Hi Jim,

I have done exactly that with both of my buses.

You can drive on the rims, no problem. But they won't climb even the
gentlest of obstacles at low speeds. There's a 3/4" lip leading to
the concrete pad in my garage and the bare steel rear wheels just
couldn't get enough traction to get over the bump. It might have
worked if I'd taken a run at it but there wasn't enough driveway to
make that happen. I tried putting down some plywood for extra
traction but the rims spun anyway and made lots of smoke. We
eventually wound up pushing it in with my brother's pontiac.

Anyone here remember the 1980's Audi Quattro commercial with the car
going up a scenic mountain road without tires? Amazing.

When you lower a bus that far you have the bare minimum of ground
clearance. I even had trouble getting my hydraulic jack out from
under the bus!

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
http://www.busesofthecorn.com

On 7-Mar-06, at 10:33 PM, Jim Morgan wrote:

> Here is a novel way to get a vanagon/buss to fit in your garage.
> Remove  your
> tires and put
> on old bare rims and push it in I have done this several times  to
> get  a van
> in a garage. It seems that it is just the door opening is short on
> some  old
> garages but once inside no clearence problems.
>
> Jim Morgan 86GL 'breadbox"
>
>