I had this situation when I lived near Chicago. It only took a
week end and a few friends to jack up the garage and lay a course
of cinder block under three walls, then set it back down. It did
require new (taller) doors.

Now I have no garage and work in a gravel driveway. Go figure

Myron Lind
81 Westy
82 Diesel Westy getting a new "mechanical TDI"

----- Original Message -----
From: joseph Trussell <joetruss@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 11:57 AM
Subject: Lowering kit?

> Hi List,
>
> This isn't very important but I thought I'd share, being that
it's Christmas
> Eve and all.
>
> I just bought the 1985 GL on the same weekend that my girlfriend
and I moved
> into our new house, complete with a two-car garage and plenty of
room to
> work on my new treasure.
>
> I got the boxes and unpacking-stuff cleared out of my space
yesterday, and
> pulled my Vanagon around to get her in out of the cold.  It's an
old garage,
> apparently built in a time of smaller automobiles, and
subsequently my
> Vanagon doesn't fit.  About two inches clearance would be
necessary for her
> to get in that warm, dry garage, but as it stands, she's
relegated to the
> street.
>
> Bummer.
>
> Happy Holidays!
> Joe T.
> Denver, CO
> 1985 Vanagon GL (as of yet, still unnamed)
>
>
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