Forgive the thin level of vanagon content, but after reading all the old
airplane posts today ( saturday) I had to add something:
For those of you WWII airplane buffs, and who isn't really?, I mean the sound
and vibrations when one of those radial engine monsters cruises over!! I hope
you have seen this NOVA production about a B-29  (kee-bird) crash landed near
the arctic circle and left for 50 years till someone decides to get it running
and fly it out. Guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes in the end.

Required Vanagon content: Watch the video, it makes Dave's point about the value
of exercising extra caution as per driving with the gas on and fridge on propane
- I do it all the time by the way - After  all the time and energy and love
invested in these vans and considering how they only get scarcer and scarcer.
And of course, it offers a nice reminder just for those moments mid-way into the
front blower motor replacement or engine swap, that there are even crazier folk
out there, and if they can do that......... then, well.......... how about a
solid layer of sound deadening over the entire van!

http://video.pbs.org/video/1548962233/

Sincerest apologies for the marginal van related content,

Sam in Santa Fe

91 Carat awaiting Jettta engine
81 Westy W/ 2.0l Jetta engine

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