This appears to be about 18" to 20" or so of water - big bow wave in front
of the van - if you look at the side an eliminate the wave it would be 3/4
of the way up the wheels.  Pretty impressive none the less.  I've had my
vans up to the top of the wheels if not a little higher for a short period
of time - crossing streams, not going up one.  I think if you don't stop,
you are going to be OK as you are ploughing most of the water out of the
way.  I wouldn't want to try this on a gasoline engine as the spark plugs
hang down pretty low.  A Turbo Diesel would be the thing to do this with,
and only after you cooled down the turbo.  If you ever stalled it, oh my!

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
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Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Chris DeLong
Sent: September 6, 2004 4:25 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: A syncro fords a river: photo

i just ran across that one today AMOF. Sweetness! Now, if only I had another
vehicle going camping wiht me I would have been motivated to do that very
thing. I have always been wondering how much water I could get into with my
Van without getting into trouble......

Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.522.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA

>From: Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
>Reply-To: Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: A  syncro fords a river:  photo
>Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 14:58:42 -0700
>
>I've never seen this photo before.  What a lovely van.  Love it!!!!!
>
>http://syncro.club.free.fr/goodies/fond01.jpg
>
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