In a message dated 4/4/03 10:18:53 PM Pacific Standard Time, wilden1@juno.com
writes:

<< Think how fast a Vanagon would be without all that heave Westy stuff.
 Just the seats, windshield, bet you could get it down to about 1800
 pounds before it broke in half. >>

Does anybody remember the Kawell Bus Dragster from the 70's? Their dragster
rail put out 850hp. Don't know about the bus. Anyway, they cutaway everything
above the beltline. Only the windshield was left. The edge was finished off
with carved oak. I'd be interesting to see a Vanagon done that way it hasn't
already been done. It'd be a perfect beachwagen.

BenT