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Subject:Re: Anybody seen a chopped and shortened Vanagon?
From:BenT Syncro
Date:Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:16:26 -0700

On Jun 22, 2010, at 3:51 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM
 > wrote:

> unfortunately it 'looks wrong' with the hyper short wheel base..
> but it would be a horrible engineering challenge to move the wheels
> closer
> to the ends to keep the proportions right and wheel base useful, for
> the
> size of this van.

I did ask the fabricator about moving the wheels forward in the
interest of driving stability and improved appearance (IMHO).

I was thinking put the door step to the rear and entire wheel opening
forward. The labor cost jumps dramatically.

BenT