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Subject:Re: "AIR" COOLED NO VANAGON CONTENT
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Fri, 11 Jul 2014 21:39:11 -0600

Yup ~ Owned&Operated a '73SuoerBeetle for a bunch of years back in the Late70s ~ Wouldn't think about doing it in the

SpaceAvailable anymore than this one was done I'T'S'A' ~ Would add one of those RollsRoyce style Hoods & put it in there ~

Always ThinkOutsideTheBug ~

                                                                                        ORR ~ DeanB
On 11 Jul , 2014, at 8:38 PM, Don Hanson wrote:

> Have you actually opened the front of a VW bug?   There is some room up there, perhaps enough to carry your lunchbox...remember those?   I couldn't carry my basic vehicle tools up front, in one I had recently...they were in a small plastic fishing tackle box...it was too big, unless I took out the spare and stuck it in that space...
> 
>   The VW Beetle is still a good vehicle.   I drove mine to a bike race in Park City Utah from near Portland, Or.   70mph across the Great Basin and back, no problemo..About the same gas mileage as my inline Vanagon, but not nearly so comfortable as a platform for participating in  a sport requiring lots of gear and lots of rest and food...
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 7:26 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>         Cute Idea But on a Bug why put it there when there is all the EmptySpace up front that would work
> 
> wonderfully for such a device ~
> 
>                                                                                         ORR DeanB
> 
> 
> On 11 Jul , 2014, at 5:28 PM, raceingcajun wrote:
> 
> > I live in south Louisiana and we just have to have A/C around here, what
> > with our 95' degree, 100% humidity days. Maybe this is a helpful idea for
> > some? Remember, "Necessity breeds Ingenuity"!
> >
> > Howard
> >
> > https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t1.0-9/983728_810653262291716_6661226125342450794_n.jpg
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