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Date:         Sat, 18 Jul 2015 10:28:24 -0700
Reply-To:     vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@COX.NET>
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From:         vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Westy camping in Europe, home now, part 1
Comments: To: John Goubeaux <john@UCSB.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <tsZk1q00Z08X5Fr01sZllo>
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I prepared secure plate hardware for this before leaving home. This allowed me to lock the rear plate access door closed and also attached both plates with 4 Allen bolts each. Then I put a gob of glue in the Allen heads to make it tough to take them out even with the right wrench.

Mark

John Goubeaux wrote: > Nice Mark, Thanks ! > > The part about the California license plates made me laugh ... :) > I recently had a friend ship her car ( with CA plates ) back to Zurich. > She was so proud to have CA plates ( a big status symbol in EuroLand ) > on her car. > I warned her to remove them BUT she did not listen and sure enough they > were stolen in short time. > > I look forward to hearing more stories. > > -john > > n 7/18/15 7:13 AM, mark drillock wrote: >> We shipped our Westy over and camped in 10 countries. We covered about >> 6,000 miles in 2 months, mostly on secondary roads and smaller. We >> stayed at public and private campgrounds and often took trains or buses >> from them into the cities for tourist activities. The camping was easy >> and the people were friendly. Our Calif plates stood out and people >> gawked at them everywhere we went, at times like we were in a UFO. I >> can't tell you how many times someone saw the front plate and then went >> to the back to see if it matched, then scratching their heads.


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