Bill,

there is a crumple zone. See the tech ref paper about T2/T3 design in the
tech ref section on my website.

http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/vantech.html

Alistair

(still trying to figure out the major diff between my roofing membrane and
Q-Pad!)

--
'82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94
albell@uvic.ca
http://members.shaw.ca/albell

on 8/10/03 8:08 am, Bill Marshall wrote:

> "...a very minimal crumple zone..."
>
> There is no crumple zone.  We use other vehicle's crumple zones in a
> collision.  The front of the vanagon is designed to remain intact.  In
> addition to the
> frame ends and the bumper, there are also other reinforced "roll cage" areas
> in the front.
>
> Someone on the list put out a link to a Swedish (?) insurance website that
> rated the Vanagon pretty high in real-world collisions.  Anybody remember that
> site?
>
> Bill Marshall
> 85 GL Tiico "Pandora's Box"
> Aurora, IL