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retswerb Samba Member
Joined: October 03, 2008 Posts: 75 Location: Tacoma, WA
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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:44 pm Post subject: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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Just ran across a site called the 'internet movie cars database' -- http://www.imcdb.org . Thought some of the rest of you might like to see the Vanagon page, I thought it was interesting and hadn't seen it before. http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles_make-Volkswagen_model-Vanagon&sortBy=4.html
I love the fact that there's a vanagon appearance in an Airwolf episode, I loved that show when I was a kid. _________________ '84 Vanagon GL
Former:
'73 Super Beetle
'71 Beetle
'66 Campmobile
'84 Vanagon GL (different one)
'84 Adventurewagen |
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Steelhead Samba Member
Joined: February 25, 2007 Posts: 1791 Location: Kentfield, CA
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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder if T.C.'s vanagon is still on road somewhere. Maybe in Hawaii. Maybe there's a Magnum PI museum? _________________ '77 Bay Window / '89 Caratsburg (aka. the Stormtrooper) |
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dbo550 Samba Member
Joined: August 28, 2008 Posts: 365 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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Steelhead wrote: |
I wonder if T.C.'s vanagon is still on road somewhere. Maybe in Hawaii. Maybe there's a Magnum PI museum? |
I saw it for sale in the louisville auto trader like 15 years ago and it was the real deal. I've never seen it on the road though but I hope somebody has it in a garage somewhere. _________________ 1985 Westy
2001 Audi Allroad
1999 Volvo v70 xc
1995 Volvo T5-R, Yellow
1998 Jetta GLX |
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Bruce Wayne Samba Member
Joined: May 15, 2007 Posts: 1210
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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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420GOAT Samba Member
Joined: March 31, 2006 Posts: 3343 Location: Wilmington, CA on a nice quiet street but still in the 'hood
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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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^^^sweet _________________ once you realize im not impressed we will get along just fine |
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levi Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2005 Posts: 5522 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, they left out the one in Bourne Identity. A yellow poptop westy. Actually shown twice in the Mini car chase. _________________ One of these days I'm gonna settle down,
but till I do I won't be hangin round.
Going down that long lonesome highway,
gonna see life my way
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Williamtaylor33 Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2007 Posts: 1545 Location: Arkansas
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:21 am Post subject: |
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Just watched "Transporter 3" last night.
Theres a vanagon at the beginning of the movie. _________________ 89 Bostig powered syncro westy |
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mattbobsquarebus Samba Member
Joined: March 03, 2004 Posts: 51
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:40 am Post subject: |
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I remember seeing an Island Hoppers van on Ebay around Atlanta 6-8 years ago. Went pretty cheap and was supposed to be used on the show...
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snowesty Samba Member
Joined: September 06, 2005 Posts: 189 Location: Nelson, BC
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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Just watched Transporter 3 (much better than Transporter 2), and a bunch of vanagons show up. Opening scene has a bimmer and an audi pulling of a ferry, looking all stylish. Then a T3 crosses the nearfield of the shot. I laughed. Near the end the background has what looks to be a t3 ambulance. I'm going to have to go back and check now... _________________ Fritz - '86 Syncro Tintop, Camper interior
Toaster - '91 Multivan Westy, 4sp. |
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GBA 88West LA Samba Member
Joined: September 04, 2008 Posts: 1279 Location: New Hampshire
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:48 am Post subject: |
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there was a westy in the background on last weeks night rider, and of course on this weeks lost they showed two 69-71 light blue pristine bay hard top dharma campers _________________ 88 Westy GL Vanaru 07 2.5 EJ25/AA Trans/oiling plates, 1.14 3rd-.77-4th..solar powered cabin |
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Zero419 Samba Member
Joined: January 11, 2008 Posts: 2160 Location: PA
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:57 am Post subject: |
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There was on on "rides" on the discovery parked by a garage that they were building a hot rod in. _________________ 1987 Westy Auto Bostig 2.0 Ztec |
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GBA 88West LA Samba Member
Joined: September 04, 2008 Posts: 1279 Location: New Hampshire
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:25 am Post subject: |
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on speed channels bull run show there a sweet splitty from vegas volks racing across country _________________ 88 Westy GL Vanaru 07 2.5 EJ25/AA Trans/oiling plates, 1.14 3rd-.77-4th..solar powered cabin |
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Home Team Van Samba Member
Joined: January 02, 2008 Posts: 465 Location: wilmington, nc
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:14 am Post subject: |
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The History channel's show Modern Marvels has an episode on the Autobahn. Part of the piece shows a police officer sitting in his Vanagon on the side of the road with a camera and radar checking vehicle speeds. _________________ _________________________________
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msinabottle Samba Member
Joined: September 20, 2005 Posts: 3492 Location: Denver Area, Colorado
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:27 pm Post subject: Autobahn Vanagon |
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The History channel's show Modern Marvels has an episode on the Autobahn. Part of the piece shows a police officer sitting in his Vanagon on the side of the road with a camera and radar checking vehicle speeds.
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Why do I get the feeling that that is not the Pursuit Vehicle?
Best! _________________ 'Winston,' '84 1.9 WBX Westy
Vanagon Poet Laureate: "I have suffered in
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hatchb4ck Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2008 Posts: 124 Location: Overland Park, KS
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:31 am Post subject: |
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If you haven't seen it yet, the Russian movie Night Watch has many Vanagons in it. Or they are the Russian clone of the VW Vanagon. _________________ 1960 Ford F100
2016 Moto Guzzi Stornello
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GWTWTLW Samba Member
Joined: April 22, 2008 Posts: 2174 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:48 am Post subject: Re: Autobahn Vanagon |
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msinabottle wrote: |
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The History channel's show Modern Marvels has an episode on the Autobahn. Part of the piece shows a police officer sitting in his Vanagon on the side of the road with a camera and radar checking vehicle speeds.
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Why do I get the feeling that that is not the Pursuit Vehicle?
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Definitely the decoy. The last ticket I got, I was pulled over by a Green Dodge Minvan on I-5 in Tacoma. Talk about embarrissing! I had a good laugh with the cop about it though. He said it was like shooting fish in a barrel. _________________ 89 Syncro Westy - GW 2.5, now with a double knob job
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dixoncj Samba Member
Joined: June 17, 2004 Posts: 1083 Location: Charleston, SC
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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Endless Summer II features Pat O'Connell and his crew striking out across the S African dunes in a Syncro passenger van in search of waves. |
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Rhinoculips Samba Member
Joined: August 08, 2005 Posts: 918 Location: Keystone, Colorado
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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Just got back from seeing "Angels and Demons" with Tom Hanks. The bad Illuminata guy drove a very nice late 80's Vanagon. Besides the few brief scenes with the Vanagon, the movie was crap. I should've known better. _________________ “May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” - Edward Abbey
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HeftySmurf Samba Member
Joined: June 15, 2008 Posts: 879 Location: Washington, USA
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 8:27 am Post subject: |
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Season finale of Lost has a very brief shot of a blue vanagon right before Syedes wife got hit by a truck........ _________________ -Lorenzo
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campism Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2007 Posts: 4492 Location: Richmond VA
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 10:41 am Post subject: |
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"...very brief shot of a blue vanagon... "
Extremely very brief. I wasn't sure I actually saw it, especially since I think I saw red flowers on the blue. Hardtop, right? Another guy said he saw a white one at the very beginning of the same scene but I didn't see that one at all. |
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