I concede that there are both front and rear crashes of Vanagons.
I'm guessing that in my neighborhood (mid Texas) we only get three inches
of snow a year and one or two days of sleet.

Stan

On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 22:20:55 -0800 Alistair Bell <albell@uvic.ca> writes:
>
> Funny,
>
> around here (Victoria B.C.) there are more than a few vanagons in
> the
> wrecker that are there due to body damage (and of course fire). Some
> that
> look like they rolled on to their side, and some with collision
> damage.
>
> Alistair
>
>
> albell@uvic.ca
> '82 Westy, diesel=>I4 gas
>
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> on 16/1/02 8:57 PM, you  wrote:
>
> > Well folks let me give you some encouragement.
> > I've been going to wrecking yards around Dallas Texas and a
> hundred mile
> > radius for seven years and I've never seen a Vanagon that was
> there
> > because of body damage.
> > I've never seen a Vanagon that did not have a good front clip,
> rear clip
> > etc.
> > With Vanagons it tends to be a rod sticking through the Waser
> Boxer crank
> > case that puts them there.
> > With the air cooled its mostly long term neglect that puts them
> there.
> > I can only suggest that we Vanagon / Westy drivers are careful
> drivers
> > and its pretty hard to get into much trouble when you are dealing
> with
> > great visibility, good brakes and restrictive horsepower.
> > I would also think that anyone would want to avoid collision with
> a large
> > loaf shaped vehicle like the Vanagon, they must be awesome when
> viewed
> > from the drivers seat of a Honda Civic.
> >
> > Stan Wilder
> > 83 Air Cooled Westfalia
>
>
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