Well, I was actually referring to Bange's "magic door", but whatever turns
you on.

On 3/3/06, robertmstewart <robertmstewart@mac.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah Jake, And your the proud owner of it. Hope your enjoying that
> fantasy.
>
>
> on 3/3/06 9:37 PM, Jake de Villiers at crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COMwrote:
>
> > Have you seen "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" yet?  There's a
> really
> > cool wardrobe in it that is a portal to another world.     :-)
> >
> > Probably get one into your Westy!
> >
> > On 3/3/06, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> If all designers listened to the likes of automobile engineers with
> >>> similar
> >>> dispositions regarding these �imagination masturbation� exercises than
> >>> nothing of true design impact would ever be created. You would get
> >> square
> >>> box cars with, hard uncomfortable interiors,  no curves, no innovation
> >> and
> >>> zero design sensibility.
> >>> The industrial designers job is see that it can be done within the
> >>> parameters the auto manufactures provide them, and in some cases they
> >>> succeed.
> >>
> >>
> >> Granted, but there's a difference between a design that pushes the
> >> boundaries of modern manufacturing capabilities, and a design that
> simply
> >> cannot be made without the aid of faerie godmothers and pixie dust. The
> >> verdier concept westy looks neat, but the designer's grasp of
> mechanical
> >> engineering is practically nil. It is firmly and completely within the
> >> pixie
> >> dust realm. Maybe I'm just too much of an engineer at heart, but I'm
> just
> >> not intrigued by a design that (to me) might as well have a magic door
> >> leading to a 40 room italian villa under the rear seat, for all its
> >> plausibility.
> >>
> >> --
> >> John Bange
> >> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>
>
>

--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com