind screen was popular, especially on Mercury and Ford cars.

The film "Mi vida loca" (1993) has some excellent examples of cherry vintage 40's lowriders with those wonderful sunvisors on the windshields. They must have spent a fortune on the cars because they were just about as perfect looking as anything I've seen.

-- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR

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