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Date:         Fri, 18 Feb 2000 15:49:23 -0800
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Organization: The Cobalt Group
Subject:      Re: spare tire mounted on front of watercooled vanagon
Comments: To: Kent Christensen <lkchris@USWEST.NET>
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Kent Christensen wrote:
>
> I always thought people did this on the old vans mostly to move the
> weight of the spare to the front.


No, it was so we didn't have to sleep next to it!  It was stored inside
and took up a lot of room to boot.


That, of course, is not an issue
> with most Vanagons--maybe it's just the security of always knowing
> your spare is there.  Seems to me front mounting encourages vandalism.


That's why the spare was always a well used tire!


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