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4Gears4Tires
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That Westy trailer description is hilarious.
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Dark Alley Dan
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 7:07 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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Spotted in a wrecking yard in the Freiburger and Finnigan show:
https://youtu.be/nBKu6oRnZlg?t=404
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campism
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 9:51 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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Valley Westys in Staunton VA had one like this in progress a few years ago when I stopped by. Got pix and probably posted them before but ill try to find them again.
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Sodo
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 5:43 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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Gaza sadness at Shifa hospital.
Jehad Alshrafi photo, Associated Press photo, July23, 2025.
Someone has kept this old van running.
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Xevin 
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 6:54 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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Tour de France a few days ago
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4Gears4Tires
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2025 4:50 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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Joker edition
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campism
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2025 5:50 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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| 4Gears4Tires wrote: |
| Joker edition |
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campism
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2025 2:24 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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In a "Post any pic you want" thread elsewhere.
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EverettB
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bertobarb
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 10:12 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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Not your average Vanagon. Seen on Google Maps, street view - from Kernville, California |
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Fish
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Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 11:34 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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Not your average Vanagon. Seen on Google Maps, street view - from Kernville, California |
This looks like it may be VW LT model of truck???
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GoEverywhere
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 12:21 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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Not your average Vanagon. Seen on Google Maps, street view - from Kernville, California |
This looks like it may be VW LT model of truck??? |
Yeah, its an LT, likely an LT50. |
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whatwrenchwhere
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 1:17 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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Watching the 1995 video of when a tank was stolen from National Guard and rampaged San Diego.
It looks like it took out a Vanagon at 5:53 seconds.
https://youtu.be/h8fgWY01_Lk?feature=shared&t=353
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67rustavenger
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 1:36 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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| GoEverywhere wrote: |
| Fish wrote: |
| bertobarb wrote: |
Not your average Vanagon. Seen on Google Maps, street view - from Kernville, California |
This looks like it may be VW LT model of truck??? |
Yeah, its an LT, likely an LT50. |
There was an LT at the Bug Run this year. I think he rolled by Saturday afternoon while I was chatting with you on the Pit Road.
I really wanted to have a better look at the LT but, I couldn't find it. 
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dieseltdi
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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Looks more like a MANN/VW overlander that was developed for the Sahara desert races. I have run into two of these over the years and even have pics of both. One couple I met in Corpus Christi, TX. They were on an around the world tour and had just driver the length of South America and were headed north to Alaska after some beach time! The other was at Upheaval Dome in the north part of the Canyonlands. No-one was around to talk to but it had Euro plates. If I could find the pictures I could post them up. Hayden
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DanHoug
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2025 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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Freddy Mercury... maybe he was cool enough to have arrived in it.
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tgraham
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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From the LL Bean - catalog -- Maine Plates ... anyone here own this one?
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the_benjamin_effect
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: TV/film, Internet, games, magazines... |
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Saw this today in local "What to do in Fall" free advert mag...
Looks like Chuckanut drive...
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