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Subject:Synco Double Cab With Hydraulic Crane
From:Derek Drew
Date:Fri, 11 Oct 1996 11:55:10 -0400

This cool dude wrote me after seeing my web pages with my synco in all kinds
of horrible situations (see URL at the bottom).=20

Anybody want to install a 0.7 ton hydraulic crane in the back of your pickup
truck Vanagon?

At 12:24 AM 10/7/96 +0200, you wrote:
>Hello Derek!
>I looked at your pics with your bus, and they was really good! My name=20
>is peter larsson, and I have a crewcab with difflocks front and rear and=20
>a 0.7 ton hydraulic crane on the back. I drive it in the largest=20
>underground mine in the world, Kiruna in Sweden. It=B4s really offroad=20
>driving sometimes, steep and up to 0.5 meters of water sometimes. It=20
>really does a good job even with 800 kilos at the back, and not a pain=20
>on the road like the mercedes benz unimog. You can even use it on your=20
>time off work and it=B4s really good driving in the winter.
>happy offroad driving!
>Peter
>
>Peter Larsson <peter.larsson@kiruna.mail.telia.com>
____________________________________
Derek Drew                              New York, NY
drew@interport.net
DerekDrew@aol.com (backup; rarely checked)
'90 Syncro Westfalia...=20
...seen off-road at http://www.anet-dfw.com/~ddes/vw/drew/index.html

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