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avocado_tom
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 Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:26 am Post subject: Sighting: "Panzer IV" Vanagon? |
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Was cruising down the Pennsylvania Turnpike yesterday and passed a cool looking Vanagon. It was painted matte grey and had the license plate "Panzer IV" (or maybe "TV"?).
Just wondering if there was a story behind it or if that was someone on TheSamba. Looked like a cool ride.
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Avo
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Red Ryder
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:25 pm Post subject: Re: Sighting: "Panzer IV" Vanagon? |
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Probably an homage to this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_IV
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avocado_tom
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: Sighting: "Panzer IV" Vanagon? |
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That was my assumption. 
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dgbeatty
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: Sighting: "Panzer IV" Vanagon? |
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A few years ago a company, MSD or MSDS?, sold Porsche conversions. They were referred to as "Panzers".
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SCM
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: Sighting: "Panzer IV" Vanagon? |
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Funny, "Panzer" was the name of our silver 2001 Jetta Wagon - a name it earned by succesfull carrying us to the Knowles Canyon overlook campground near Green River, UT. They later posted that road as "4WD only".
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