Date:         Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:15:05 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Potts new Vanagon(s)
Comments: To: Lucas Thompson <lucas.thompson@gmail.com>
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Sorry dude, the engine is in the wrong end...

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Lucas Thompson <lucas.thompson@gmail.com>wrote:

> So 80s toyota vans are busses too! Sweet! :)))
>
> On 8/26/10, Tobin Copley <tcopley@sfu.ca> wrote:
> > The rule: if your butt sits above or forward of the front wheels, it's a
> > bus.  If you sit behind the front wheels, it's just a van.
> >
> > So Eurovans aren't buses, but all T2s and Vanagons are.
> >
> > T.
> >
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Tobin Copley        Vancouver, BC, Canada      49deg 16'N-123deg 4'W 19'W
> >
> > '82 Westfalia 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
> > '97 son Russell                               =============
> > '99 daughter Margaret                        /_| |_L| |__|:| clatter
> > .                        SPEED KILLS!       {.            .| clatter!
> > .                   Drive a Vanagon diesel   ~-()-==----()-~
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> ---- Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >> > Cesar -
> >> >
> >> > I think in the vast majority of situations you would be accepted by
> both
> >> > groups. In my eyes Splittie, Bay, Vanagon - AC or WC - they are all
> >> > buses. I
> >> > don't include the Eurovans (sorry) because they look so much like a
> >> > modern
> >> > mini-van - however they are still a VW and I'd still honk and wave.
> >> >
> >> > So I say honk and wave away - I'd bet most of the time you get the
> same
> >> > in
> >> > return and for those who do not - well they just don't get it.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Jeff
> >> > '85 GL (Gertie)
> >> > '90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts donor)
> >> > '86 (We call this one Scrap)
> >> > '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
> >>
> >> --
> >> David McNeely
> >
>



--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

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