On Mar 26, 2010, at 12:30 PM, neil n wrote:

> On 3/26/10, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Steve died before Vanagons, but we know he had several Beetles and
>> VW based
>> dune buggies.
>
>
> Saw  "The Thomas Crown Affiar" not long ago.  Scene with him and Faye
> (mmmm.... Faye) on beach showed off a VW Buggie (Manx??).

Yep it was a Meyers Manx- I had seen it in person in the 70's after
the movie, when a local Honolulu car guy bought it & a friend of mine
maintained it.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ

> Yah, he
> would have driven a Vanagon. Likely a 2WD with Porsche upgrade, great
> beach colour and wheels.
>
> Sadly, in searching film name on Wiki, first image shows his DUI photo
> in '72. Still, I think he was too cool and did well for having what
> looks like a tough start in life.
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
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