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Date:         Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:23:21 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Comments on Splittie
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote:

> Fortunately neither my 57 Panel or 66 Kombi had any slop in the > steering.

You had the one, eh? ;) The steering mechanism on those old buses just had too many pivot points in it. When I got my Vanagon I couldn't believe how tight the steering was.

> Those with long arms (eg me) appreciate the driving position!

Oh, yeah, it's great. I liked how you could get different wrist angles by changing where you gripped the wheel. It was very relaxing on long trips, sort of like resting your hands on a tabletop.

> My 75 Bay was not at all noisy. And it was a bare-bones Kombi.

Mine was noisy as heck, but a lot of that was because the wood beam in the front of the pop-top had warped. It wouldn't seat properly when latched and caught a lot of wind.

> My 57 and 66 had decent brakes. The 75's were not adequate, despite > the boosted discs.

I thought the 75's brakes were okay when the rears were properly adjusted. They'd only stay properly adjusted for maybe two weeks, though.

_ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "The VW camper is a brilliant invention -- it's like a |___/ Swiss army knife for the road... It's the stealth RV." -- Wayne Curtis


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