Date:         Sat, 24 Apr 1999 11:23:52 -0400
Reply-To:     Bob Stratton <rslist@SDII.COM>
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From:         Bob Stratton <rslist@SDII.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon on TV
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At 10:49 AM 1999-04-24 -0400, David..M wrote:
>Did anyone else see the episode of "Sliders" on TV last night?

I did, and I shouted out loud. If my fiancée had been here it probably
would have startled her, but she's come to expect that I'm a little zealous
about VW's in general and Vanagons in particular.

>There was a brief car chase scene where the heroes escaped in a Vanagon.
>There was a scene of them tinkering with the engine and then they showed
>them entering via the sliding door and later exiting via the sliding
>door. There were spme close-ups of the driver through the windshield,
>showing the passengers behind peering through the curtains.
>
>The Vanagon was 2-tone blue (pale over dark), round headlights.

It's interesting that it had curtains, because it wasn't a Westy as I recall. 

If only it were a product placement for a current line...<Sigh>

--Bob, KE4GDC
89 Westy Syncro GL