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Subject:Re: Nearly creamed by a Syncro AW
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:19:29 -0800

There's a young couple who vintage race a pair of Sunbeam Imps who bring
their Commer Camper to the track!

Adorable, really.

On Jan 25, 2008 11:06 AM, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
> Interesting tale,
> Few of us in the states would know what a  "one of those inboard-wheeled
> 60s
> Commer vans"
> is, and what are inboard wheels ?
> an extra narrow track on one end, or ?
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Andrew Grebneff
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 2:14 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Nearly creamed by a Syncro AW
>
> >Well, I have read about a husband and wife crashing into each other.
> >And I did have two consecutive serial numbers of the same kind of car
> once.
> >
> >
> >'running the light' .........what kind of vanagon or syncro owner does
> that
> >! ?
> >scott
> >turbovans
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> >Nunya Business
> >Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:57 PM
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Re: Nearly creamed by a Syncro AW
> >
> >That's probably the strangest variation of the 'was that anybody on the
> >list' routine I've seen. It did make me stop to think, however, that I've
> >never seen an accident that involved two of the same vehicle.
> >
> >Cya,
> >Robert
>
> I did see the aftermath of two mid-late-70s Coronas colliding (RT100
> & RT104, same car but different years) and while I had my 57 VW
> panelvan I found myself following (in my other vehicle) one of those
> inboard-wheeled 60s Commer vans with a plate one digit later than
> mine.
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
> , Opinions stated are mine, not those of Otago University
> "There is water at the bottom of the ocean"  - Talking Heads
>

--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
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