Jeffrey Earl wrote:

>John Rodgers  wrote:
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>>>I have available  vacuum casting equipment
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>sufficient to do small castings - principally in white
>metal, brass, bronze, silver and gold.
>If anyone has any suggestions about Vanagon related
>stuff I would like to hear of it - Vanagon badges,
>etc, or even new items to be developed that might have
>an vanagon  theme.
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>John,
>
>Whaddya think about a series of high-mileage grill
>badges like those offered for Volvos and Mercedes?
>http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2005/05/10/072401.html
>
>These could commemorate one's Vanagon attaining
>100,000, 250,000, and more, miles (at this point,
>would any of us NOT qualify for the 100k?).
>
>I'm a graphic designer by trade and could assist in
>the design of the badges, and even provide CAD or .DXF
>production files for the tooling if desired.
>
>Jeffrey Earl
>1983 diesel Westfalia "Vanasazi"
>http://www.vanthology.com/
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I like the idea. I'm not much of a designer, though. I would depend on
others like yourself for the design. Do you have anything in mind
specifically?? Send sketches if possible. They can be refined later as
CAD or DXF files.

These can possibly be done in white metal, or brass plated with sterling
silver.

John