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Subject:Re: Anyone upgraded the horn?
From:Michael Elliott
Date:Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:48:55 -0800

Jake, I'm with you, man! Anyone remember the Furry Freak Brothers? "Hey,
man -- your car go `meep-meep!'"

I won't be trying to intimidate anyone on the road real soon now, at least
not in a Vanagon. Near as I can tell, anyone who needs to hear the horn
can hear it. No sense makin' 'em jump!

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 2/17/2008 4:42 PM Jake de Villiers wrote:

> That's one of my favourite parts of my clown van, the horn.  Beep - beep!
> Maybe she was giving you a compliment.  :)
>
> On Feb 17, 2008 3:35 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I honked at my wife the other day as I was driving in the 83 with my
>> granddaughter. She said "pop, you've got to do something about this car.
>> It
>> sounds like it has a clown car horn."
>> And so it does. Anybody know of a cheap effective upgrade? I'm not looking
>> to drive semis off the highway, just something that gets as much respect
>> as
>> attention.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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