Date:         Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:41:18 -0500
Reply-To:     David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Fwd: Nearly creamed by a Syncro AW
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Milo <dellaone@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 25, 2008 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: Nearly creamed by a Syncro AW
To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com>


Yahoo Jake! I have a Sunbeam Series V Alpine, and I know what a Commer is, (
hey Scott Shazam Boom Pop!), check out The Rootes Group on Google) but at
this point, there is no Vanagon content at all.


On Jan 25, 2008 2:19 PM, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com>
wrote:

> There's a young couple who vintage race a pair of Sunbeam Imps who bring
> their Commer Camper to the track!
>
> Adorable, really.
>
> On Jan 25, 2008 11:06 AM, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Andrew,
> > Interesting tale,
> > Few of us in the states would know what a  "one of those inboard-wheeled
> > 60s
> > Commer vans"
> > is, and what are inboard wheels ?
> > an extra narrow track on one end, or ?
> > Scott
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > Andrew Grebneff
> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 2:14 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Nearly creamed by a Syncro AW
> >
> > >Well, I have read about a husband and wife crashing into each other.
> > >And I did have two consecutive serial numbers of the same kind of car
> > once.
> > >
> > >
> > >'running the light' .........what kind of vanagon or syncro owner does
> > that
> > >! ?
> > >scott
> > >turbovans
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> > Of
> > >Nunya Business
> > >Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:57 PM
> > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > >Subject: Re: Nearly creamed by a Syncro AW
> > >
> > >That's probably the strangest variation of the 'was that anybody on the
> > >list' routine I've seen. It did make me stop to think, however, that
> I've
> > >never seen an accident that involved two of the same vehicle.
> > >
> > >Cya,
> > >Robert
> >
> > I did see the aftermath of two mid-late-70s Coronas colliding (RT100
> > & RT104, same car but different years) and while I had my 57 VW
> > panelvan I found myself following (in my other vehicle) one of those
> > inboard-wheeled 60s Commer vans with a plate one digit later than
> > mine.
> > --
> > Andrew Grebneff
> > Dunedin
> > New Zealand
> > Fossil preparator
> > Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
> > , Opinions stated are mine, not those of Otago University
> > "There is water at the bottom of the ocean"  - Talking Heads
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/
>