>Although flame art has never been popular among Vanagon owners

Well...............

There is a black aircooled Vanagon that has been sitting forelornly at a
local VW shop for at least nine months (reason unknown) that features a
brilliant white, yellow, and red set of flames painted around the front
and part way down each side.  My son (age 9) thinks it is wicked cool and
wants me to buy it for him...........

Funny, I never realized the irony of the flame paint job until this
series of posts!

If anyone is interested I'll drop by and grab some digital pics.

Tony

Anthony L. Mourkas
Hampden, Maine, USA