If its anything like the stretched '67 Beetle I used to drive....You
can stretch a beetle, but it still drives like one!

Jay

On 2/11/06, Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@mchsi.com> wrote:
> 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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