Date:         Tue, 15 Oct 2002 21:24:49 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: making a vanagon pickup truck!!!
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>Just out of curiosity ......... what kind of VW Van are you going to
>mutilate?
>A good 89 Plymouth Voyager has a value of about 600$. Your friends van
>sounds like it had reached the 198$ value base.
>I'd be a little skeptical about the rigid base of the frame after some
>radical cutting.
>I noticed that on most Vans (Type 1 and 2) even the steel panels behind
>the drivers seat back add structural support to the body.
>As for Vanagons I can see that they are engineered differently but I'd
>almost bet that if you get a good look at some Vanagon Single cab trucks
>you'll find compensating structural members added for the pickup body.
>Don't get me wrong, I'd say it would be a fun project to do.

I remember some years ago in HVWs or VW & Porsche there was an
olive-drab T1 which had been cut down to the swage line; even the cab
roof was gone. Rear seats still in. It was called "Moosezilla" and it
was COOL. I don't think a cut-down T3 would have the coolness. A T2
might.

Anyway, VanaGonzilla?
--
Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut