This reminds me of a humorous situation involving my late father and
the local gendarmes and judge in Gallup, NM, circa October 1966
(pre-I-40 days).  Doesn't involve a Vanagon, but it does involve a VW
Beetle, a vintage 1950 Split Window w/a 36hp and full crashbox
tranny......

My father and I had the chance to buy this Beetle from my father's
friend in Connecticut and drive it home (he did, I stayed home because
I was still in high school).  The total cost of the bug was plane fare
and the gas (cheep then, relatively speaking,) to drive it back to the
Southern California area - probably the best deal for any car I can
recall.  While cruising through Gallup, one of the locals pulled my
father over for speeding (I don't remember how fast it was ticketed
for).  My father immediately took to the judge and challenged it.  The
judge and my father agreed to take ride in it where the ticket was
issued to prove that it could not have been possible for the car to
attain such a speed that it was cited for.  After the ride, the judge
through it out and gave a stern lecture to the ticketing officer, who
was present during the court appearance and road test.  My brother has
a copy of both the ticket and the judge's dismissal order in a family
album somewhere.
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On Nov 10, 2007 6:18 AM, Anthony Zygmunt <tzygmunt@yahoo.com> wrote:
> My wife's uncle who owned a 71 Westy got stopped for
> speeding.  He told the officer that instead of a
> ticket, he should get a metal for getting the van to
> go that fast.
>
>
>
> --- Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> > Shortly after I got the opportunity to test the
> > Westy's new air horns this morning (someone sitting
> > through a green light while waiting to make an
> > illegal
> > left turn), I got on the interstate for the short
> > hop
> > to work.  While merging into traffic and checking
> > the
> > mirrors I spotted a trooper and figured there was
> > nothing for me to worry about, and then right after
> > I
> > got up to (legal) speed his lights went on.  Turns
> > out
> > he was after the kid in the Civic behind me and was
> > I
> > ever relieved, but it's nice to think the WBX could
> > accelerate fast enough to attract the attention of
> > the
> > fuzz.