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sluggo
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Location: Portland, Or.
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| JGKoenig wrote: |
| My daughter named mine the "Great Pumpkin." |
Bottomend named mine "The Great Pumpkin"! I'll Roshambo you for it!
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Adventurewagen
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Joined: April 14, 2003
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Location: Seattle
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Bert.
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morgj
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Joined: December 14, 2005
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Location: Spotsylvania, VA
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Icy wrote:
"Puddle Jumper". I made a short movie about it.
Do tell, we'd love to see it. Does it actually jump through the air?
As for names, mine's just "the bus" until inspiration hits me. I've referred to it as the "mini-winni" but would never call it that. GWB was already taken also. Snuffleluffabus was too long. Hippopotabus was taken. So, "the bus" it is. Although it has been called other things at times, sometimes not too affectionately by people behind me, but alas, I digress...
Morgan
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1973 Westfalia
1992 Cabriolet
1973 Super Rust Bucket
Full Moon Bus Club - A family of Bus owners who love camping!
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HereToGo
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Joined: April 17, 2001
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Combination name: 'Sgt. Hulka' for being like a cranky old drill sergeant and for the sage green paint.
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VWBusrepairman
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| The first song I ever played on the car stereo was The Hell Rider by Judas Priest. Hence, Dante - The Hell Rider. |
excellent metal reference.
Dante's Inferno- good listen by Iced Earth should you like that kind of metal. |
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DurocShark
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Joined: April 05, 2004
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Location: Crappy town in a crappy state. But the beach is nearby, so I have that going for me.
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Dante's Inferno- good listen by Iced Earth should you like that kind of metal. |
I'd forgotten about them. I have a couple CDs right here... 
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waterboy
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Joined: January 19, 2006
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Location: Lake county, california
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| "Blue Thunder" - don't know why, it is baby blue though! |
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VW Abbzug
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Joined: February 03, 2006
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Location: Tucson, AZ
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My '71 is named Bonnie Abbzug, after the Ed Abbey character of the same name (from The Monkey Wrench Gang). Perfect fit, too... the bus is just as temperamental as her namesake!  |
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upnorthman
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Joined: March 29, 2006
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Location: Elk Rapids, MI
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My wife's family cars all thier cars by the color such as silvie and redie the jeep is dusty though. The other day she said how about Pee Pee. Uh no, no no. My guess is it will end up being the bus or greenie
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1976 sage green westy
2.0 FI rebuilt once...miles on it?
For my brother who is no longer here:
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Liveonjg
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Joined: March 14, 2006
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Location: Eugene, Oregon
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My 77 Westy's named Ripple. I've always loved that song. Besides, the PO painted her purple... and ripple is a name for inexpensive wine.
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77 FI 2L Westfalia - Ripple
77 FI 2L Westfalia - Althea
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GregKnod
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Location: San Jose, CA
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My '71 high top's name is "Gerty" - don't ask why
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jerseyboy
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Location: South Jersey
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my g/f named our '71 Farben...it's German for colors or colorful.
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flat4freak1978
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Location: stone mountain georgia
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my bus goes by "the great gonzo" after my favorite muppet. and it just kinda fits him.
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1978 bus. 2.0 f.i. manual trans. "the great gonzo" |
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Hippopotabus
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Location: Miwuk Village, CA
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HIPPOPOTABUS
Its large and shaped like a Hippo and if you break it apart the rest says it all
HIPPO - Large amphibious mamal that loves to camp
POT - Hee he he
A BUS - Commonly refer to a VW Westfalia by the laymen. 
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Celer, Silens, Letalis
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Gary
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| flat4freak1978 wrote: |
| my bus goes by "the great gonzo" after my favorite muppet. and it just kinda fits him. |
Great Album!
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mmcleod
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Location: Mobile, AL
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Grasshopper----but the name is actually the name she gave me. How do I know? Because I "heard" her call me this one afternoon while working on her. I asked, why? She replied, "because you don't what in the hell you are doing"!
I am trying........and one day she will run!!
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Dead 1
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Location: Burning shores of Lake Michigan
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| My '71 high top's name is "Gerty" - don't ask why |
Why 
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"The American Dream - true enough because you gotta be asleep to believe it"
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hambone
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Location: Portland, OR
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| I'm surprised at the weird names here, you guys are a bunch of freaks. Good job. |
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twinfalls
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Location: France
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My first bus ( a blue 10 seaters ) was "Nini Bus"; From my son's baby language: Mini was spelled Nini for quite a while.
My second ( a Westy ) has no name, however my girl friend says: "The orange" about my bus, and "the red" about my car.
I had a Citroen 11 named "Grosse Berthe" in the 60's. 
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redgirl
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Location: Victoria, BC
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Certain people keep calling it Turtle. I think it has something to do with Mutant Ninja Turtles and the bus they rode in.
I think I'm going to call it Caravaggio (the fifth turtle killed at birth?)
Too wordy? Whaddya think?
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