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Subject:Re: 50 Volkswagen T5 Pictures online
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Wed, 5 Feb 2003 10:02:28 -0500

On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Ari Ollikainen wrote:

>         Minor quibble: The Vangon/Transporter/Caravelle (aka T3), and
>         the EuroVan/Caravelle(aka T4) ALSO had "fully independent
>         suspension"...If you doubt this, look under them!

So did the T2...in fact, it's hard to see how they could have had anything
else.  To have a live axle in the rear, the whole motor and transmission
would have had to go up and down with every bump in the road. ;)

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