No doubt you could put a full sized horse in one with the sunroof. Might
be a good idea to put a blindfold on him, though. He might get alarmed
from seeing real-time road events ahead!  With no other load, a Vanagons
would certainly be able to hold the weight. I would be somewhat
concerned about the corrosive effects of the horse's emissions on the
sheet metal structure.
Al Brase

Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:

>Now that's a "horse" story...  ;)
>
>First time I ever heard of that method for adding horse power...
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jeff
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>Of Paul & Becky Oliver
>Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 10:46 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Adding a Real Horse to a Vanagon
>
>
>Well will wonders never cess? Today we took out the center seat and carpet,
>put a board across, behind the front seats and hay on the floor. Then we
>loaded up a horse, she's small only 14 hands. Did not leave much room.
>
>Yesterday we had moved our little pony 9 hands (just let him stand between
>the center seat and the back seat), he is not much bigger than a very large
>dog (wolf hound) and it gave us the courage to try the larger horse.
>Sometimes he even acts like a dog, will chase people who do not belong on
>our property. My kids have come to calling him our "watch horse."
>
>So much for needing a horse trailer when you have the "all purpose" vanagon.
>
>Like that TV ad "whats in your wallet," lets make it "what was in your
>vanagon?"
>
>Paul
>
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