At 11:12 AM +0100 11/23/00, Robin Oomkes wrote: >Andrew Grebneff wrote: > > The VW LT was a crude box on wheels, utterly lacking any charisma. It was > > front-engine, rear-drive, and larger than an Econoline. It used as standard > > the old SOHC 2.0 Audi 100 engine. There was one in town here, converted > > into a camper. > >There was a wonderful Westfalia version of the LT, called 'Sven Hedin' (after >the Swedish explorer). How does a Westy with six seats, two huge >beds, and a hot water shower sound to you? It had an incredibly high >roof; it measured 3.0 m (10 ft) from the ground. In its last years >of production (89-92) it was sold as 'Florida'. We spent a few days free camping on a nice stretch of beach near La Paz (Baja) beside a VW LT high-top westy and it was *sweet*! Had the turbo diesel in it. It was big and spacious, beautifully done. Driven by a German couple driving around the world for a while... I still have LT westy envy. T. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tobin Copley Bowen Island, BC, Canada 49deg 23'N-123deg 19'W '82 Westfalia 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky") '97 son Russell ============= '99 daughter Margaret /_| |_L| |__|:| clatter 1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi {. .| 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/ |
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