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Perales Samba Member
Joined: May 07, 2007 Posts: 2046 Location: Nova Scotia
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:01 am Post subject: |
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"Little Miss Sunshine"
The VW Van has a bigger part then most of the actors.
Cute film too.
Good surprise ending! _________________ -- 1987 Westfalia automatic (Captain Vino) |
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82WestyMan Samba Member
Joined: December 28, 2006 Posts: 1098 Location: Western OR
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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Thought I'd add one to this thread since its been awhile
Was watching Nature on PBS this evening. the second installment of "Bears of the Last Frontier: The Road North", after the segment about Anchorage, the host traveled up to Denali Park but since he was making the trip on this motorcycle and all vehicles in Denali Park must closed in... he picked up a used
Westfalia _________________ "The floggings will continue until morale improves"
"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell" - Harry S. Truman
82 Westfalia - w/ a Raby 'Camper Special' engine |
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blake28 Samba Member
Joined: September 29, 2005 Posts: 141 Location: Iowa City, IA
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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82WestyMan wrote: |
Thought I'd add one to this thread since its been awhile
Was watching Nature on PBS this evening. the second installment of "Bears of the Last Frontier: The Road North", after the segment about Anchorage, the host traveled up to Denali Park but since he was making the trip on this motorcycle and all vehicles in Denali Park must closed in... he picked up a used
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just saw that tonight. _________________ 84 Westy
85 GL |
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HeftySmurf Samba Member
Joined: June 15, 2008 Posts: 879 Location: Washington, USA
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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How can we forget the vilian in "THe Divinci Code"?
Brown transporter _________________ -Lorenzo
90 GL w/ Bostig |
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JunkYarDog Samba Member
Joined: March 11, 2007 Posts: 676 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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loogy wrote: |
Not really a good sighting but a sighting nonetheless.
01:50 minutes into it.
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I was impressed that the little van held it's own so well. That is untill the RV got in the way.
Still..... not a good post......bad loogy....shame on you!
_________________ I have never owned a VW I didn't like, but there have been a few Fords and Chevy's.
85' GL Sunroof
68' Beetle sedan
72' Chevy C10 (LWB Step)
(67' Volvo 122S pending) |
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Team WorldTour Samba Member
Joined: September 02, 2010 Posts: 2426 Location: Der Vaterland
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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As a well-trained Tanker, I can assure you; the guy in the tank had NO clue how to drive that thing effectivly. Me and my friends have seen and debated the finer points of this rampage to death. One simple fact we all agree on: a real tanker would know the proper way to get that tank over the wall in the center of the freeway without breaking the track and breaking off roadwheels, or getting high-centered! _________________ 1990 Feldjäger Syncro AAZ
Click to view image
H6 Subaru Engine Swap Thread
WV2ZZZ25ZFH094138(x)/ WV2YB0257LH057308(x)/ WV2ZZZ25ZLG113270/
"Where am I going? And what am I doing in this handbasket?" -Nicodemus Jordan
When All Else Fails: Lather, Rinse, Repeat! |
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Mountain1.8t Samba Member
Joined: January 20, 2013 Posts: 340
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msinabottle Samba Member
Joined: September 20, 2005 Posts: 3492 Location: Denver Area, Colorado
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:02 pm Post subject: Done in Detroit? |
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I think the 'Fires, Wrecks and Disasters' thread is starting to take!
http://shar.es/11Zm0r
We made the comics in the 3rd frame!
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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fleet_maintenance Samba Member
Joined: November 01, 2013 Posts: 323 Location: Upstate NY
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 5:28 am Post subject: |
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stumbled across this on r/volkswagens on reddit:
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I'm not sure how I feel about the product being featured, but it is a nice van, and doesn't seem to break down for an entire vacation |
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Gnarlodious Samba Member
Joined: September 28, 2013 Posts: 2323 Location: Adobe Jungle USA
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:02 am Post subject: |
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Don’t badmouth the Vanagon. Mine has never broke down in 14 years. _________________ Vanagon ’83 diesel AAZ w/Giles injection, 5spd 4.57R&P+TBD and a '78 diesel Rabbit |
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vegpedlr Samba Member
Joined: June 07, 2014 Posts: 774 Location: TBD
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:12 am Post subject: |
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That commercial to be as much about a vehicle that hasn't been made in over 20 yrs as the other, newer tech. |
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maryloucb Samba Member
Joined: June 22, 2012 Posts: 204 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:26 am Post subject: |
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So the guys get to go on a bike ride while the girls sit around playing cards? What's up with that? |
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vegpedlr Samba Member
Joined: June 07, 2014 Posts: 774 Location: TBD
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:31 am Post subject: Trail Runner Gets Dream Van |
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In this month's Trail Runner Magazine, the final piece in the back is about a woman who always wanted a VW camper van, especially once she started running ultra marathons around the country. The family was less enthusiastic about either pursuit. She ends up very happy with a Eurovan. I can relate perfectly. |
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fleet_maintenance Samba Member
Joined: November 01, 2013 Posts: 323 Location: Upstate NY
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:38 am Post subject: |
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I guess Reddit could be considered media, so here's a link to a syncro sketch on imagur, via reddit:
http://i.imgur.com/ljICeO0.png
I am not the original artist, btw |
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sanchius Samba Member
Joined: May 03, 2007 Posts: 1455 Location: IN
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Merian Samba Member
Joined: January 04, 2014 Posts: 5212 Location: Orygun
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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maryloucb wrote: |
So the guys get to go on a bike ride while the girls sit around playing cards? What's up with that? |
they sent the guys out for groceries? |
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geo_tonz Samba Member
Joined: August 01, 2012 Posts: 1472 Location: Courtenay, BC, CANADA
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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I was amazed at how many Vanagons were in this picture from Nigeria in the latest National Geographic Magazine (Jan 2015, pg 80). Yes I know they're not ALL vanagons!
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/01/lagos/ha...ay-670.jpg _________________ ---------------------------------------------------
"Ron Burgundy": 1991 Vanagon Multivan (Weekender) 2.1L Auto - Driver/Camper |
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ripple_bc Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2002 Posts: 37 Location: Indiana
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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We were watching "State of Affairs" on NBC earlier this week. The characters were crossing the border from Yemen and there was a blue Vanagon stopped at the border crossing. Anybody else see it? |
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vegpedlr Samba Member
Joined: June 07, 2014 Posts: 774 Location: TBD
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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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ripple_bc wrote: |
We were watching "State of Affairs" on NBC earlier this week. The characters were crossing the border from Yemen and there was a blue Vanagon stopped at the border crossing. Anybody else see it? |
his would be better in the movie/TV thread, but I spotted a white Westy. Looks like mine. I would think a Westy in that part of the world would be rare, but a regular Vanagon wouldn't be. I like the Scorpion episode better where the actual getaway vehicle was a Vanagon with a hacked braided toilet paper belt |
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pushkick Samba Member
Joined: August 09, 2007 Posts: 1366
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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 8:01 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in popular media |
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the movie mac and me camper van _________________ i see said the blind man to his deaf dog
i am going to quit smoking and drinking and die a healthy man. gotta laugh
there is no deed to the planet earth
1990 vw automatic camper |
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