Well, if you want an excellent belt designed just to the specs of your mean-lookin' redneck buckle, I happen to have a really nice cousin who's a truly hot-shit leathersmith.  More of the hippie than the redneck variety, but I'm sure he could make you a belt you'd love.

Check out www.fredeisenleather.com. Tell him I sent you.

Oh, and as for weird stuff in that crack just left of the seat - Karl M. and I found a real horseshoe here, when we cleared everything out for him to install my propex heater.  Also a lot of bits of junk, toys, pencils, money.  But the horseshoe was pretty weird!  I did not keep it for good luck - gave it to Karl, who said he'd recycle it.

Is it still Friday back there in the US somewhere?  Yeah, it's Friday in Hawaii, isn't it?

Joy

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Joy Hecht
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon

For musings about life and the vanadventures:
http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy

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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of Aaron Pearson
:::Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 2:11 AM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: FRIDAY: Aquired Treasures (WAS) Re: Roll of duct tape
:::doubles as cupholder
:::
:::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