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Subject:Re: Strange Bus Sighting
Date:Tue, 02 Jul 1996 10:51:46 -0400

>I was heading West on I70 from Columbus towards Dayton, OH when I got a
>glimpse of a LATE model bus (?!?!?!?!?!???).  It was heading east so I
>only got a quick look.  The bus was a silver colored 'Loaf with a newer
>looking silver Westy roof (Like on my Vanagon).  The kicker...this Loaf
>had what I believe to be a radiator in the front.  A black grill about
>four foot square.  This was not a retrofit add on?  Was this one of the
>Mexico/Brazillian or somewhere else bus?

I too have seen one of these strange beasts.  Stranger still, the interior
reveals it to be a cross between our beloved 70s model and that of the
vanagons (weird looking dash...).  It seems I heard someone somewhere
mention that the grill is an oil cooler, not a radiator...

Eric
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