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Subject:Re: If I wanted to start a limo business..
From:Al and Sue Brase
Date:Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:20:28 -0600

That doesn't look roadworthy to you.? What about the nice interior,
doesn't that count for something?  Can you say ...crosswind? Braking
ability?
Al Brase

Robert Fisher wrote:

> This brings a question to mind... obviously in California if you alter
> your
> engine beyond fairly narrow parameters you run headlong into the
> bureaucracy, but I'm not aware of anybody that oversees or approves or
> even
> wants to know about massive modifications to the frame and structure
> of the
> vehicle such as the one in the link. I know the police can elect to
> give you
> a safety inspection on a traffic stop if they claim reasonable cause,
> but we
> don't have regular safety inspections like some other states do. Seems
> like
> there's an enormous potential for danger there that isn't addressed-
> anybody
> know anything about it?
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Myers" <thomas.myers@XEROX.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 7:44 AM
> Subject: Re: If I wanted to start a limo business..
>
>
> I always thought you could definitely pull some angle of using a
> vanagon TDI
>
> running biodiesel as some kind of "EcoLimo".. Thing.
>
> A lowered vanagon in all black would be pretty unique.
>
>
> Tom Myers
> 90 westy
> Rochester Ny
> http://motmyers.blogspot.com
>
>> From: joe trussell <vanagongl@HOTMAIL.COM>
>> Reply-To: joe trussell <vanagongl@HOTMAIL.COM>
>> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 15:24:19 +0000
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Subject: If I wanted to start a limo business..
>>
>> ...this could be the first of my fleet:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Volkswagen-Bus-Vanagon-LIMO-LIMO-Stretch-VW-bus
>>
>> -LIMO_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ15291QQitemZ4612542521QQrdZ1
>>
>> Then I'd have to pry Ottmar's stretch Vanagon away from him.
>>
>> Joe T.
>> Denver, CO
>>
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