My westy is named  & plated "DETLEF" after the little German man who  
owned it for its 1st 18 years & put 38k miles on it in that time. He  
kept it so pristine, that I plated it in his honor.  My other vws go  
by "the doublecab", "the blue westy", etc.

Tom B.-sometimes I forget my own name

On Dec 21, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:

> I just can't do the "name" thing.  I have a hard enough time  
> remembering the
> names of people I know (phone numbers are not a problem though), so  
> naming
> vehicles is nearly impossible.  Usually, my many, many vans have  
> been simply
> called: the red bus, the white bus, the blue bus, etc.  Certain  
> vans will
> get downgraded to the red turd, the white turd, the blue turd,  
> etc.  The
> Tristar is called "The Tristar".  The closest I've ever come to  
> naming a
> vehicle was nearly 30 years ago when I was riding a Honda XR500,  
> that heavy
> beast came to be know as "The Red Sled".
>
> Viele Gr��e,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Anthony Egeln
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:16 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: vans
>
>
> Thomas,  I don't know if there is an official christening....my  
> kids and I
> just started referring to my van as Hidalgo after seeing the movie  
> of the
> same name....about the indefatigable, independent and intelligent wild
> mustang horse, who could go anywhere and never quit!  The name  
> seems to fit.
> Cheers, Anthony
> '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
>
>
> Thomas Butler <thomas_butler@MSN.COM> wrote: I have an �87 Syncro  
> Weekender
> and I was reading posts yesterday and
> somebody said that half the fun of owning these things is making  
> them your
> own.  I have started this process by adding the swivel seat to the  
> passenger
> side.  What I would like to do is add the shelf that runs over the  
> sink and
> stove in the full camper models.  Does anybody have pictures of  
> this shelf
> that they could share?  I�m looking for dimensions and how the  
> track for the
> curtains is located.
>
>
>
> Also � it seems to me like you guys all have attachments to these  
> things
> that is only rivaled by old Harley riders � I have a �71  
> Electroglide myself
> so I understand � and I�m wondering if there is a process used for
> christening your ride.   I have seen vans and busses called Horst,  
> Matilda,
> Blue, Emma and other names and I�m curious.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
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