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Subject:Re: Vanagon on Steroids
From:Loren Busch
Date:Fri, 7 Dec 2007 22:25:52 -0800

David, is that really 'your' LT or just like your LT?  Or is that the one
you had that ended up in Washington/Oregon at a new home?

On Dec 7, 2007 9:12 PM, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote:

> The engine (2.4L straight six turbo Diesel, stock is 90hp, 155ft.lbs) sits
> between the front seats.
>
> That's *my* LT, so I guess I
> could be the guy on the list who has one!   :-)
> David
> Marshall
>
> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
> http://www.fastforward.ca
>
> Box 4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J
> 3J2
>
> On Fri, December 7, 2007 20:54, craig cowan wrote:
> > Where'd they put the engines in these bad boys? And.....what kind
> of
> > engines? This vehicle is far to big for a little 86hp 1.9L or
> worse,
> > aircooled. But then again, a 1980 vanagon seems WAY to
> big and heavy for a
> > 68(?)hp aircooled engine......so its all
> relative. It is a VW, so they may
> > have used something COMPLETELY
> rediculous (i know of Craftsman engines
> > that
> > put out a
> heck of a bit more pony-power than the earliest
> >
> beetles/busses!).
> >
> > Just curious. Doesnt someone on the
> list have one of these too?
> >
> > -Craig
> > '85gl
> barefoot
> >
> > On Dec 7, 2007 10:46 PM, David Marshall
> <mailinglist@fastforward.ca>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Only an LT 2 ? only 2WD? - 'tis yet but tiny!
> >>
> >> What you need is
> >> the 4x4 version of that with a
> 5500kg GVW!
> >>
> >>
> http://hasenwerk.ca/lt45doka/volkswagenlt4x4.jpg
> >>
> >> Now that's a Vanagon on Steroids... no wait, I take that
> >> back.  A Vanagon is a mini-Van really - just a glorified car
> that's
> >> been beefed up... the LT... that's a truck!
> >>
> >> David
> >> Marshall
> >>
> >> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
> >>
> http://www.fastforward.ca
> >>
> >> Box 4153, Quesnel
> BC, Canada V2J
> >> 3J2
> >>
> >> On Fri,
> December 7, 2007 17:01, Loren Busch wrote:
> >> > For those of
> you that have never seen one, here is a Westfalia made
> >>
> camper
> >> > on a VW LT 29 body, the 'Florida" model.
> As seen in
> >> Oregon last week:
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/starwagen/LT28Florida
> >> >
> >>
> >
>