> Hi again,
>
> Please read all the way through!
>
> Can anyone tell me what years this Vanagon was produced?  I wanted to
> try to get one of these to enlarge my vanagon fleet.  I don't think they
> were imported to the US.  Perhaps it is a spinoff of the Cold War?  What
> is the range and top speed ?  My guess at top speed would be about 100
> mph or 87 knots.  It looks very areodynamic.
>
> Here is link to the picture of the Vanagon:
>
> http://images.burningman.com/index.cgi?
> image=7249&q_year=&q_photog=&q_keyword=&q_category=art_cars

The above link  shows an image for Cinnabar Charm which his a Type II.  If
you are serious about this vehicle, do a search on the site for Cinnabar
Charm.

When you said knots, I thought you were referring to the submarine
Vanagon.  Am I missing something?  The submarine Vanagon has been
converted to look like a submarine. It even has a periscope installed, and
is operated by a guy who calls him self Captain Ping.  You can here the
bus pinging through it's loudspeakers.

I met Capt. Ping in Reno, after driving for 10 hours from Los Angeles.  He
drove circles around me in the parking lot at Safeway.  He didn't say "hi"
or any normal salutation like that.  All he said was: "How many times did
you break down before you got here?"

I had to laugh.  What a greeting.  It said sooo much about my relationship
to my vehicle.

The answer was twice.  And there would be three more to come before I got
home.

There is also a camp called VW Bus Camp, but Cinnabar and Ping prefer to
camp on their own.  For more information see: http://www.vwbuscamp.com

Love and Rockets,
DaBomb