Date:         Wed, 29 Mar 2000 10:40:19 -0800
Reply-To:     Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
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From:         Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Extra gas tank for weekender?
Comments: To: James Shinosky <One88maroon@AOL.COM>
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At 3:12 AM -0500 3/29/00, James Shinosky wrote:
>Would love to see the Vanagon gas range being stretched a bit...

I too, have fanasized about building a Westy ER.  The diesel is an
incremental step towards this.  A 25 gallon fuel tank is available,
but is a PITA, IMHO.

Any reason why mods could not be made to a 2WD vanagon to fit a
syncro fuel tank in as an auxilary tank?  That would double the fuel
range right off the bat.  That would give the diesel "Westy ER" a
cruising range of 800 miles or more, plus an additional 150 miles for
each jerry can on the roof.

Is the space above the tranny available for this in a 2WD vanagon?  I
know you'd need to do some substantial body work (butchery) to
transfer things like the syncro fuel filler and door and stuff, but
is such an idea worth even arm-chair fantasy?

T.

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Tobin Copley   Bowen Island, BC, Canada              tobin.copley@ubc.ca

'82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
'97 son Russell                                   =============
'99 daughter Margaret                            /_| |__| |__|:| clatter
1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi       O|.           .| clatter!
1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT   7,400 km        ~-()-==----()-~
Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)
http://www.sfu.ca/~tcopley/vw/