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Date:         Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:57:11 -0600
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: necessary vanagon accessory - trenching shovel
Comments: To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <vVc41m00b08X5Fr01Vc6Ph>
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---- Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote:
> This is the one I had as a kid (in the '50s)
>
> http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/10296/10967060_1.jpg?v=8CE1BF7B23F17D0
>
> Jim


I still have one of those, bought from "Texas Army-Navy Surplus" on Jefferson Blvd. in Oak Cliff (Dallas) Texas in 1960 for a Christmas break camping trip.  Probably the only thing I have of camping gear I had as a kid.  mcneely


>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alistair Bell
> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 7:00 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: [VANAGON] necessary vanagon accessory - trenching shovel
>
> Nope, it's GDR.
>
> I'm thinking it was made (and stamped in English) for expert sales. Maybe
> even specifically made for army surplus stores to sell.
>
> Alistair


--
David McNeely
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