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Date:         Wed, 4 Jan 1995 21:31:13 -0500 (EST)
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From:         Joe Clark <joeclark@freenet.scri.fsu.edu>
Subject:      Dictionary terms

> BUS 1. any Volkswagen Transporter of any model and any year. > 2. specifically those VW transporters from 1968 to 1979, > distinquished by a large one-piece windshield and rounded > body contours. all had 'swing-axles'. also called T2 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Whoa, now -- aren't swing axles the ones that have spades on the inner end, while the outer end swings up and down? Don't you mean IRS?

Gawd, I hope I'm right, or I'm gonna have to go apoly-jize to the idjit at the FLAPS ("All VWs after 1967 had swing-axles, sir" (("sir" + tone of voice = "you dipshit"))).

And I also agree with the person who said they un-preferred "split" as the term for a pre-68, tho' "splitty" sounds ok. I'd prefer "split-windshield" or the nicely Brit-sounding "split-screen".

Joe (who never quite got over the Anglicized spellings in Haynes)

Joe Clark Where there's no sense, joeclark@freenet.scri.fsu.edu there's no feeling. http://freenet3.scri.fsu.edu:81/users/joeclark/index.html **WARNING: Failure to edit this .sig from replies may cause disk crash.**


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