At 07:09 PM 07/08/98 -0700, you wrote:
>KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:
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>> 5.  Liked the LTs.  Did they make any of these into campers in Germany or are
>> they strictly grunt vehicles?  (There is one here in South Jersey that I have
>> seen pictures of that was brought over and camperized in the US by a VW
>> dealer.)
>>
Some info has already been posted on LTs. They are no comparison to
vanagons. They are VW version of a van/truck with more space front engine
and a straight rear axle (no independent suspension). There are many camper
versions available in Germany. But they are far away from the comfort and
handling of a vanagon. They were built as VW was entering the light truck
market in cooperation with MAN, a truck/Bus company in Southern Germany. 
Some people converted the LT into a 4x4 by adding a straight front axle. In
other words it will handle much like a pickup truck with a larger metal box.
They have this metal box type feeling that you can get from some North
American vans as well.

Bj�rn Ratjen

Mill Bay, B.C. 

1987 Syncro Est Alia (self camperized)
1995 Passat TD
(1982 Vanagon Diesel)
1979 VW Bus (self- camperized)