Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 23:22:57 -0700
Reply-To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
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From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject: Re: Military Issue Vanagons
In-Reply-To: <NDBBIPKCGLJEIAPIIHFIOELNCEAA.tyg@oz.net>
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You should see the looks on peoples faces when I drive my Double Cab with
the Canopy... I'd love to have a tennis ball gun or something else along
those lines mounted in the back for the full effect!
At 10:33 PM 09/09/1999 -0700, Ty Graham wrote:
>I have a small minitanks brand HO scale military Vanagon Doppelkab with
>canvas top that looks just like David Marshall's.
>
>These are fairly common at VW shows and on ebay. Cool to have for the
>Doublecab completist.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>Of Kevin & Lisa Sellitti
>Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 7:46 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Military Issue Vanagons
>
>
> I was in Barnes & Noble Today. I came across a book in the
>automotive
>section that was all about VW Busses. The book didn't mention Vanagons much.
>What caught my eye was an ex-German Army 1976 Transporter Crew Cab. It was a
>Military issue with Blackout Curtains, Gun Mount and troops seats (Could
>carry ten troops.) The caption said that many Transporters had been used by
>the German Military (Most were Crews) and they were also used b the U.N. and
>even United States Troops in Europe.
> That got me thinking..... Was the Vanagon (T3,Transporter) used by
>any of
>Europe's Military Services? Or were the VW's dropped after the Type 2's? It
>would seem to me that a Syncro Crew Cab would be an natural Replacement for
>the Type 2 Crew Cab (Especially the Syncro 16 :->. Anyone out there have any
>info? I would love to learn more about them if they were used in Military
>Applications. Image the weird Variants they may lurk out there.
>
>
>
>BTW: I saw a very nice 88? Westy parked in the Parking garage at Sarasota
>Memorial Hospital Today (Sarasota, Fl). Is that person on this list? I was
>impressed with how well it fit in the Garage. Looks like it had lots of head
>room.
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>Kevin
>(Still no Vanagon yet! Only Vanagon envy :-( )
>
>
-- David Marshall - - Quesnel, BC, Canada --
-- 78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW Westie, 85 VW Cabriolet --
-- 87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab --
-- David's Volkswagen Home Page http://www.volkswagen.org --
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