Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:28:49 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Tom Hanks and his syncro Westy on Letterman
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dear non celebrity
my discretely distanced butler and flatbed is called the Canadian Auto
Association
happy to know they are there too ..
yours
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@gmail.com> wrote:
> There was a dude on the list a few years ago who tricked out a Syncro
> with a hardtop for Jimmy Buffet --- there's probably a celebrity
> vanagon list that folks like me aren't welcome on :-)
>
> And perhaps they are all followed by the butler in the flatbed
> towtruck --- at a discrete distance of course............
>
> Cheers,
> Doug
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Wonder why Hanks chose a 4wd to drive on main highways? I know, he can
> > probably afford whatever he wants...at least he didn't choose a Uni-Moog
> > Euro style Paris-Dakar truck camper like I see some of our Euro friends
> > driving around on our freeways...but you don't really need a syncro to
> get
> > from LA to SlickCity
> > and he probably would have made the remaining miles without running dry
> in a
> > 2wd....
> > Now if that was Leno driving the Gold-Plater from Go Westie he'd have
> been
> > able to keep it going...Leno is a Car Guy...has some really outrageous
> > vehicles....keeping a Vanagon going would be childs play for that
> guy..And
> > Letterman? He could have bedded down with his 'driver' in the outback
> near
> > Wendover and no one would be the wiser..
> > I bet the guys at Go Westie are very happy with Hank's and that
> > publicity...They will sell dozens now to other Hollywood types.. I am
> > somewhat surprised that they sold him one that wasn't exactly perfect,
> > though....Some Go Westie employee is probably looking for a new job
> today..
> > Don Hanson
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:01 AM, phil zimmerman <philzimm1@shaw.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Edward Duntz <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM> typed in part:
> >> Tom Hanks is talking on Letterman about his Syncro Westy.
> >>
> >> Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM> typed in part:
> >> He got his van at Go Westy, beautifully done interior. All the
> >> cabinetry was
> >> redone and it has the usual Recaro's in it. Go Westy 2.3 or 2.4 motor.
> >>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.dougalcock.com
>
--
roger w
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