Hmmm....

Well my Westy came from a dude who bought it at auction. No name
transferred to him, so none to me. Besides if I was going to name it,
I wouldn't take on someone elses' name. Kinda like the boat thing. I
gather it's tradition to rename a boat when you buy it.

Likely I'm not the naming type though several float around. "Patch",
"BecksBus" that I recall. A girlfriend of mine refers to it as
"VanaGogo", but it's not my "bent" to name it something like that.

Oh well. I still enjoy it just the same!

Neil.

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On 8/8/07, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Some vehicles are given names, some earn them and some
> never get them.  We've had our camper for a year now
> and the PO, who called it Max, asks me if the van has
> a new name or gender.
>
> I had always thought I'd name it after a local NPR
> radio hostess, a German lady given to odd and
> eccentric pronouncements and mannerisms.  Hasn't
> happened yet, nor has another occurred to us or
> suggested itself.  Guess we'll see what happens.
>
> In the same way, the plan for a vanity plate has not
> been realized because of the not-quite-right aspect,
> or perfect-plate-but-wrong-vehicle.  You just know
> when it's right.  Kinda like love, I reckon.
>
> Stephen
>
> --- Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> wrote:
>
> > I can't see myself naming a car or a machine or
> > whatever like I name my
> > children.  They get their name from their
> > usefulness, their service, the
> > reason we like them for.  In my case, when I was
> > thinking to give it a name,
> > I had more than one around and the one we used for
> > the vacations, I named
> > Campy One.  The others had the two and tree, etc.
> > names.  Later I stopped
> > the practice but the Campy One name has stuck.  It
> > is number one to us
> > still, and been with us for fifteen years.
> > The kids grew up with it and can't think without it.
> >  It is a member of the
> > family, it took us from San Diego to the Arctic
> > Ocean to the Grand Canyon
> > and much more and all inbetween and back.
> > It was stolen once, missed it for a year, but it
> > came back without any real
> > great loss.
> > Originally I got it burnt out in the back, took a
> > lot of cleaning of the
> > soot inside and replacing all the things that was on
> > the top of the engine.
> > I can't see myself selling it now, especially that I
> > don't have to take it
> > to emissions anymore.
> > I have an other dozen Westies today without names
> > though, but they are
> > candidates for restorations.
> > Zoltan
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 8:24 PM
> > Subject: Why can't I name my Bus??
> >
> >
> > > Subject say's it all.
> > >
> > > Dunno. Maybe I just need inspiration.
> > >
> > > Maybe I'll call it: "No Name Brand"
> > >
> > > ;^)
> > >
> > > Neil.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Please send me your Vanagon/Westfalia links!
> > > http://vanagonlinks.googlepages.com/home
> > >
> > > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
> > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil