Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 11:19:54 -0500
Reply-To: Birkenfeld Jeff <BirkenfeldJeff@JOHNDEERE.COM>
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From: Birkenfeld Jeff <BirkenfeldJeff@JOHNDEERE.COM>
Subject: Re: looking for source for "crazy trailer"
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Stan - item #2:
Icefishing: anchor that Barnum in the fall, hang out till the lake freezes
and you've got a frozen-in-the-lake fishing house....might want those heater
cores when the propane runs out.
In the spring after the thaw, anchors away!
I've really been pondering the Ponfalia now that you brought it up. I could
just see that thing pulling into the marina hunting for fuel and smokes.
"Hey girls, wann ride in my van?"
JB
> build a water recovery system from the outboard to run the interior
> heater cores.
> ---------------
> #1) You're right a dead Waser Boxer Westy is easier to find than a dead
> Air Cooled Westy, and we could use the old Waser boxer engine for an
> anchor. Or we could run the Waser boxer on plain water for cooling and
> have evaporated water recovery from the cylinder head leaks to drink.
> #2) Who goes to the lake when its freezing outside?
> #3) Never see any more single wheel trailers? .......... maybe they
> aren't worth a crap is why.
> #4) I enjoy being crazy, gives me a general excuse for all my screw ups.
> #5) I think the right name for a Westy on a pair of pontoons should be
> called a Barnum and Baileyfalia. Bright red with gold pinstriping and
> recorded circus music would enhance the spectator appeal very much. Or
> maybe those recorder *All Skate* tunes they use at roller skating rinks.
> #6) If a list member builds one of these Westy Water World contraptions,
> I'll buy the beer for everybody that shows up for the first launching.
> (Mike Miller and Terry K are excluded from the Free beer, don't want to
> let them get started). We're already jumping the Friday Privileges.
>
> Stan
>
>
> On Thu, 23 May 2002 10:28:21 -0500 "Birkenfeld Jeff"
> <BirkenfeldJeff@JohnDeere.com> writes:
> > >take my advise until someone else that
> > has actually used on tells you Stans Nuts.
> >
> > Stan Wilder
> > 83 Air Cooled Westfalia
> >
> > Stan IS nuts!...however, I have never owned one of these trailers.
> > Did see
> > one in a bad movie starring Mac Davis, called "Cheaper to Keep Her",
> > he
> > pulled it around behind a Pinto or something. Looked rather goofy
> > and I
> > don't think it would make for a very good Vanagon trailer as you
> > would never
> > see it in the rear view or know how much rear length you have short
> > of
> > placing a tall orange bike flag on it.
> >
> > JB
> >
> > Stan, I've been thinking about that Westy on the pontoon idea....how
> > about
> > removing drivetrain and suspension leaving everything else as the
> > gas tank
> > could run the outboard, the wipers could still be useful, the
> > reverse lights
> > could be used as running lights, side marker color change for
> > running
> > lights, keep all the glass to help with bad weather, all the Westy
> > electricals to run the Westy equipment, build a water recovery
> > system from
> > the outboard to run the interior heater cores, maybe a platform
> > above the
> > cab for sunbathing....I'm still thinking....call it a PonFalia or a
> > Westoon.
> > Now what's a Westy weigh minus drivetrain and suspension?
>
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