Oh yeah, beat this then- 
( it's still Friday right ? )
I noticed my gas cap was missing on my TD vanagon out in the desert near
Taos, NM, 
And I went back and found it on the dirt road !! 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Stephen Grisanti
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 1:26 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: roadkill treasures..was: Re: wanted: 14" wheel covers

>it pays to keep your eyes peeled..

Oh, yeah.  I found a replacement hubcap for my old van
hundreds of miles from home by doing this, and found
about 700+ hats besides, and tools, and a litter of
kittens that someone had dumped on the shoulder...

Stephen

--- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 1/18/08 4:17:18 PM Eastern
> Standard Time,
> vw.doka@GMAIL.COM writes:
>
>
> > Can we at least get the Lat-Long coordinates of
> those hubcaps?
> >
> > Hey!  That's not a bad idea.  An online map of
> Vanagon parts that have been
> > strewn around the countryside.
> >
> >
>
> about 8 years ago i was driving down the PA
> turnpike, and i saw out of the
> corner of my eye, up against the median guardrail,
> what looked like a vanagon
> fiberglass bumper section.. i said.. no way...what
> are the chances of that..
> and continued on my trip.   but i remembered the
> mile marker..
>
> on my way home, i stopped.. and sure enough..
> it was half of a vanagon rear fiberglass
> bumper..split down the middle..
> with a good endcap on it!
>
> it pays to keep your eyes peeled..
>  :<)
>
>
>
>
> **************
> Start the year off right.  Easy ways to stay in
> shape.
>
>
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>

 
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