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Date:         Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:39:11 -0700
Reply-To:     SyncroWesty <SyncroWesty@ATTBI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         SyncroWesty <SyncroWesty@ATTBI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Chill Guys!!!!! Geeeeeze!!!Re: VW V-8 engine -
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Comments: To: David Brodbeck <gull@cyberspace.org>
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LOL;-) You mean this thing:

http://www.motorhoming.com/1986_Toyota_SunRaider.jpg

Hahahahahahahaha.

Seriously that will not fit in a normal parking space or haul a washing machine. Probably has a bathroom though...big thumbs up!

How about a ford:

http://www.sportsmobile.com/4x4/images/Van1.jpg http://www.sportsmobile.com/4x4/images/artpic1a.JPG http://www.sportsmobile.com/final_wlogo.jpg

Or a Benz:

http://www.4wdonline.com/News/1997/970520.MB.html http://members.aol.com/johnbmtl/cook4x4.jpg

Now we're talking...

Still Friday here:-)

Cheers,

Cory

> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, SyncroWesty wrote: > > > Out of curiosity what would you recommend as a replacement for my 1991 > > Syncro Westfalia? I need it to be able to haul 5 people, go offroad, be > > unaffected by snow, sleep 4, make ommletts, allow me to stand up straight > > (6'3") while making said ommletts, move a laundry machine, and park in a > > standard parking space. > > A Toyota Sunraider would do it. They did a 4WD version. Make sure you > get one with a 1-ton full-floating axle. They originally came with 3/4 > ton axles that had an unfortunate tendancy to snap, causing the motorhome > and one of the rear wheels to go seperate ways. They're reasonably > powerful if you get a V-6 model. The 4 is every bit as underpowered as a > Vanagon. > > > _ _ > __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI > / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- > | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org > \__, |\__,_|_|_| "...we're not getting the creeps who knocked the > |___/ buildings down. We're getting the creeps whose > address we know." -- Maureen Dowd >


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