Van of the month - nominations wanted

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Re: Van of the month - nominations wanted

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Gej, I'm sure that one day Danny's van will be VOM, but as its build is happening now and has been quite extensively documented almost on a daily basis ( which is awesome ) it probably won't be featured for a little while yet.

One thing to note, most VOM candidates are contacted weeks and or months ahead in order to give them the chance to get their pics and story's ready which means nominating someone near the end of a month for the upcoming month probably can't be accomodated.
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astrozam wrote:Gej, I'm sure that one day Danny's van will be VOM, but as its build is happening now and has been quite extensively documented almost on a daily basis ( which is awesome ) it probably won't be featured for a little while yet.

One thing to note, most VOM candidates are contacted weeks and or months ahead in order to give them the chance to get their pics and story's ready which means nominating someone near the end of a month for the upcoming month probably can't be accomodated.

Thanks for the comments and heads up Zam.
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New VOM is up and ready to be drooled over...
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And a nice van it is, congrats _ _ _ On being VOM for Sept :cheers:
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Way ta go, Crash! :supz:
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Congratulations Crash, very nice looking stocker. Makes me want to take the time to detail Green.
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thanks guys.. and especially to whomever nominated my van :-k

almost fell out of my chair when I got the notification. only thing I've really ever won in my life was a pair of tickets to Naional Lampoons Vacation movie when it first came out. It was a great flick... but, this far surpasses that :D .. I guess clean stockers count too 8-[
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Yeah, clean stockers win too! Very nice and clean van crash! =D>
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Well done Crash, nice clean van you got there...Johnny

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Congrats Crash. Very clean ride bud. =D>
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crash wrote: I guess clean stockers count too 8-[
Absolutely, not everyone can OR wants to mod their van, but it still takes time and effort to keep er showroom condition :cheers:
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Very, very nice. A lot of people wish they could find one that nice. Congrats!!!!!!! \:D/ \:D/ \:D/
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Nice van Crash! :cheers: Congrats...
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Re: Van of the month - nominations wanted

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thanks everyone again for the great comments 8-[
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