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Subject:Re: Anybody seen a chopped and shortened Vanagon?
From:Jay lefstein
Date:Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:21:03 -0700

hey BenT..
i was looking at that a while back and the first thing that came to
mind is , there is not enough room between the axels to put in a
vanagon drive train...  maybe a tranny and engine from a golf or
jetta... or somthing totally different??
On 22-Jun-10, at 3:05 PM, BenT Syncro wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Paul Guzyk <paullist08@guzyk.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Air cooled Vanagon would be easier to convert...and the air cooled
>> motor
>> could probably handle the load better since van would be considerably
>> lighter....and air cooled Vanagons are cheaper too, but could be
>> more hassle
>> to pass smog.
>>
>> not as cute as a shortened splitty for promotional vehicle though...
>>
>> see http://www.loaflovetour.com/
>
>
>
> I've seen that one. I really want a Vanagon based version like this
> one:
>
> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/3252859.jpg
>
> --
> BenT