Tie Dye curtains also work on Vanagon's. I have them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 4:38 PM
Subject: "Westphalian"

> My S.O. coined that word yesterday as she handed me a little rug she just
> found at an IKEA store.
>
>  She's been laughingly approving of my 84 Faux-Westie van since I began
> using it to replace my diesel-guzzling Powerstroke Ford and Alaskan camper
> combo.  My van has pretty nice seats, brown captains chairs, but my
> Chesapeake retriever and our barn cat really seem to like that soft velour
> like upholstery, so I try to keep the passenger side, at least, covered up
> from wet pets, etc.  Usually, it's an old Mexican blanket, folded up, or
> sometimes a Pendleton wool throw blanket that matches my dog's hair..She
> always has to take the 'seat cover' off to sit in the right seat, to avoid
> dog hair and stickers, etc etc.
>
>  On a rare trip to town (Portland, Or.) she went into that store, for some
> reason..and came home with this small 'rag-weave' throw rug, just right to
> lay across the passenger seat.  "Here, dear" she said, "For you.  I saw
> this
> and it was so "westphalian" that I just HAD to get it for your van"
>
>  Anyone else want to point out other examples of very "Westphalian" stuff?
> I have a few more examples:  Those small three legged stools..mine are
> Mexican with tooled leather seats.  My rear seat upholstery..Never seen
> that
> pattern of multi-colored blocks on brown background elsewhere but in
> Westies...Ummm, that distinctive sound that the slider makes when being
> slammed closed...I can hear one of "us" for half a mile in a campsite..
> Tie
> dyed curtains? Probably more "splitty-specialized"
>
>  anyhow, I liked the word.
> Don Hanson