Hello Everyone.  Hope you had a good Holiday.
  I compiled the 'list of names', as promised.  It became massive (over 4
pages of single spaced type!)  So I SAVED y'all the frustration of getting
it as a message here- I made a WEB SITE.

  http://users.aol.com/PRStests/VWvanNAMES.html

  Just 'click through' to see the list, and some of the stories behind the
names.  Thanks, again, to all who contributed.  Best regards.
  [Oh yeah, no need to bother the group with 'thank yous', okay?]