I was wondering if Steve Schwenk's friend is still Behind German Lines.  The
gas can holder and spare tire holder would solve a couple of my problems for
the trip to South America.  Probably cost a fortune to get them here,
though.  But I would be interested if it was feasible.

Jeanne Maly
-----Original Message-----
From: KENWILFY@AOL.COM <KENWILFY@AOL.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, August 06, 1998 3:21 PM
Subject: Cool pics, some questions

>As I was checking out Chris Turner's pics from Germany (and enjoying them
very
>much) I saw a few things that I wanted to ask about.
>1.  One of the Vanagons rear air intakes were sealed up.  Does this
decrease
>drag enough to be worth doing and where do you get your fresh air from for
the
>intake?
>2.  Black VW badged pickup in one picture is a VW Taro right?  (You say
you've
>never heard of a Taro?  And you thought you knew about VWs. :)
>3.  Nice swing out spare tire holder and gas can holder but why do you need
to
>put the tire on the back?  What is taking up the spare tire space
underneath?
>4.  What is that photo underneath of a older bus supposed to be showing?
>(extra clean or some special drive train?)
>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.)
>Thats all for now.  Hope I get to go to the Fatherland one of these days.
>Ken Wilford
>John 3:16