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Subject:Re: Wheel alternatives...
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:33:49 -0700

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On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

>  Anybody ever build a "Low Rider" Vanagon?  I saw a local car show-parade
> with a few of those in it...Bouncing up and down, getting up on three
> wheels, little teenie tires like a kid's wagon...Amazing!
>
>  If you had a Westie with that kinda suspension you could cook popcorn
> without shaking the pot by hand...Or make Bond-martinis..."Shaken, not
> stirred"..
>   Don Hanson
>
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >
> > >
> > > My only reason is because I asked my daddy and he said it was OK ....
> oh,
> > > and I wanted to.
> > >
> > > http://www.vanagon.com/info/tires/index.html
> > > ... and once I saw what my daddy had to say at that link, I knew it was
> > not
> > > only OK, but a good idea.
> > >
> > Besides that, I wanted to amaze someone.
> >
> > >
> > > bob
> >  >
> > >
> > >>  I am forever amazed at the propensity of folks to change something on
> a
> > >> vehicle from the way the engineers designed it, and dismiss any
> concerns
> > >> about safety of the modification with faith that it will "be ok."
> > >>
> > >> Why do you guys want different wheels from the ones that VW put on the
> > >> van?  In what way do you think that your choices are better?  Just
> > >> curious.
> > >>
> > >> Dave McNeely
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>

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Jake

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