John,
Trust me, there's no worry about anyone copying the design of the Vanaru
subaru conversion.  All those parts involved are out there to purchase at a
fair price for those who want to try their hand at it.
There are other issues at play right now, but all the information on that
page and more will be back up in the future, bigger and better and uncut!
-Hans
http://www.vanaru.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Runberg" <jrunberg@MAC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: Inside a Subi part 3

> Ben, you're right ? your site, your decision. So this may be just some
> thoughts...
>
> But if someone's going to copy something, the last thing they're going to
> do is wait until someone post pics online. Not if they're serious, anyway.
> Instead, they will buy one themselves - in fact, they'll do it right away.
>
> No disrespect to Hans + crew (he let me drive @ Everybus and was very,
> very nice) but you posting and talking about their work has gotten a lot
> of listies attention. The list knows you and trusts your opinion. That
> word of mouth is worth a fortune to any company.
>
> You guys know what's going on and I don't (common), but I'd love for you
> to keep talking about the conversion, Vanaru and the install. That will
> encourage the rest of us to step up faster and start ordering kits from
> them!
>
> john
>
>
>
>> I will answer that question only once...  nobody, even VW will tell me
>> what to do on my site, it's all i have! I have VW sign on my site
>> everywhere...
>