From rmk@tyrell.net Thu Oct 6 14:28:55 1994 From: Richard Kurtz Subject: Re: GVW jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu (John Gladu) asks... > What changed after '63? Is that when they went to the larger-diameter > stub-axle sticking out of the xfer case? As I see it, the rest didn't > change that much. (When did the big door go on the back?). After 63 the Microbus is rated at 1 ton. +=======================+ | Richard Kurtz | .-----------------------------------. | rmk@tyrell.net | /_____________________________________\ | (816)322-2176 | /""""/""""/"|"""||"""||"""||"""||"""| | | | / / / | || || || || | | | 67 Deluxe Microbus | /____/____/___|___||___||___||___||___| | | 71 Bug | /----------=|======|======================| | 64 Deluxe Microbus | |O\ /V\ /O| =.| | | (under construction) | | \ \W/ / | | | | | |() \ " / ()| __ | | | Looking for 68-71 Bus | | \ / | / \ .---- | +=======================+ <==C======C==>_| () |<============>| () |_<==> || \\\__/ \\\__/ \\\__/ \\\__/ ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //(Picture inspired by ascii drawing posted by Hal Wigoda (hwigoda@mcs.com)// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// From lytle@noao.edu Fri Aug 26 18:59:10 1994 From: lytle@noao.edu Subject: ascii stuff __ \ \ | / / / \ \ | | | / / \ \ \ | / / _/ / \ \ | _____|______ | / _/ \ \ ___\_/############\_/___ / _/ \____ \___/########################\___ / _/ \ __/################################\__ _/ \ _/######################################\_ _/ __ _ | /##########################################\_/ / \__/ \ |/############################################\ / \ \###########################################__|__ / \ /\ \##########################@@@@@@@@@@@@@/ // \ / \ \ /_/___\\ /\ || // \ || /____\ __________||_____ || _____ \____||__________ | |_|_\ __\_`O---O'_________ _________ -------____ ___---- __- \wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww/ ------____ ----_____----- ___---- wwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ----_______----- wwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwwwwwwww From rmk@tyrell.net Thu Oct 6 14:28:55 1994 From: Richard Kurtz Subject: Re: GVW jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu (John Gladu) asks... > What changed after '63? Is that when they went to the larger-diameter > stub-axle sticking out of the xfer case? As I see it, the rest didn't > change that much. (When did the big door go on the back?). After 63 the Microbus is rated at 1 ton. +=======================+ | Richard Kurtz | .-----------------------------------. | rmk@tyrell.net | /_____________________________________\ | (816)322-2176 | /""""/""""/"|"""||"""||"""||"""||"""| | | | / / / | || || || || | | | 67 Deluxe Microbus | /____/____/___|___||___||___||___||___| | | 71 Bug | /----------=|======|======================| | 64 Deluxe Microbus | |O\ /V\ /O| =.| | | (under construction) | | \ \W/ / | | | | | |() \ " / ()| __ | | | Looking for 68-71 Bus | | \ / | / \ .---- | +=======================+ <==C======C==>_| () |<============>| () |_<==> || \\\__/ \\\__/ \\\__/ \\\__/ ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //(Picture inspired by ascii drawing posted by Hal Wigoda (hwigoda@mcs.com)// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// From schwarze@io.nosc.mil Fri Aug 26 12:12:01 1994 From: David Schwarze Subject: Re: aluminum beauty rings Sami Dakhlia writes: > > Yesterday was not a good day. First my 75 bus failed to pass the annual > inspection because of leaks in the exhaust. Fine. But then, a few highway > miles later, a hub cap (from the one wheel they took off to check the > brakes) fell off and with it one of those shiny aluminum beauty rings my > wife just offered me a couple of weeks ago. Instead of replacing the beauty rings, why don't you consider painting your rims white? I did, and was very pleased with the result. Still use the hub caps, though. An added bonus is that the paint doesn't fall off! Well, maybe a little bit... Here is my contribution to the VW ascii collection, a representation of DA BOAT, which is a bubble top, in case you were wondering... :) (shamelessly stolen from Lee Griffiths and modified) _______ / \ /___________\ | | [] |_____________| [] \(_______________)/ | [] ||||||| [] | | (@) (@) | | | [=====[BUS]=====] || || -David ============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) ============================================================================= From dakhlia@wuecona.wustl.edu Tue Sep 20 11:55:07 1994 From: dakhlia@wuecona.wustl.edu (Sami Dakhlia) Subject: Re: asking for help once more...(bread loafers) > >> >> +=======================+ >> | Richard Kurtz | .-----------------------------------. >> | rmk@tyrell.net | /_____________________________________\ >> | (816)322-2176 | /""""/""""/"|"""||"""||"""||"""||"""| | >> | | / / / | || || || || | | >> | 67 Deluxe Microbus | /____/____/___|___||___||___||___||___| | >> | 71 Bug | /----------========|======================| >> | 64 Deluxe Microbus | |O\ /V\ /O =.| | >> | (under construction) | | \ \W/ / | | >> | | |() \ / () __ | | >> | Looking for 68-71 Bus | | \ / / \ .---- | >> +=======================+ <==C======C==>_| () |<============>| () |_<==> >> || \\\__/ \\\__/ \\\__/ \\\__/ >> """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" >> (If the person I shamelessly stole the start for my bus drawing will email >> me I will give them proper credit. I have lost track of the original >> posting that contained it but will be able to verify from my archives if >> you send me your original ascii bus.) >> > >I think that it's Sami's, Sami Dakhalia (sp) Sorry Sami if I've >bastardized your name. (It's okay, I know it's hard to spell, leave alone pronouncing it right...) Really? Naah, I don't think so. That's a cool-o, neat-o Microbus, while mine is just a Bus . And my sig is bigger, too, a tad *too* big actually. In any event, anyone is welcome to use it or modify it and you don't hafta give me credit; it's lengthy and tedious. And I would be flattered, not the least offended. -- /--------------------------------------------\ /-------/======================================)\ / /| ||============|| | | =)\ / / | ||============|| | | =)\ _\ _\___/__|O_______||============||__|_________| =)\ / \\-----|-----------|-------------------------------) ( ))==M | |Sami, dakhlia@wuecona.wustl.edu| ( )) | |Dept. Economics, Box 1208 | \ // ( ) | |Washington U. in St.Louis | | | /====|MO 63130-4899, USA_______ | |_______|_____// \\ (314) 935-7472 // \\ | (|=|===== )_____/ (O) \______________/ (O) \____)) \===/ \\ / \===/ \\ / From lmacphe@cello.gina.calstate.edu Mon Feb 6 11:51:23 1995 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 95 11:21:47 CST From: "Larry R. MacPhee" Reply to: vanagon@lenti To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: ASCII Art (Again!*%&) The last post didn't go through too well, so I'll try one last time... .----------------------------. `/""""/""""/|""|'|""||""| \ / / / |__| |__||__| | /----------=====================| | \ /V\ / _. | |()\ \W/ /() _ _ | | \ / / \ / \ | _-( ) =C========C==_| ) |--------| ) |==] _-{_}_) \_\_/__.. \_\_/_ \_\_/ \_\_/__.__. ___________________________ /========/===|==============\ /---------/|""||"""""||""""|# \ / //|__||_____||____|## \ /_________// | | | || _| *** | |()==V==()|| /_ _ | | ==W== ||_// \ / \ | _-( ) \=========/_/| ) |--------| ) |==] _-{_}_) \_\_/__.. \_\_/_ \_\_/ \_\_/__.__. Now, how about a eurovan or a 21-window? To answer the WHY? question, I'm impressed that people can create anything this good in such a minimalist medium. But then again, the Voyager Space Probe was programmed in some incredibly tiny amount of RAM (16K ?) and it certainly seems that Microsoft could learn from that. ____________________________________________________ Larry R. MacPhee lmacphe@cello.gina.calstate.edu lmacphee@vmsa.oac.uci.edu ____________________________________________________ From nrubin@s1.csuhayward.edu Tue Feb 7 12:37:37 1995 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 18:17:51 -0800 From: martha rubin To: gsker@lenti Subject: lost stuff? Here's some stuff I saved from over the months. Maybe you'll be able to reconstruckt it? (\ /) \\ // \\ // \\ // \\// \/ /~) __ _ _ _ /~/ \ \ I-II-II-I/~/' \~~\'`-'`-'`-'~I \_ ) ~\_ /~~ ) \_ Y )' \ ^ / |~ ~| \\ // '71 Super Beetle BNR, Ottawa - (613) 763 8146| <\__,\ | /\, | \\ \\// // ________________ I will not speak for BNR. I | "> | | -|~(*)/ | \\//\\// ||Just can't wait will not do it, Sam you are. | : | | (*) /-' | \/ \/ || /\ / / /\ \/\ . ooOo \ \ / __ ( . . . oOooOooOo . __ \ \/ / .\__ . oOOoOOo/Oo ....../ .\_\/../\ __/.. . oO\oO|OOoo . ....................... /\ __/ / /\ \ . ______________ ooOoOo . / /\ \ /\ /\/ /_/_//_| |_|_| | o||o / /\/\/ \ \ / |\()/| | || O- . O> \ / / ___\ \/ |_\/_|_/^\__/^\_| oo||Oo ___ | |\- .^| _---_ / \ = / \ |o | = / o | | || | =0=======0==| |----| |= \_\_/ \_\_/ \_\_/ ...................................................................... `::::::::' The carefully rounded, fully-enclosed box shape _______________ with countoured outer surfaces /__||_||_||_||_|| offers little resistance to wind. | | | The shape is pleasant and distortion-proof `--( )------( )--' --1960's VW Bus manual ___ __ __ _____ _____ (___) |__|__| |_____| |_____| o o o V o o===o ===== ===== ===== =___= ________________ /E/___||____||__q\ |_________________\ _|___________._____|_ ---(o)--------(o)---- _____ | |_|_\ `0---0' .-----------------------------------. | rmk@tyrell.net | /_____________________________________\ | (816)322-2176 | /""""/""""/"|"""||"""||"""||"""||"""| | | | / / / | || || || || | | | 67 Deluxe Microbus | /____/____/___|___||___||___||___||___| | | 71 Bug | /----------========|======================| | 64 Deluxe Microbus | |O\ /V\ /O =.| | | (under construction) | | \ \W/ / | | | | |() \ / () __ | | | Looking for 68-71 Bus | | \ / / \ .---- | +=======================+ <==C======C==>_| () |<============>| () |_<==> || \\\__/ \\\__/ \\\__/ \\\__/ .---------------------------. `/""""/""""/|""|'|""||""||""|'\ / / / |__| |__||__||__| | /----------=====================| | \ /"\ / _. | |()\ \_/ /() _ _ | | \ / / \ / \ | _-( ) =C========C==_| ) |--------| ) |==] _-{_}_) \_\_/__.. \_\_/_ \_\_/ \_\_/__.__. __---------__ | | | () |______|______| () \| @ \ / @ |/ | \ / | | (@) \ / (@) | | V | (---|-------|---) |\| |/| _______ / \ /___________\ | | [] |_____________| [] \(_______________)/ | [] ||||||| [] | | (@) (@) | | | [=====[BUS]=====] || || /--------------------------------------------\ /-------/======================================)\ / /| ||============|| | | =)\ / / | ||============|| | | =)\ _\ _\___/__|O_______||============||__|_________| =)\ / \\==M |---------m-|-------------------------------) ( )) | |Sami, dakhlia@wuecona.wustl.edu| ( )) | |Dept. Economics, Box 1208 | \ // ( ) | |Washington U. in St.Louis | | | /====|MO 63130-4899, USA_______ | |_______|_____// \\ (314) 935-7472 // \\ | (|=|===== )_____/ (O) \______________/ (O) \____)) \===/ \\ / \===/ \\ / _____________________________________________ / | \ /===============================================\ /--|--------||---------------||---------------| =)\ / /| || || | =)\ / / | || || | =)\ |__/__|________||_______________||_______________| =)\ | | || | | | -- || | | | || | | | || | | | _____|| _____ | |__| // \\ // \\ | ((==|___// (O) \\_________________// (O) \\_______)) \ / \ / ----- ----- __ \ \ | / / / \ \ | | | / / \ \ \ | / / _/ / \ \ | _____|______ | / _/ \ \ ___\_/############\_/___ / _/ \____ \___/########################\___ / _/ \ __/################################\__ _/ \ _/######################################\_ _/ __ _ | /##########################################\_/ / \__/ \ |/############################################\ / \ \###########################################__|__ / \ /\ \##########################@@@@@@@@@@@@@/ // \ / \ \ /_/___\\ /\ || // \ || /____\ __________||_____ || _____ \____||__________ | |_|_\ __\_`O---O'_________ _________ -------____ ___---- __- \wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww/ ------____ ----_____----- ___---- wwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ----_______----- wwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwwwwwwww / [] || \ Bricks across America / __ || \ / |++| || \ /\ / |--| \ / \ o / _____ || \ / \ * | / |--+--| || \ || / \ | / o|--+--|o || \ || / \ / |_____| \ / / \ / U U || \ / \ /PC / _________ || \ / \ \ / /_________\ || \ / \ ____ / 0 | O | O | 0 \ || | | / \|-,+-'-+--|/ || \ || | | / | \ V / | || \ || |____| / |___\W/___| || \ || || / || || \ _____________ || / || \ / Leaving | || / || \ | Yellowstone | || / || \ | Natn'l Park | || / \ |_____________| || / || \ || || / || \ / || \ ___________________________ /========/===|==============\ /---------/|""||"""""||""""|# \ / //|__||_____||____|## \ /_________// | | | || _| *** | |()==V==()|| /_ _ | | ==W== ||_// \ / \ | _-( ) \=========/_/| ) |--------| ) |==] _-{_}_) \_\_/__.. \_\_/_ \_\_/ \_\_/__.__. __---------__ | | () |_____________| () \| |/ | | | (@) (@) | | | |---|--|-|--|---| |\| |/| From jackson.harvey@support.com Tue Feb 7 12:37:37 1995 From jackson.harvey@support.com Date: Tue, 7 Feb 95 15:20:51 CST From: jackson.harvey@support.com To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: ASCII ART (AGAIN!* V> ___________________________ > /========/===|==============\ > /---------/|""||"""""||""""|# \ > / //|__||_____||____|## \ > /_________// | | | || _| *** | |()==V==()|| /_ _ | | ==W== ||_// \ / \ | _-( ) V> \=========/_/| ) |--------| ) |==] _-{_}_) > \_\_/__.. \_\_/_ \_\_/ \_\_/__.__.