| Author |
Message |
mightyart
Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2004
Posts: 6188
Location: Portland, Oregon
|
 Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:00 am Post subject: Vanagons in popular media |
 |
|
Moderator note: Locked. Please post all of your media photos and references in this topic: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=342149 .
Westy Spotted in a very bad movie on the Scence Fiction Channel.
I can't remember the name of the movie, it wasn't worth watching anyway.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
peruvian
Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2006
Posts: 62
|
| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:07 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Funny you should bring this up. I was watching the original Breakfast at Tiffany's last night and noticed an old barn door bus in the NYC traffic as George Peppard & Audrey Hepburn are in the cab towards the end. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
vw_nick
Samba Member
Joined: August 21, 2005
Posts: 391
Location: Nashville, TN
|
| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:17 am Post subject: |
|
|
I'm pretty sure I saw one watching History of Violence the other night...
_________________
Nick |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Mad-Max
Samba Member
Joined: January 13, 2006
Posts: 384
Location: Puerto Rico
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
DanJReed
Samba Member
Joined: July 30, 2004
Posts: 548
Location: Riverton NJ
|
| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:49 am Post subject: |
|
|
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tEGfgh2YMA
Sliders clip. 
Mac N Me (Nice Flash Silver Bus!!)
(Suck ass movie!!  )
_________________
-Dan
(87 Westy Vanagon, 98 Jetta GLS 2.0, 95 Golf Sport)  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
mightyart
Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2004
Posts: 6188
Location: Portland, Oregon
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
vuhvanagon
Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2006
Posts: 12
|
| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:58 am Post subject: vanagons in movies |
|
|
In Jim Jarmusch's (Bill Murray) "Broken Flowers" you see a flash of one as he is driving down a country road from the driver's point of view looking out the window.
Tah-dah![/quote] |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
joetiger 
Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2005
Posts: 5078
Location: denver
|
| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
In Charlie's Angels (the first movie) the Angels are all dancing in lieterhosen (while Bill Murray plays a tuba) in front of a nice blue/grey Carat.
I don't know why I know this.
Joe T. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
msinabottle
Samba Member
Joined: September 20, 2005
Posts: 3492
Location: Denver Area, Colorado
|
| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:55 pm Post subject: VW Lab! |
|
|
Gad, she's got that big old incandescent going in broad daylight. I bet she gets munched by the Beastie when she tries to start the Westy and escape. I like Dogpilot's Westy Observatory concept better.
Hmm... Vanagon Horror Movies. We've got so MUCH material...
"Phosphates? PHOSPHATES IN THE ANTI-FREEZE? YOU'VE KILLED US ALL!"
<villain fuels his Westy, smoking away... Gout of gas surges up... There is an explosion of flame>
"It seems to be drawn to the peculiar vibrations of our engine... I WARNED you not to use Autolite Plugs!"
Best! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
photogdave
Samba Member
Joined: April 05, 2004
Posts: 3052
Location: Vancouver Island, B.C.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
D Clymer
Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2005
Posts: 2978
Location: Issaquah, WA
|
| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:00 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Probably the biggest TV appearance the Vanagon ever made was when one was used in the Magnum PI series. An 83.5 Wasserboxer with "Island Hoppers" painted on the side appeared in most of the episodes. It was T.C.'s van and used for his helicopter charter service.
David |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
hiram6
Samba Member
Joined: September 29, 2006
Posts: 1880
Location: Beautiful South
|
| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 3:46 am Post subject: |
|
|
The ABC show LOST has had a number of baywindow buses in multiple episodes, and in one of the last episodes of last season, there was a flashback scene where Charlie's band was fixing a flat tire on their late 80's Vanagon. The implication was that this ws their transportation as they toured all over the counrty playing concerrts.
Seems the producers have thing for VW van-types vehicles.
_________________
1985 Westy, 1.9L automatic (Daisy)
1996 Mazda Miata
1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited
You can't lie around on the beach and drink rum all day.................unless you start first thing in the morning. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tomasz
Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2005
Posts: 1096
Location: in a van down by the river
|
| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 4:37 am Post subject: |
|
|
| "There is Something About Marry", at the beginning of the movie there was round headlight Vanagon, perhaps even Westy |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Witless Joe
Samba Member
Joined: May 06, 2005
Posts: 460
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
backcountrymedic
Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2006
Posts: 583
Location: Monterey, CA
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:50 am Post subject: |
|
|
Scrubs - Season 4, Episode 1 - J.D. is cruising down the street on a scooter, and passes a late model Carat painted solid red, lots of toys on a rack system up top, w/a S. African headlight grill.
And saw part of some really lame movie on TV the other day w/The Rock & Stifler (from American Pie). Big explosive fight scene at the end, in some tiny Brazilian village, and as props there was a Karman Ghia (same color as mine when I was a kid), a bug, and a bay window bus.
Cheers!
-Jared
_________________
No need to bear the weight of your worries, you let them all fall away...
Sector 9 longboard
Kona Kikapu Deluxe MTB
Novarra Big Buzz
Electra Cruiser
'01 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
hiram6
Samba Member
Joined: September 29, 2006
Posts: 1880
Location: Beautiful South
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:13 am Post subject: |
|
|
Good list, but doesn't look like it's been updated in quite a few years.
_________________
1985 Westy, 1.9L automatic (Daisy)
1996 Mazda Miata
1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited
You can't lie around on the beach and drink rum all day.................unless you start first thing in the morning. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
soreyes
Samba Member
Joined: June 15, 2005
Posts: 32
Location: Edmonds, WA
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
winkshog
Samba Member
Joined: August 16, 2006
Posts: 294
Location: Mich-Wallhalla
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Christopher Schimke
Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2005
Posts: 5390
Location: PNW
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:22 am Post subject: |
|
|
Not really a good sighting but a sighting nonetheless.
01:50 minutes into it.
Link
_________________
"Sometimes you have to build a box to think outside of." - Bruce (not Springsteen)
*Custom wheel hardware for Audi/VW, Porsche and Mercedes wheels - Urethane Suspension Bushings*
T3Technique.com or contact me at [email protected] |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Savat
Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2006
Posts: 55
Location: the village
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:46 am Post subject: |
|
|
| hiram6 wrote: |
The ABC show LOST has had a number of baywindow buses in multiple episodes, and in one of the last episodes of last season, there was a flashback scene where Charlie's band was fixing a flat tire on their late 80's Vanagon. The implication was that this ws their transportation as they toured all over the counrty playing concerrts.
Seems the producers have thing for VW van-types vehicles. |
Love that show... I think the producers do have a thing for VWs. In a flashback when Ben's mom died, the people that pulled up to help them were driving a Karmann Ghia. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
