when i got my van last weekend, it came with a way cool brass vw belt buckle
(amongst other things).  it's 3" diameter, and mean lookin', in a
redneck-hippie kind of way.  now all i need is a belt designed to take
removable buckles.

aaron
'87 syncro westy ej22

>From: Mike Williams <westyvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
>Reply-To: Mike Williams <westyvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: FRIDAY: Aquired Treasures (WAS) Re: Roll of duct tape doubles as
>            cupholder
>Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:43:08 -0800
>
>Hello listees,
>
>i'm just wondering what, if anything, any of you have
>aquired in your vanagons when you purchased them.
>i've personally come up with some pretty wierd
>stuff...especially in that nook ok the side of the
>rear bench seat...by the way...you should always check
>that for illegal paraphranelia left there by the
>previous owner...both of my 84 Vanagon Westies came
>with roaches, and one came with a cheap mexican pipe
>stuffed with schwag weed...mmmm...old schwag (no, i
>didn't smoke it)!
>
>the most interesting things i aquired were tokens of
>'luck' from previous owners...like a miniature buddha
>that was velcroed to the panel above the instrument
>cluster...and a jade charm that was supposedly traded
>for food when the PO met up with some hungry nomad
>hippie...
>
>both of my vans came with bottle openers, pocket
>knives, and mexican bed roll blankets.  i didn't quite
>understand these gifts until i started traveling with
>my westy...but i realized the bottle opener is to help
>you crack a cold one when you break down in the
>desert...the knifes are to help loosen fasteners in
>your coolant system...and the blankets are for when
>you slip with the knife and cut the coolant hose,
>forcing you to sleep in the desert until help
>arrives...if...it...arrives...
>
>haha...i'd love to hear your stories volks...lemme
>know what free stuff you got!
>
>Mike
>2nd 84 Westy
>
>--- Mike Frost <mafrost@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > Are you saying that there are vanagons out there
> > WITHOUT a roll of duct tape
> > between the seats? How would you do field repairs?
> >
>
>
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