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Morris_82 Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2009 Posts: 34 Location: Colorado Springs
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:36 pm Post subject: Morris Outline (don't get your hopes up) |
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The wife and I were discussing paint and thought, "Gee, it sure would be nice to have a vanagon coloring book to try out some different ideas." Resigning myself to failure with almighty Google, I made this up myself. Hopefully someone else will find it useful so my cramped wrist wasn't just for my own gain:
Here's a direct link for the fullsize image:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WZybKIoWSPh66...directlink
I printed out pictures, traced them with a thin Sharpie, then scanned the backside (bleed through). It was a very exact process, let me tell you.
Shown is Morris, an '82 Westy. I make no claims as to the anatomical correctness of the drawings, given my artistic inability, poor pictures to trace, and Morris' lack of certain necessities (bumper caps, license plates, etc). On the plus side, during tracing, he lost all his rust and is the same color all over!
I'm sure it'll be a hit with the kids! Enjoy! |
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ProvoCyclist Samba Member
Joined: December 07, 2004 Posts: 593 Location: Murray, Utah
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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I thought you meant an outline of this Morris:
My hopes were dashed. _________________ Clark
Current: 1986 Tintop GL 2wd, stock 2.1L, manual trans, Flash Silver LP7Y.
Past: 1985 Sunroof GL, 2wd, Subaru 3.3L, manual trans, resprayed to Diamond Silver L97A |
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McVanagon Samba Member
Joined: February 19, 2007 Posts: 1684 Location: Northern part of the Virginia
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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ProvoCyclist wrote: |
I thought you meant an outline of this Morris |
Or this one
_________________ '69 Mike
'85 GL
'87 Wolfsburg Hardtop |
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pjrae Samba Member
Joined: July 13, 2008 Posts: 155 Location: Joshua Tree
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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no? awww crap!
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markz2004 Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2007 Posts: 944 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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thanks - i'll add this to the kids camping coloring book ! _________________ 87 Westy, 250k GW 2.4 - 2.0 , 16" wheels |
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msinabottle Samba Member
Joined: September 20, 2005 Posts: 3492 Location: Denver Area, Colorado
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject: Hmmm... |
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Morris...
Morris Dance...
and, if you're a Who fan...
Morris Dance Spider.
Or, if you're both a Who and a Fiat fan...
Morris Dance Spyder.
Best! _________________ 'Winston,' '84 1.9 WBX Westy
Vanagon Poet Laureate: "I have suffered in
many ways, but never, never, never in silence." |
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MootPoint Samba Member
Joined: September 16, 2006 Posts: 862 Location: ABQ, NM
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 8:58 am Post subject: |
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A cool idea, actually, though my first thoughts on reading the subject line were indeed most of the above first thoughts, from morris dancers to cats to Morris Minors (minus the moose).
As it was, I did my version in Photoshop - which is no less daunting than using a Sharpie pen - to make a red Westy cutaway to look like our two-tone '84 for last year's Christmas letter (betcha didn't know '84s came with square headlights, didja):
BEFORE:
AFTER:
It was fun, but a monstrous time suck. _________________ 1984 Westy with tencentlife power! |
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