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Subject:Re: fender parts
From:Karl Wolz
Date:Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:40:14 -0700

Boats bump into fenders, but Joy bumped her fender.  Does that make
Matilda a boat?

Aargh, Cap'n Joy.

Karl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> Jake de Villiers
> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 4:22 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: fender parts
>
> Hey Geek. Cars have bumpers, boats have fenders!
>
> On 1/21/06, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Joy,
> >
> > Chris is just yanking your chain. He knows as well as most of us
that you
> > meant the side pieces of your rear bumper.
> >
> > Fender is just a guitar. =) Vanagons don't have "fenders" in the
> > automotive
> > sense. The back area over the wheels is comonly called a rear
quarter
> > panel
> > as it is not removable. Front quatrter panel fo rhte fornt is my
guess. VW
> > calls the area over the wheel as "wheel arches". That is the closest
they
> > have to a fender.
> >
> > <twang> <twang>
> >
> > It's all Geek to me.
> >
> > BenT
> >
>
>
>
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> Jake
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