Absolutelt nothing wrong with not naming them as well. It is kinda silly -
but a lot of fun.

My personal favorite is Roger Van Till's "Moose Lodge". Not sure Roger is a
list member but I've met him on several occasions with the Buses by the
Beach crowd.

On 8/8/07, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Please send me your Vanagon/Westfalia links!
> http://vanagonlinks.googlepages.com/home
>
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>
>
>
> 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
>

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Thanks,

Jeff
90' Carat (Grover)
86' (We call this one Parts)
85' GL (Preparing for reanimation)