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mightyart
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 Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 5:17 am Post subject: It's not your fathers hippie van |
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It's an 80's yuppy-hippie van!
Puff the magic dragaon lived by the seat.
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guavajelly
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what a riot!
they don't make ads like that anymore
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Van-go108
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I see they flont that hand rolled smoke in near every pic.  Hilarious. Maybe that's why they designed Vanagons to be slow.  It feels fast dude....
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riceye
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:24 am Post subject: |
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Hey Art,
What magazine was that from? I'd like to read the report on the road test!
Salud,
Ric
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BigDog
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I remember Car and Driver did a road test on a '67 bus. They would give comparisons to other cars they had recently tested.
On the 0-to-60 test, the bus pulled something like 44 seconds. They listed this next to some rocket like the Shelby Cobra that did it in 7 seconds. |
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Van-go108
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On the 0-to-60 test, the bus pulled something like 44 seconds. They listed this next to some rocket like the Shelby Cobra that did it in 7 seconds. |
Yeah I can believe that. I think they didn't try that with the Claer Bus. Or this one. Of course, A Shelby ???? http://youtube.com/watch?v=f3xLQjpQshY&mode=related&search=
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keithwwalker
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| That's Bill and Hillary!!! |
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vanagon john
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Hey Art,
What magazine was that from? I'd like to read the report on the road test!
Salud,
Ric |
I got a book from G.W. and it had tons of different reports about the vanaogn. I bet if I looked around I could even find it and tell you the books name. |
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keithwwalker
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Was it this book from Brooklands?
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vanagon john
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| yep. |
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aswah
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| That's Bill and Hillary!!! |
ah, too good looking... have you ever seen the vintage pictures of those two... yikers! |
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woggs1
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BigDog
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Whoa, dude! So far out, dude!
(from one who is very grateful he isn't famous enough for someone to dig up all pictures of his....) |
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RicoS
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:59 am Post subject: Re: It's not your fathers hippie van |
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| mightyart wrote: |
It's an 80's yuppy-hippie van!
Puff the magic dragaon lived by the seat. |
This certainly brings back the memories, but looking at that broad, I wonder how I ever survived the Free Love Era. If it weren't for all those creamy a-go-go dancers who, among other things, knew how to shave their legs, I might have ended up in a monastery.
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Van-go108
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mightyart
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