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Subject:Re: Heffalump Sighting
From:Stephen Overmyer
Date:Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:38:40 +1000

Rear end of the pop top said "HEFFALUMP" instead of Westfalia.
On Friday I was sitting at the shop in my son's 97 Jetta working on the
steering column when a Brown/Tan Wolfsburg went eastbound on Rte 50 here
in good Ol' Chillamacothe.  I was getting out of the car when they drove
by me within a few yards. My buddies at the auto shop get such a kick
out of watching me see a van on the road... I wouldn't call it excited,
but I DO ENJOY seeing other vans.
It appeared to be a 84/85 from the back. By the stuff in the luggage
rack and in the back, they were obviously in camping/touring mode.
License plate was from Missouri.
Anybody know the driver?  On the List? Just curious... I know you Left
Coasters just can't understand why we Eastern Hinterlander Vanagonites
get so excited when we spot a fellow degenerate.
It's just good to know that there are other crazies out there.

We're here...;) I've enjoyed our nightly coverage of the Tour de France
here in Oz for the cycling...but almost as much for how many VWs I can
spot along the sides of the roads.

BTW, when you guys refer to Jettas in the US, is that name used for what
the rest of us would call an earlier model
Golf or a Passat ? I've never been sure....Golfs were always Golfs,
never Caddies or whatever here and Passats have been Passats ever since
circa 1974...
Perhaps it was the Golf that had a boot (or trunk in the US) as opposed
to the hatchback..? Here that was called a
Vento....

Cheers,
Steve O
NSW Australia
'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
'00 Transporter Double Cab
'03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
'78 Landrover Series 3 Soft top (ex-Aust Army)