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Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:04 pm

Hi!
Just wondering if anyone feels as attached and is in love with their westie or vanagon as much as i am...my little guy's name is "gregory"....named him after a very special person i met on the samba...what about you guys..what did you, or did you name your westie...what is his or her name, and how did you come to name it...see ya' , connie.

Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:52 pm

Schultz

As in the big-German guy from Hogan's Heros.

Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:29 pm

Well, it is a Stock 1986 VanagonGL, not a westie, but right now we have 2 names for her, and we are trying to figure out which one fits.
The first one we came up with was "GrunHilda", the second was "Gertrude".

Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:15 pm

my 87 westy is anne :D , my 87 syncro ruby :D , that's my wife's car, and the 99 euro is still in the air :?

Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:42 pm

I call my 83 diesel Vanagon L the Turtle...well, the kids call it something else but what do THEY know..... :x

Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:46 pm

1985 westy- the white lightning aka lazy lightning
my old 76 westy- shirese

Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:19 pm

mine's name "westy"

Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:21 pm

Twelve years ago when I bought my bus, my co-workers named it the "Mystery machine". The name stuck, so I kept it. Now I have a son who is 30 months or so, and in his limited vocabulary is "s'cool bus". That may be the new name as the bus hits puberty in my ownership.

Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:01 am

My 91 Westy is named "Fafner", honoring one of my favorite writers-Julio Cortazar-who just happened to own a bay Westy back in the 70s and wrote this nice short story about it:

http://members.tripod.com/~torlasco/Fafner.html

Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:52 am

I actually had a really good and close friend name mine for me. Her name is Miss Xplodes (or Miss X). I think it is a great name. Thanks Connie!!

Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:06 am

:D 91 carrat----LULU :twisted:

Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:54 am

Esmeralda

Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:16 pm

:lol: josephine (after my mother-in-law)
you work it out :wink:

Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:44 pm

the old 80_the flying V, the diesel_big nelly, my 86_The War Horse :twisted:

Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:12 pm

we named our 87 westy 'flash'....because on one hand it's official VW colour is flash silver. on the other because it's so damn fast....NOT! :D

Sun May 01, 2005 7:28 am

My '84 Westy is named the "Weenie-wagon".
Might have something to do with the color: It's the same tannish-brown of Oscar Meyer hotdogs.
edited to add picture link.
http://groups.msn.com/FirearmsforsalebyGlennHancock/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=464

Sun May 01, 2005 6:59 pm

My '89 vanagon GL weekender (bed but no pop top) is sometimes called the red monster, especially when it is in need of repairs. My parents had a '76 bay 7 passenger that was a nasty lime color we called "the pickle" or "picklemobile"

Mon May 02, 2005 12:09 am

My three year old named our 87 Westy "Willie Westy" and our 01 Eurovan Camper Willamina

Mon May 02, 2005 10:41 am

When I first got my 82 Westy I could not for the life of me decide weather it was a girl or a boy. So I named her Lola. Just like the song.

Wed May 04, 2005 5:26 pm

well, i've had 3 busses with names, and one that i didnt get attached to.

sold last week: The turtlebus, a 71 muralized camper.

burnt up (check those gas lines!): Delilah, a 78 people mover

currently: An 87 westy we JUST named China Cat. It is black with a white nose panel, so we were thinking panda... the name ling ling came up, but i said no. Panda van was in the running, but it wasnt personal enough. so China Cat it is.

China Cat
China Cat!

now its time to buy the corresponding dead bear to sit on my dashboard...

peace.