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Not necessarily true, Gary. It wasn't bad luck for USS Squalus/Sailfish (SS-192). SQUALUS/SAILFISH survived the war in the Pacific and the salvaged Conning Tower still resides (as recently as 1999) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. However, the SAILFISH crew was still superstitious about being in the formerly name SQUALUS, quietly referring to it as "Squalfish" to the dismay of at least one follow-on Commanding Officer (wrote Clay Blair in "Silent Victory"). Personally, I don't get the whole naming the car or motorcycle "thing". My love for Type 3 VWs began in the early 1970s when my friend's father bought him a bright blue 1970 "Fastback" that had belonged to a VW executive. It had twin chrome horns on the front bumper, and that grey leatherette interior, iirc. He was told to use non-detergent 30W oil in it. After a few years, it either developed some oil leaks, or he was starting to burn oil, and so he started to add motor oil on a routine basis. One day he noted that he was low on oil, and could not find any non-detergent. So, he added some detergent oil. The results were immediate and catastrophic! Is there any more famous Type 3 than the light blue Station Wagon as seen in "Witness"? John John McMahon Abilene, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: <gunlock@kitty-hawk.navy.mil> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:13 PM Subject: RE: [T3] name change > > If cars are like ships it is bad luck to change the name... > > Gary > '68 SB > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >