>Ever pull up next to a empty 18 wheeler at a stoplight?
>They still don't accelerate or stop very fast empty or loaded.
>
>This is the only vehicle I know of that is honestly slower than a Bus or
>a Van.         ( Other than an Isetta , Messerschmitt, Crosley or
>Renault Dauphine )

I can think of a few Messerschmitt vehicles which were a wee bit
faster... say 450mph...

>You guys go ahead and try for the Ripley's weight hauling record in a
>Type 2, or a Vanagon.

There's no "or". A "Vanagon" *IS* a Type 2. Type 25, to be specific.

Masswise, I tawt dese were one-tonne vans, like the later Splits & de
Bays. Or a Hiace. Heck, the small Liteace which was sold in the US in
the mid80s is a 3/4-tonne van.  Load limits will be based on spring
performance first, then tires.

Back a few years (like say 25), I noted that my 3/4-tonne 57 Split
handled noticably better on long trips ith a heavy load on board, say
a year's living supplies and a Honda CB450 K6 (not a light bike). No
oversteer at all when thrown into a bend... no understeer either,
dead neutral.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut