There was a dude on the list a few years ago who tricked out a Syncro
with a hardtop for Jimmy Buffet --- there's probably a celebrity
vanagon list that folks like me aren't welcome on :-)

And perhaps they are all followed by the butler in the flatbed
towtruck --- at a discrete distance of course............

Cheers,
Doug

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> �Wonder why Hanks chose a 4wd to drive on main highways? �I know, he can
> probably afford whatever he wants...at least he didn't choose a Uni-Moog
> Euro style Paris-Dakar truck camper like I see some of our Euro friends
> driving around on our freeways...but you don't really need a syncro to get
> from LA to SlickCity
> and he probably would have made the remaining miles without running dry in a
> 2wd....
> �Now if that was Leno driving the Gold-Plater from Go Westie he'd have been
> able to keep it going...Leno is a Car Guy...has some really outrageous
> vehicles....keeping a Vanagon going would be childs play for that guy..And
> Letterman? �He could have bedded down with his 'driver' in the outback near
> Wendover and no one would be the wiser..
> �I bet the guys at Go Westie are very happy with Hank's and that
> publicity...They will sell dozens now to other Hollywood types.. �I am
> somewhat surprised that they sold him one that wasn't exactly perfect,
> though....Some Go Westie employee is probably looking for a new job today..
> �Don Hanson
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:01 AM, phil zimmerman <philzimm1@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Edward Duntz <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM> typed in part:
>> Tom Hanks is talking on Letterman about his Syncro Westy.
>>
>> Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM> typed in part:
>> He got his van at Go Westy, beautifully done interior. All the
>> cabinetry was
>> redone and it has the usual Recaro's in it. Go Westy 2.3 or 2.4 motor.
>>
>

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