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Date:         Wed, 20 Jul 94 13:51:27 PDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         ari@es.net (Ari Ollikainen)
Subject:      Re: Let's All be Silly, Chapter 2

> der Bus - a 1980 vanagon. had the name in old English letters on the side. > (best bus i ever had, even if it wasn't air conditioned) > Blitzfahrt - a 1974 Porsche 914 with a hole in its muffler > Humpback, the Quasi-Motor of Noted Fame - a 1968 double-cab pickup truck. > (sniff. i miss old Humpback, even with his lousy drum-drum brakes) > > those were my favorite names. the other buses names fit the bus, but they > didn't have that 'zing'. >

Some names for some vehicle we have owned :

MAX (from Mach schnell) - 1962 112 w/ '63 Porsche S90 engine

2 MAX - 1964.5 Porsche SC

GreenHornet - 1965 Campmobile (green, of course)

Gunnar - 1967 Volvo 123GT

Maggie (from then wife's middle name, Margareta) - 1968 "Stick-Shift" 113

FE! (pronounced eFfiE, from Fucking white Elephant!) - 1969 Westfalia Oslo short pop-top Shorty - 1971 Westfalia no pop-top

FE-TWO ( see above) - 1973 Westfalia pop-top with all the goodies including refrigerator and gasoline Eberpacher heater

'81 Westfalia pop-top Basic (no stove/fridge) and 3seater bench- bed. Flora (named by kids after a Finnish margarine package) - 1985 WestfaliaGL with all the goodies + gasoline auxilary heater

Mummo (from Finnish for G'ma or old woman that takes care of children) - 1985 VanagonGL with Weekender package (rear bench/bed)

Flash! - 1986.5 Scirocco 16v (FlashSilver)

JUMBO - 1986 Ford E350 based Jamboree P23 Class-C motorhome

MV (Mama's Vanagon) - 1990/91 VanagonCarat

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