Date:         Fri, 18 Feb 2000 07:36:52 EST
Reply-To:     Ray Nemo <Volksiebus@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ray Nemo <Volksiebus@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:      Re: spare tire mounted on front of watercooled vanagon
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Someone asked:
>>Hello from Atlanta...Is it possible to mount the spare tire on the front of
our Vanagons, like you can with the bay window '70s vans? I have never
seen a vanagon this way...

   

My comments:
Wondered this myself--VW busses are 'sposed to have tires out front right? And
I've seen tires mounted on the front of F*rd and Sh*tvy vans and trucks,
obviously watercooled. 


I know that many watercooled V'gons run around with their radiators half
plugged with corrosion and barsleak, but is there any reason not to do this if
you have a properly functioning coolant system? My coolant gauge never
approaches the LED.

Would the tire mounts that affix to the front bumper, ala F*rd and
Sh*tvy-style, worker better (less interference with our high mount radiators)
than the Loaf Bus-style mounts?

Has anybody actually tried the tire out front on a watercooled v'gon?


   Captain Ray Nemo
   IXOYE
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