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Subject:Wanted aircooled vanagon for "crash to pass"!
From:David Marshall
Date:Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:31:52 -0700

Some friends at work are wanting to enter a car at this years "crash to
pass" in July.  They were envisioning 1970 Thunderbird land yachts but I
was envisioning a Vanagon.  The rules of the "race" are simple - drive
around the oval track and make physical contact with at least one car per
lap.  Last one moving wins.  Prizes are give for the most unique car,
funniest car and other categories.

From past experiences with the races the car always dies because you smash
into someone and break the rad causing the enine to overheat or someone
smashed into you and damages the engine in some way (lack of oil etc etc).
My theory on the air-cooled Vanagon is there is no rad to break - the van
is biger and taller than most cars that are in the race and with a decent
steel bumper like I have on my Syncro - noone is going to touch the engine.
 I figure it would be more than likely I would place in the top three...

So, does anyone have a Vanagon they would like to donate to this project?  :)

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