

| Subject: | Re: Cutting a Vanagon into quarters! |
| From: | '80 Westy Pokey |
| Date: | Tue, 17 Apr 2001 05:16:58 -0700 |
Out of interest... did you take any photos David? Thanks, Chris On Mon, 16 April 2001, "David Marshall (Fast Forward)" wrote: What a fun day. I have a 1985 Vanagon that I have been meaning to get rid of for quite a while. So, I decided to make a little bit of a project out of it. Out comes the big reciprocating saw and some 30cm blades and away to work I went. The object was to make a trailer for test fitting engine conversions into for customers. - First step was to remove the seats and the interior - if anyone needs some brown corduroy seats let me know! - Second I removed the glass, the doors and the hatch. Now we have a pretty empty looking van - I am totally amazed at how much sound proofing there is... ha - there is none! What a little black spray on sound proofing, insulation and vapour barrier would do to make it really quiet inside! Then time to plot the cut - the cut was done where the rear opening of the sliding door stops across the window on the other side. Total time - 2 minutes! Cut through it, the coolant lines, wires, brake lines, brake cables like a hot knife through butter! This was all done with a bucket catching any remaining nasties. From there I took and cut everything at the height of the lower part of the windows. Now I have a perfectly good trailer body... wheels, tail lights, heck, I'll even install an ebrake system again! Now... here is the real questions... does anyone want 3/4 of a 1985 Vanagon? It's free - please!? David Marshall Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 mailto:info@fastforward.ca http://www.fastforward.ca Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992 1160 � Vanagon Accessories and Engine Conversions � Transporter, Unimog and Iltis Sales � European Lighting for most Audi and Volkswagen models Thanks, Chris Gronski '80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY '87 Chevrolet Sprint - Ice Racer '91 Pontiac Firefly - Convertable www.vanagon.org & .ca www.gronski.com, .org, & .ca www.nineeleven.org & .ca
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