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Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:17 am

Yesterday, heading back west down I-84 between Hood River and Portland:

A gray van with cargo box on the roof

A really nice/clean white van with fat tires and a "Transporter" badge

And a nice yellow Bay Westy with the license plate "SMR HME".

I was holding it down in the slow lane while they all passed me 8)

Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:22 am

No.

I've seen a total of 3 in the last 12 months in the Atlanta area. I'll check back in another year. :shock:

Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:24 pm

redtail wrote: dangerber wrote: Just saw a buttercream(light yellow) aircooled Westy with Oregon plates in Stillwater, MN, parked across the street from the library.

That was me! I'm on a summer-long x-country tour of the Western U.S. (and Canada) with my girlfriend, and Stillwater is my turning around point. I grew up here, and my folks still live pretty close to downtown Stillwater.

Action shot:

Right on! You were 3 blocks from my house, and my '90 GL! :D

Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:51 pm

I would need a notepad to keep track off all of the westys I see here in Marin!! :D

Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:05 pm

shenan-agon wrote: Yesterday, heading back west down I-84 between Hood River and Portland:

A really nice/clean white van with fat tires and a "Transporter" badge

I've been spotted! :shock: I guess this means I need to relocate again...

Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:11 pm

Went on a 5 day camping trip to Cape Cod, saw 9 vanagons (7 westy's, 2 pass.), 3 bay windows, and 6 EVC's. Anybody there over the past few days?

Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:59 pm

This has gotta be close to gettin' your picture on the Cover of the Rollin' Stone.....
beautiful!!!

Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:05 pm

On the way back to Maryland from Saratoga Springs on the NY thruway:

[img]http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t249/ommuel/e5037188.jpg?t=1218488710[/img]

anybody's on here?

Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:34 pm

You Mean This One....?

Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:08 pm

thanks! :wink:

Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:27 pm

redtail wrote: dangerber wrote: Just saw a buttercream(light yellow) aircooled Westy with Oregon plates in Stillwater, MN, parked across the street from the library.

That was me! I'm on a summer-long x-country tour of the Western U.S. (and Canada) with my girlfriend, and Stillwater is my turning around point. I grew up here, and my folks still live pretty close to downtown Stillwater.

Action shot:

That photo is totally staged. :lol:

Did you pick up that van out west or back here? Margie and I saw this one in Stillwater... in July '05.

[edit - upon further review, dissimilarity of antenna placement indicates these are probably not the same van. thanks for playing]

Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:44 pm

WTF?
:?

Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:41 pm

I think I saw that bi-colored Air-Cooled I've seen around at the Evans or Alameda lot while riding the Denver RTD light rail downtown to World Con.

Sunday, as we were getting ready to pull out of the Englewood Park and Ride, I saw a silver round-eyed non-Westy parked on the side of the road among the town homes.

Vanagons near to public transportation... Interesting! The city of Wheatridge has announced that it is illegal to sleep in your car parked on the streets, in the context of the impending Democratic National Coronation.

THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT SLEEPING IN YOUR VAN, THOUGH!

:shock:

Best!

Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:55 pm

This morning, 8-12-08 @ 11:42, W bound on SR52 near Land O'Lakes, FL. Flash Silver GL, maybe a 90 or 91.

Don't see many T3's in my area, more's the pity...

Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:06 pm

SteveC - Tampa Bay Area

Quote: Enlightenment came when I realized that any time in my life I was having fun, it was somehow connected with owning a Volkswagen.

Ain't that the Truth..... 8)

Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:25 pm

today on 101 outside of CoosBay Oregon i seen a Vanagon westy synchro.silver,tall tires,and a rack on back that held a ice chest.
then i also seen a Vangon that was red,low profile tires,looked to be 17s,and kind of low, going fast.
today was a slow day,most days i see more,but these cought my eye.
later.

Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:26 pm

Back from the US, I saw a bus at the Canadian border in Lacolle, nice looking, red with white top, at the border. It was parked at the "please wait while I put my latex gloves on" station. While passing it, I saw a "Che Guevara" face portrait painted on the side.

I guess bus people always have a harder time at the border...

JP

Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:33 pm

On my way to work I saw one this morning...

where: Bake Pkwy, Lake Forest, So. Cal.

time: 8 am

description: Orly Blue Carat (circa 1988 and up), scratched paint on left side, white line on tires.

This is the 1rst thing happened to me: I am in my Blue Cara too...I honked, we waved and smile to each other and drove side by side for a wile

it was fun....

Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:07 pm

0to60 ~ keep your eyes open... Lanval is back on the road! While you were making friends on Bake, I was on Walnut and Jamboree, not having any Vanagon buddies... :(

See you round,

Lanval

Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:16 pm

Went from Corona all the way to Downtown L.A. No sighting there or back in the afternoon. Lotta thumbs up from passersby though. Specially when I left the Court complex... may be my plate.... 8)
B