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Why not add snaps and cover it with a good piece of canvas?<br>
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  <pre wrap="">Didn't someone on the list have access to vacum molding equiptment? They could just make us a batch of flat panels with dimples that we can cut to fit for the top, bottom, and sides of our vans! :&lt;)

Mark in AK  Too much time on my hands today, and a dead van in the driveway

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From: Al and Sue Brase <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:albeeee@MCHSI.COM">&lt;albeeee@MCHSI.COM&gt;</a>
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 8:53 am
Subject: Re: aerodynamics,  was: 101 MPH Vanagon!

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    <pre wrap="">In the US recently, one high end Japanese manufacturer  is running
a TV
ad in which they show some of the techniques they have developed to
reduce noise. the roll over the (vehicle using virtual rotisserie) and
all the
flat floor surfaces have been embossed maybe 7 to 10 mm deep with a
bumpy pattern. This would certainly make the panel more rigid and also
less likely to reflect sound waves, but rather disperse them. Pretty
much like your underwater marine organisms! I think it creates a
boundary area of slower moving fluid that is also more plastic and
therefore slipperier.
Belly pans anyone? certainly could easily retro fit pans to non-
syncrosin some areas.
Al Brase

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      <pre wrap="">Often a ROUGH surface aids laminar flow. This is a tactic used by
marine organisms to good effect.

Glue little warts all over your van?

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