Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 08:41:08 -0400
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: "Pelikan" <pelikan@sover.net>
Subject: Re: WANTED: Cool VW Bus paint ideas~ Moo!
Hey yeah, this remindes me! I think I mentioned it
about a year ago, but let me mention it again.
The snow's finally starting to melt here in northern Vermont,
and every day as I pass through the tiny hamlet of North
Wolcott I pass a "retired vehicle and parts dealer" where sits a breadloaf
rescue candidate painted in the Ben & Jerry
theme - much as you describe. Not too too surprising; B & J
is located in Waterbury, VT, about 25 miles down the road
(go down to 15, then south on 100).
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> From: jim ellis <vanbondo@primenet.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
> Subject: Re: WANTED: Cool VW Bus paint ideas~ Moo!
> Date: Wednesday, April 16, 1997 1:52 AM
>
> Ah, heck. For the longest time I threatened to paint the recently sold
> "Rusty VanBondo" '57 pseudo Euro Single cab in a Ben and Jerry's theme.
>
> A few years back Cherry and I spotted a BroncoII on Cape Cod, Mass which
> reflected the lime green bottom in the shape of rolling hills with a sky
> blue background with white puffy cartoonish clouds. Black and white
Gernsey
> cows were all along the length of the vehicle. The rear most 1/4 - 1/3 of
> the vehicle and the rear end had the B&J corporate typography within a
> rounded corner rectangle. "Ben and Jerry's" on the top line and
"Vermont's
> Finest Ice Cream" on the lower line. I had planned to contact B&J, Inc.
> regarding and corporate under writing for the body and paint
> work-negotiating that the vehicle would remain in the paint scheme for X
> years and attend X number of shows each season.
> The licence plate would read "NO BGH" <Bovine Growth Hormones> which is a
> big B&J concern. I also had occasional flashbacks of the Snapple lady
> invading the "Rusty Ranch."
> These plans were DOA about the same time that the beloved truck ambled
down
> the road with the new owner behind the wheel.
>
> Y'all lemme know if you have a dry and straight pre '64 panel splittie
for
> sale. I might just reserrect the concept <Moo!>
> -VanBondo\
> BTW: Can you imagine what kinda crud that the truckers would give me on
the
> freeways! Hahahahah
> -VanBondo
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> http://www.benjerry.com/aboutbj.html
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