I have lead a sheltered automotive life.  The Vanagon was a HUGE leap of
faith for me.

Never regretted it.

Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
WWW.Busesbythebeach.com

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> People are not familiar with hydraulics in street hot rods and show cars ?
>
> Very powerful, fast acting hydraulic rams are fitted to the suspension at
> each corner of the car.
> The trunk is usually packed with batteries and electric motors to provide
> the hydraulic pressure used.
>
> the idea is to get the car jumping completely into the air, usually one end
> or the other.
> I don't think they get them to jump straight up and down so much, just one
> end or the other.
>
> the cord is a remote control, so the guy doesn't have to be in the van
> while it's jumping.
>
> Cool, I'm starting to build one of my own this week !
> I have enough vanagon bodies to play with that's for sure.
> and if anyone needs any rust free vanagon bodies ...........for whatever,
> art projects, build from scratch into the ultimate camper, complete swap
> over of your good stuff from your rusted van, etc, etc.    I got 'em.   No
> reasonable offer refused !   :-)
> Southern Oregon .....super dry climate too, good for no rust.
>
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter T. Owsianowski" <
> pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 12:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Is this what I think it is?
>
>
>  Forgive my ignorance, but what is that coming out of the driver's side of
>> the bus?  Is the guy controlling the dancing bus?
>> Pete
>> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
>> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
>> WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Ken Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  http://www.smugmug.com/popular/Cars#85121526_YVLnp-A-LB
>>>
>>>
>>> Ken Lewis
>>> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
>>> in statu viae
>>>
>>>
>