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Subject:Re: Names
From:Jim Cochran
Date:Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:55:03 -0700

Oooooo. I want that haircut!
Jim C

On Oct 3, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Tony Collins wrote:

> You can always follow Vanilla with Ice, Ice baby
> http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/49d2/vanilla_ice.jpg
> Just sayin'
>
> tony
>
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Jim Cochran <mxsailor@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> When I told my wife about this thread, she said, "Oh well, then. We
> HAVE to give the Westy a name. So now we have a white 86' by the name
> of "Vanilla." Will we actually use the name? Wait and see, I guess.
>
> Jim C
> 71 Van
> 86 Westy 2.1 "Vanilla"
>
>
>
> On Oct 3, 2008, at 5:33 AM, Larry Alofs wrote:
>
> When we bought our first vanagon, an '80, the PO informed us that
> it's name
> was Flanagon Vanagon.  We had to name our second one ourselves, so I
> came up
> with Vincent Van-G0.  Thought it was pretty original at the time,
> but that
> was before I discovered this list.  I've probably seen about half a
> dozen
> cases of the same name mentioned since.
>  When we got our present '91 since it is the same color as Vincent
> had been
> we decided he must a cousin, so his name is Vinnie.
>  Recently I bought a Westy that I hauled north from San Antonio on a
> trailer.  The Digiwife says that since it's yellow and from Texas
> the name
> must be Rose.
>
> so it goes...
> Larry A.
>
>
>
> --
> 82 Scirocco "Rodolfo"
> 85 Vanagon "Blubrik, El Guapo"