Do you mean an African or a European Westfalia?

Randy Bergum
1990 Carat

> [Original Message]
> From: Mary <mary@ALAMEDACREEK.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
 > Date: 11/24/2003 2:32:33 PM
> Subject: apropos of nothing -- airspeed of a laden westfalia?
>
> Well, not airspeed, but ground speed.
>
> My sweetie and I are going to pick up some firewood. We don't need much,
so
> I said, "We can just throw some in the trunk of the car." He said, "Or we
> can take the van. We can put sheets down on the floor and pile it in. I
> wonder how much weight a van can hold?"
>
> This is a '67 Westy, more or less a project car, still needs quite a bit
of
> work. (We got it when he was unemployed and has time, now he's employed
but
> we're still broke, so it's a SLOW project.)
>
> I told him I'd ask you folks: What's the total weight a 1967 VW  Westfalia
> camper can carry, between passengers and cargo, and still be happy and
healthy?
>
> Mary
>
> ~~~~~
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