>Very many years ago (around 1982) when hustling down the Autobahn in our
>fresh '82 Diesel Westfalia, loaded with wife, child (2 years old), in laws,
>luggage, porta potti, beer, wine and sausage, I remarked (to myself) that the
>tail on this beast was low. This fact was readily established by perusing the
>rear view mirror and focusing on the bumpers of the cars following. Then, in
>a subsequent burst of insight, I realized that the driver's side was lower
>than the passenger side. I panicked.

I have noticed this mirror phenomenon too with both my 75 Bay and my
Caravelle. Always made me feel that VW didn't put a long-enough stalk
on the interior mirror, as the top of the rear window cuts off the
horizon, even with no load on a level road. The Bay did sag slightly
at the rear; the Caravelle has no sag visible, and I haven't thought
of measuring sill height front & rear.

At least they don't tilt sideways!

Torsionbar vans can of course be adjusted to beat this (I decambered
my 57 Panel this way, at the same time cancelling out the sag). Would
of course work on a T2 too. No such easy way out with the coil-sprung
T3, unfortunately.

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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Ph: 0064 (3) 473-8863 fax: 0064 (3) 479-7527
1986 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE80 diesel sedan
1989 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE96 diesel van
1989 Toyota Corona 2.0D Select CT170 diesel sedan
1992 Toyota Estima Lucida 2.2 turbodiesel MPV (=narrow "Previa")
1984 VW Caravelle GL (to be fitted with 260hp Subaru SVX flat-6 &
Porsche G50 trans)
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