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Fish
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I saw this on an art page of FB with no discription. Anyone else seen this and know what is going on? Is it just art or is there a practical purpose for the netting and the "eggs"?
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RawUmber
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 10:21 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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| The portal's safety mechanism activates when passage is attempted without enough eggs |
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RoryGirl
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 10:31 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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Isn't that to practice your golf swing? 
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MsTaboo
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 11:13 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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A.I. run amok.
( it really should be called P.I. for pseudo intelligence, not A.I )
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jimf909
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 11:47 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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I wonder what happened to the windshield wipers.
Also, the four chrome screw heads on the bumper look like misplaced bolts from RMW bumpers, GW bumpers with RMW bolts.
The lower eggs are obviously tarp weights. I'd like a few of them.
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Guilty as charged.
Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
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SLOWoody
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 12:17 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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I wounder where they got those tracks for the wheels?
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Fish
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Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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| I wounder where they got those tracks for the wheels? |
Do you think it is a 4WD sycro?
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do.dah
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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Obviously it's an alien recon vehicle with it's transmitter antenna deployed so's it can talk to the mothership about our weak planetary defenses......
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DanHoug
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 3:15 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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| SLOWoody wrote: |
| I wounder where they got those tracks for the wheels? |
made in Minnesota!! at the end of the Earth in Karlstad.
https://www.mattracks.co/tracks/index.php?filter=All%20MT
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EverettB 
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 5:57 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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Indeed! For posterity:
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kamzcab86
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E1
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:14 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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‘Cept wouldn’t it get stuck at burger joints?
In ‘n’ Out includes leaving, otherwise it’s just a traffic jam.
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4Gears4Tires
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 7:09 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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Pretty sure that's a Vanagon
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Rome
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:04 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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jimf909
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:14 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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Sure is...
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Here is the other, less often seen, photo of that same incident.
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| This is the main fault with DIY'ers, they get together on these forums and pat themselves on their backs spreading bad information. |
Guilty as charged.
Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
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dhaavers
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Pretty sure that's a Vanagon |
I remember seeing this before…remind me the event/context/source?
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MsTaboo
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:29 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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| dhaavers wrote: |
| 4Gears4Tires wrote: |
Pretty sure that's a Vanagon |
I remember seeing this before…remind me the event/context/source?
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Long time member DogPilot posted that picture many, many, years ago.
(Edit: Looked it up, it was back in 2005)
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4Gears4Tires
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 1:50 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons seen in media: film, Internet, games, magazines, etc. |
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Back when I was still in high school. 
Source is German military. Context is.. well a plane made a Vanagon into a convertible the fast way.
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CarstenR
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Hey everyone, I have a new [old] movie to add to the list. I just started watching 'Final Destination 2'. By the 12th minute, I've seen one blue Vanagon and one white Vanagon Westy. I wonder how many more I'll see...
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1990 Vanagon Westfalia: 
