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[[File:Super-Chrono-19940427-a.jpg|thumb|The A-Teams's van, which Betsy was viewd as similar to in a humorous way.]] | [[File:Super-Chrono-19940427-a.jpg|thumb|The A-Teams's van, which Betsy was viewd as similar to in a humorous way.]] | ||
'''Betsy''' was the name of the van used during the earliest days of [[Weezer]]. The van (a 1984 Dodge Prospector)<ref name="ALSI2019">Alec Longstreth. ''Alec Illustration''. 12 May 2019. https://alecillustration.blogspot.com/2019/05/its-been-so-long-weezer-fan-club.html</ref> was found by [[Karl Koch]] and [[Patrick Wilson]] in Fontana, California, which was then purchased for $5000 from a "dude who looked exactly like Muammar Gaddafi" (Koch). | '''Betsy''' was the name of the van used during the earliest days of [[Weezer]]. The van (a 1984 Dodge Prospector)<ref name="ALSI2019">Alec Longstreth. ''Alec Illustration''. 12 May 2019. https://alecillustration.blogspot.com/2019/05/its-been-so-long-weezer-fan-club.html</ref> was found by [[Karl Koch]] and [[Patrick Wilson]] in Fontana, California, which was then purchased for $5000 from a "dude who looked exactly like Muammar Gaddafi" (Koch). | ||
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Betsy would be replaced with a tour bus in fall 1994, when Weezer toured with [[Live]] for the [[Split Tour]].<ref>[[MOO Magazine article - November 1994]]</ref> The van would still live on in spirit, immortalized in the artwork for the [[2019]] single "[[It's Been So Long]]".<ref name="ALSI2019" /> | Betsy would be replaced with a tour bus in fall 1994, when Weezer toured with [[Live]] for the [[Split Tour]].<ref>[[MOO Magazine article - November 1994]]</ref> The van would still live on in spirit, immortalized in the artwork for the [[2019]] single "[[It's Been So Long]]".<ref name="ALSI2019" /> | ||
Betsy was put in storage for several years, and was finally sold (for $1) to [[Pat Finn]] in 1998, who used it to move from NYC to Portland OR. After several years of use the van was lent to a friend who left all the windows open in a rain storm, permanently rendering the cloth and foam covered interior a toxic environment. It was then sold to a local Portland band who eventually crashed and/or abandoned it somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. | Betsy was put in storage for several years, and was finally sold (for $1) to [[Pat Finn]] in [[1998]], who used it to move from NYC to Portland OR. After several years of use the van was lent to a friend who left all the windows open in a rain storm, permanently rendering the cloth and foam covered interior a toxic environment. It was then sold to a local Portland band who eventually crashed and/or abandoned it somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. | ||
===Betsy II=== | ===Betsy II=== | ||