Oh I like that a lot !
But...........of course..........regardless of how creative or artistic
architecture is, the purpose of a roof is to keep out the elements,
particularly water. 
So given leaks, the architect was too much artist and not enough practical
designer.

It's 40 + years  old by now, but the roof of the very exotic chapel at the
Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs , Co. ,  always leaked I've read. 
 
Hey ! maybe Frank was involved with the adapting of water cooling to the air
cooled vw opposed four ( which is what a waterboxer is ) and that's why they
leak easily !!!
Scott
www.turbovans.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Buese [mailto:tombuese@comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 12:59 PM
To: Scott Daniel - Shazam
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: uh-oh

On Jan 30, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:

> Of course the famous phrase, first uttered by an engineer, and  so  
> true, is
> recalled :
>
> "It is the nature of fluids to leak."

& Architect Frank Lloyd Wright famously said:  "If the roof doesn't  
leak, the architect has not been creative enough" +-

Mr. BZ-thats why we carry professional liability insurance
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On  
> Behalf Of
> Allan Streib
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:34 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: uh-oh
>
> Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> writes:
>
>> Owners often report a drop or two overnite in cold weather. Dont
>> think this happens with new gaskets, though.  Are you sure the
>> coolant is not coming from some other place than the head gaskets?
>
> Pretty sure, unless it's seeping onto the top of the cylinder and
> migrating down along the gasket edge by capilary action.  The drop I
> saw was still hanging from the cylinder, right at the gasket on the
> head side.  It has been cold, below freezing when I've noticed this.
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL