Re the lawyers and regulators, if the group included one of Shakespeare's
descendents, perhaps that person would still have the gene that led
Shakespeare to suggest doing away with lawyers.

On a more serious note, and understanding that our U.S. policies may have
led to the demise of the air cooled, over the wheel vehicles, I wonder if
the latter anti-over the wheels regulations could be gotten around by using
rehabbed "old" bodies, and an acceptable newly developed engine and other
required safety features.  I hasten to add that I'm neither highly
mechanically skilled (I lose parts when changing a ball point's cartridge)
nor an engineer, but the ideas intrigue me.

Sam Conant
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Egeln" <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: "Brand new" bus now Vanagon

> It's the lawyers and regulators that would scare me....building a
> prototype might not be as difficult as making it legal.
> Anthony
>
> vt <samcvt@COMCAST.NET> wrote: I'd like to see a return to Westy-like
> vehicles too.  Wonder what sort of
> funding would be needed for a U.S. start up to do this?
> SamC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Egeln"
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 3:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Fwd: "Brand new" bus now Vanagon
>
>
>> In a post I once suggested we dedicate a website petitioning VW to bring
>> back the vanagon....updated of course with an inline gas or TDI engine!
>> The production tooling must exist somewhere between South Africa and
>> Germany.
>>
>> Some folks said that it wouldn't pass US regulations because of the cab
>> over wheels design, and others said it would be too expensive.  But there
>> are new imported trucks out there that are cab over wheel and with folks
>> paying GoWesty 30-40M (and more) for a 2wd Westy, not to mention your
>> comment about "drain the bank account", there might be a market out
>> there.
>> It doesn't have to cost a million clams.  There IS a world-wide market
>> hungry for a good 'ol VW SUV (sport utility van).  I'd buy a new syncro
>> pax van or maybe even a Westy.
>>
>> Dreams CAN come true!    Anthony
>> '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
>>
>>
>> dylan friedman  wrote: I would love to find a 91
>> Syncro like that!
>> I would drain the bank account for it.
>>
>> dylan
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: David Milo
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Sent: Saturday, April 7, 2007 10:24:08 AM
>> Subject: Fwd: "Brand new" bus
>>
>> Try this instead
>>
>> http://www.ebay.co.uk/     item 200090584764
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Milo
>> Date: Apr 7, 2007 10:20 AM
>> Subject: Re: "Brand new" bus
>> To: Vanagon List
>>
>> Ah, here it is, eBay uk. I was a little optimistic on the selling price,
>> but
>> at least here is the background story.
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk      item number: 200090584764
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On 4/6/07, Greg Potts  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Joy,
>>>
>>> No idea why its unused. It has no seats, because it's a panel van.
>>> They were very commonly used as cargo vehicles and tradesman's vans;
>>> so no rear seats were needed.
>>>
>>> I also noticed that it's got the type1 "upright" engine more commonly
>>> found in the beetle or 68-71 bus. Type4 engines were an option in
>>> europe, the UK and Austrailia.
>>>
>>>
>>> Happy Trails,
>>>
>>> Greg Potts
>>> 1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
>>> www.pottsfamily.ca
>>> www.busesofthecorn.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6-Apr-07, at 10:54 PM, Joy Hecht wrote:
>>>
>>> > But what's the story?  Why was it never used?  And why no seats, too?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Joy
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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