Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> exterior volume, or interior volume ?
>
> for interior volume of an odd shape, without hurting it, you just fill it
> with ping pong balls or whatever, then remove those and put them in a
> properly shaped container that you can use to calculate the volume.

That's a lot of table tennis balls. Who wants to pay for them? My method
is miles cheaper, costs nothing.

> the pool method is good though.

Are you volunteering your van, a hoist, the pool? Again, my method wins
on the basis not only of cheapness but it's 100% accurate, and orders of
magnitude easier to do -- in fact, it's already been done.

Viz:

Assume the standard volumetric Vanagon to be a rectangular prism with
the following dimensions: 15' x 6'4'' x 6'1''

Done and done.

This has been a good Friday.

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