Well I think NOSE RID is very fitting for the Vanagon, since after all, the
primary seating is in the front.  The one thing I miss in my '90 vs. my '82
Vanagon and earlier breadloaf buses is the loss of the overhead storage
locker (now air conditioner).  I always wired the door open (horizontal)
such that the nose of the boards would fit inside the compartment, and
bungee the tail sections to the pop-top cross members.  Worked great for gun
boards up to 8'6", if I cut a hole in the back of the cabinet -- nose just
touched the glass of the hatch, fins just grazing the neck of the passenger
:-)   I have so little need for AC, I'm seriously considering removing the
whole AC unit and building a cabinet to hold up to four shortboards *inside*
and out of the way. Anyone on the list ever removed the AC unit and built
their own version of the storage cabinet?

See you out there!

Chris Radcliffe
chrisr@slip.net
'90 Westy Auto "Blue Whale" [SF SURF]

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> Date:    Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:52:38 -0700
> From:    "Clark, Patrick" <PClark@NORTHPOINT.NET>
> Subject: Surf SF:
>
>
> Couldn't let Chris get by without a mention-- we toyed with "TOES OVR"
and
> "NOSERID" for our '89 Westy but settled with (on a coastal plate no less)
> FNGRVN  for the not so political version of funkengruven.
>
> I have to agree-- I can carry 5 longboards on the rack and the 10 footers
> fit inside if need be.  We usually frequent 41st in Capitola--but we
> wander...see you in the lineup.
>
> Date:    Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:33:09 -0700
> From:    Chris Radcliffe <chrisr@SLIP.NET>
> Subject: Re: What does your VANITY PLATE say?
>
> Mine is "SURF SF", because I surf regularly at Ocean Beach, San Francisco.
> And yes, any Volkswagen van is still the Ultimate Surfing Vehicle.
>