Date:         Sat, 20 Jan 2001 21:41:56 -0800
Reply-To:     Zach Kaplan <zakaplan@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Zach Kaplan <zakaplan@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: 10 passenger vanagon!!  whats your record?
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JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> a friend from new york came down last night and wanted to borrow my 3 person
> middle seat (which, by the way, is for sale) to put in his Carat as he
> volunteered as a "chauffer" for a wedding party... we set the 3 person middle
> seat
> (from a 9 passenger) in front of the rear sofabed seat, and folded the
> jumpseats down...viola!  comfortable seating for 10 people!!
>
> speaking of which, whats y'all's record number of people carried in any of
> your vans?
>
> my dad holds the record in his dodge conversion van - 28 people...and yes, it
> was driving!
>
> chris

The T3 Caravelle (Vanagon) was available in Europe in a 12-passenger
version. It had the front seat arrangement of the 9-seater and three rows of
bench seats behind the cab. The rearmost seat was placed slightly farther
back than in the 7/8/9-passenger versions so there was less cargo room and
the seats were closer together so there was less leg room. I've wondered
what the acceleration and climbing would be like with the 50 horsepower 1.6
litre normally aspirated diesel propelling 12 heavy people.

Zach Kaplan