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Date:         Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:03:09 -0500
Reply-To:     Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Another project?
Comments: To: Leon Korkin <korkwood@SURFREE.COM>
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I can't believe moving the spare tire from the front to the rear would make any noticeable difference, especially in a camper and I'll keep my full size spare, thank you. What does the spare weigh, 25 or 30 lbs.? Get some new shocks.

Jay '85 Westy

Leon Korkin <korkwood@SURFREE.COM> on 03/13/2001 02:30:02 PM

Please respond to Leon Korkin <korkwood@SURFREE.COM>

To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM cc: (bcc: Jay L Snyder/AE/DuPont) Subject: Re: Another project?

Why not put much lighter spare and save a lot of work time and money? Leon 85 Subwagen Westy Arlen wrote: > My Vanagon has always felt 'nose heavy' to me. What I recently did was > move my spare tire to the right rear corner (inside) and I felt a > dramatic improvement. Now, since I don't want to give up my bed or > access to the engine cover I'm thinking I'd like to move it outside on a > swing out carrier. > > My research has turned up two possibilities so far. It seems there is a > Winkler (Ortec?) available but I haven't heard anything about the > durability of this model. The other lead is the Syncro Multi-van, but I > certainly can't afford the near $2500 USD that David Marshall is asking > for the ones he's bringing back from Germany (that's $500 more than I > originally paid for my vanagon). I'm sure they're durable > but................ > > A third option might be to build one locally but I haven't been able to > turn up any good pictures of them. The more I think about it the more I > like this third option. Maybe even aluminum. Or stainless. I have a > friend with a lathe and a mill. For $2500 I could buy a real nice TIG > welder. Hmmmmmmm............ > > Any ideas or pictures floating around out there? > > Arlen


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