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Registry of Vanagon Nicknames
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Fri, 18 May 2001 15:38:46 -0400
This might prove humorous. Anyone thought about compiling the nicknames, along with a short story behind it? Jay '85 Westy (The Hindenburg)
Re: Registry of Vanagon Nicknames
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Fri, 18 May 2001 19:03:03 EDT
...Anyone thought about compiling the nicknames, along with a short story behind it? >> No, thank God.
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 20:23:55 -0400
Sorry, no nicknames. Vanity plate for 1982 White Westfalia = "PASS US" For 1985 Jetta TD = "43+ MPG" Bringing your ideas to life, G. Matthew...
Re: Registry of Vanagon Nicknames
Historical mailing list - Daniel Johnston
Sat, 19 May 2001 07:06:19 -0400
...Anyone thought about compiling the nicknames, > along with a short story behind it? > > Jay '85 Westy (The > Hindenburg)
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 11:32:28 EDT
In a message dated 10/12/02 8:29:39 PM, gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM writes: << Sorry, no nicknames. Vanity plate for 1982 White...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Jason Weisberger
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 17:33:17 -0700
Vanity Plate on 1987 GL Westy "Drunk" On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, G.M.Bulley wrote: > Sorry, no nicknames. > Vanity plate for 1982 White...
Re: Registry of Vanagon Nicknames
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Sun, 20 May 2001 14:11:58 -0400
...Anyone thought about compiling the nicknames, >along with a short story behind it? > > Jay '85 Westy (The >Hindenburg) _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 15:14:24 -0500
...Any clever nicknames? > ... naming my Vanagon.... > As an amateur astronomer, I was tempted to call my '85 Westy 'The > Comet': It was big, fat...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 18:11:52 -0400
Yellow Submarine
Re: nicknames for the generations
Historical mailing list
Tue, 04 Oct 1994 17:51:59 -0400 (EDT)
rounded, tall...short nose...hmmmm...BULL DOG??? Ric
Re: nicknames for generations: THE answer!!! :)
Historical mailing list
Wed, 05 Oct 1994 05:54:17 -0400 (EDT)
Hey joel! Pull dis! Try again.... 8-) ric
Re: nicknames for generations: THE answer!!! :)
Historical mailing list
Tue, 4 Oct 1994 20:11:46 -0500 (CDT)
Ach mein Gott! Natuerlich nicht "nitted", sondern "knitted". Sami
Re: nicknames for the generations
Historical mailing list
Tue, 4 Oct 1994 12:16:01 +0800
shoe in German is: Schuhe boot is: Stiefel Have fun! ;) /m
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Steve Laurenzano
Mon, 14 Oct 2002 08:44:36 -0400
White loaf becomes 'Wonder Bread' Steve Laurenzano 85 Westy GL 'Wonder Bread'
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:18:46 -0500
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Re: nicknames for the generations
Historical mailing list
Tue, 04 Oct 94 14:29:19 EDT
Try "Kaiser Roll". ---------------------------------- Joshua R. Poulson, Widener University Department of Computer Systems
Re: Registry of Vanagon Nicknames -- whaat happen?
Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
Sat, 19 May 2001 11:34:47 -1000
...Registry of Vanagon Nicknames -- whaat happen? > Hello Pinkie.. meet a nice '85 Beige Westy named "Da Luv Box." > > He he! > > All kidding aside, that...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 17:48:21 -0700
...Any clever nicknames? > > > > ... naming my Vanagon.... > > As an amateur astronomer, I was tempted to call my > '85 Westy 'The > > Comet': It was big, fat...
Re: nicknames for the generations
Historical mailing list - Steve Graham
Tue, 4 Oct 1994 13:26:49 CST
...Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> > Subject: Re: nicknames for the generations > > so what does a Eurovan look like? well, it...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - alan barber
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 21:29:34 -0400
69 bay with sliding steel sunroof - Vincent (Van Go) 78 Westy - Bedbug 01 Weekender - Motel 6 Az -- AH#56
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 17:52:51 EDT
My vanity plate is MOBLHOM Roger VanTill 89 Westy "The Moose Lounge" 86 Syncro 92 Escort "The Turd" (sorry,it runs)
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Jon Baker
Mon, 14 Oct 2002 08:16:59 -0700
How about "Vanagonaut?" Aren't we all chasing the golden fleece? Jon Baker 89 GL 91 GL 72 Westy 84 Westy
Re: nicknames for the generations
Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
Tue, 4 Oct 94 8:43:19 PDT
...all the other nicknames (split-window, > bread-loaf/bay-window, brick) refer to an external feature or the shape of > the bus. besides ... EuroVans...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 14 Oct 2002 19:37:44 -0500
>How about "Vanagonaut?" Aren't we all chasing the golden fleece? or are we just being fleeced of our gold by chasing Vanagons? ;)
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Solange B�rub�
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:29:40 -0400
I've named my West "Thelma" (...for Thekma in the Thelma and Louise movie). She's wild, moody, sexy and adventurous. Chris Ottawa, Ontario...
Fwd: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 17:23:04 EDT
In a message dated 10/12/02 3:17:10 PM, MVAone writes: << Vinnie (Bluebarino). Cheers, Mark 87 light metallic blue westie 93Cabrio classic...
Re: RE- nicknames for generatio
Historical mailing list
Fri, 07 Oct 1994 13:49:13 CDT
Here's another candidate for a EuroVan B-word: Bolus: a rounded mass, as a large pill, a soft mass of chewed food you...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 19:56:54 -0600
'91 dark blue Westy "Blue-Dub" Bob http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 10:46:37 -0700
... naming my Vanagon.... As an amateur astronomer, I was tempted to call my '85 Westy 'The Comet': It was big, fat, slow, and pieces...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 12:37:57 +0100
TYG as in Tigger! Its Yellow and its E892 TYG It certainly can roar like a lion and purr like a cat... when its...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 14:18:10 -0700
In the last year I've taken to calling my '90 Carat "The Anti-Christ"..... ;) Kevin __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos...
Re: nicknames for the generations
Historical mailing list - sstones
Tue, 4 Oct 1994 16:14:56 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 4 Oct 1994, David Schwarze wrote: > > Rounded? Tall? Short nose? Sounds like Stimpy! > > -David DC's got a point. I say aye...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
Tue, 15 Oct 2002 07:45:55 EDT
Hey, Phil great name .... or was it a typing accident? "Phil Stanhope 84 Westy Tiicow/7k miles" I like Tiicow! It works! Bill Marshall...
Re: Registry of Vanagon Nicknames
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sat, 19 May 2001 15:24:00 -0500
...Registry of Vanagon Nicknames > Mr. Visket has already done all the work. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~visket/Type2/BusNames.htm > > > Tom and Dana Cates...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 18:42:03 -0400
...Any clever nicknames? |> |> |> How about Fanny May after a pretty little gal from Tennessee. She always |> said May was her family name but the...
RE- nicknames for generatio
Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
5 Oct 1994 14:30:56 U
GatorMail-Q RE: nicknames for generations Joel sez: >the first generation was called Bulli (which had something to do with a >german slang name...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:47:34 -0600
A good bug spray should take care of that. On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 09:16 AM, Jon Baker wrote: > How about "Vanagonaut...
Re: Registry of Vanagon Nicknames -- whaat happen?
Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
Fri, 18 May 2001 23:03:24 -0500
...Registry of Vanagon Nicknames -- whaat happen? > At 07:03 PM 5/18/01 -0400, Rico Sapolich wrote: > >In a message dated 5/18/01...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Justin Mayrand
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:01:44 -0400
Well, I have named our 1980 Westy "SuperVan" because, well, just because. Vanity plate: WAIT4ME ...JMM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 18:57:30 -0400
betrbug Howard hfleming@moosebird.net Front Royal, VA 2001 Jetta TDI - 85 Vanagon 84 Westy 84 Vanagon GL (spare parts that turned into a...
Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 09:19:25 -0600
Hey Mark. Check the archives for last summer. The was a reference to a web site that listed hundreds of names for vans. It...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 16:07:24 -0400
...Any clever nicknames? > > > Greetings all, > > It's come time to name my '91 dark blue Westy. I threw the naming > effort open to my...
Re: nicknames for the generations
Historical mailing list
Wed, 05 Oct 1994 17:07:56 -0400 (EDT)
David asks for the "european" model names for the EuroVan... The Delivery Van/Pick up truck versions are Transporters The 9 passenger van versions...
Re: Registry of Vanagon Nicknames -- whaat happen?
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Fri, 18 May 2001 23:23:26 -0500
"It's only the tip that's big"--Eh. I know where you were starting to go with this one HK. I am paying...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 15:53:01 -0500
...Any clever nicknames? > > > > ... naming my Vanagon.... > > As an amateur astronomer, I was tempted to call my '85 Westy 'The > > Comet': It was big, fat...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 18:17:11 -0300
> It gets worse. We have embroidered towels that say MOTEL VW on > them......We're both seeking help for this problem, but it's...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 11:42:35 EDT
i nicknamed my vanagon: "the vanagon" i nicknamed my cat : "the cat" i nicknamed my dog: "the dog" the car keys: "the car keys...
Re: Registry of Vanagon Nicknames
Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
Sat, 19 May 2001 08:18:31 -0400
Mr. Visket has already done all the work. http://home.earthlink.net/~visket/Type2/BusNames.htm Tom and Dana Cates Asheville, NC 83 Air...
Re: nicknames for the generations
Historical mailing list - J. Walker
Tue, 04 Oct 94 10:11:42 CDT
...all the other nicknames (split-window, bread-loaf/bay-window, brick) refer to an external feature or the shape of the bus. besides ... EuroVans...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - rea
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:26:54 -0400
...Any clever nicknames? > Hi Mark, > > Mine's called "Vera Vanagon". > > That might not sound clever to you, but she lives in the UK where...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 19:12:11 -0600
Ryo-Ohki. It's a character from Tenchi Muyo- http://www.tenchi.com Basically a smallish, weird creature, kinda brown, that makes strange noises...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
Mon, 14 Oct 2002 08:29:18 EDT
My '85 GL has earned the name "Pandora's Waterbox", shortened to Pandora or Pandora's box. It seemed every time I opened up...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Mon, 14 Oct 2002 14:30:29 -0700
that has been long since taken.... Julianna of Corvallis OR. See this photo for proof: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wetwesties/files/Tiico%20Install...
Re: nicknames for the generations
Historical mailing list
Tue, 4 Oct 1994 11:17:31 +0800
> so what does a Eurovan look like? well, it ain't a loaf of bread. it ain't > a brick. it's rounded, tall...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - dave
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 19:06:06 -0700
Well, I typed the words "blue vanagon" into this online name generator: http://www.buzzsite.com/goodies/MGSnamegen/ It came back with "Iron Bass...
Re: Any clever nicknames?
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 15:46:13 -0400
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Stan Wilder wrote: > Don't you wish that they would all fall off at the same time like in...
Re: nicknames for the generations
Historical mailing list
Tue, 04 Oct 1994 18:03:50 -0400 (EDT)
Hey joel... you're lucky....I'm in the middle of attending a conference... so I don't have the time to toy with...
Re: nicknames for the generations
Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
Tue, 4 Oct 94 20:25:13 PDT
Sorry, but this is gonna seem pretty dull & bootlicking...... BUT, I think the kids in Wolfsburg got it right. It looks like a EuroVan...
Re: nicknames for the generations
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Tue, 4 Oct 94 8:36:21 PDT
...all the other nicknames (split-window, > bread-loaf/bay-window, brick) refer to an external feature or the shape of > the bus. besides ... EuroVans...
Re: RE- nicknames for generatio
Historical mailing list
Wed, 5 Oct 94 17:23:27 MDT
> In keeping with the "B" theme (Bulli, Bus/Bread-loaf/Bay-Window, Brick) > I'd like to toss out Barn, as in, "as big...