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Subject:Re: Springs & Shocks
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:23:49 +1300

>Yup.  Next up is hydraulics to make it bounce up and down.
>
>Joe T.
>
>>From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
>>Reply-To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>Subject: Re: Springs & Shocks
>>Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 13:32:34 +1300
>>
>>>1) It rides like a Cadillac (or a Vanagon version of a Cadillac) now!  Less
>>>sway, no mind-jarring, rattling bumps, it's quiet, absolutely amazing change
>>>from the rusted, blown CarQuest gas shocks that the P.O. had installed years
>>>ago.
>>
>>Then it must wallow over undulations, yaw and wallow on even small
>>bends... not to mention bodyroll...

Been done already... unfortunately.
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Andrew Grebneff
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