Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 22:40:35 -0600
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon land speed record
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Things have changed around here, we now have 2" of sleet, 21 degrees,
12-18 mph winds and 1 degree chill factor. They're expecting another 2-3"
before morning.
Snow we can live with but sleet just turns into a sheet of ice.
I'm out checking the freezer to see if I got the makings of a big pot of
chili.
The pup made it about 100 feet on her walk and retreated back to the
house, taking her advise I came back inside too.
This only happens about one week out of the year so I can't complain
......... they don't use salt on roads just play sand or similar small
gravel / sand mix.
Back in July 2002 I went to Albuquerque and caught some really cold
desert air and a great tail wind about 3AM while crossing the mini
mountains and my Westy just loved it ............... 75/80 mph, low oil
temp, high oil pressure, low CHT.
Air Cooled VW just love this cold weather, they just really purrrrrrrr!
I must have a one a million because my Westy has good heat.
Stan Wilder
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:43:48 -0800 "David Marshall"
<vanagon@volkswagen.org> writes:
> Try a Double Cab with a canvas canopy with the rear flap rolled up -
> we hit
> a good prairie wind one summer and literally sailed for about 2h and
> pulled
> in about 6L/100km!
>
> David Marshall
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On
> Behalf
> Of Stan Wilder
> Sent: February 24, 2003 9:02 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Vanagon land speed record
>
>
> Sunday afternoon I took a little ride from Dallas to visit a friend
> about
> 50 miles due West of Dallas.
> The purpose was to socialize my 6 month old pup to being around
> other
> dogs and my friend has several dogs and several children to wear the
> dogs
> down.
> I fought a 30 - 45 mile an hour straight on head wind all the way to
> his
> house and managed to keep the gauges in a safe zone at 60 + or minus
> a
> few mph.
> On the way back I had a wonderful 30- 40 mph tail wind that pushed
> my
> little Westy right along with the big SUVs and big imported sedans.
> I was happily cruising at about 75 and noticed that I was
> approaching 85
> mph ................ It was nearly a thrill.
> Since I worked the Westy so hard to get there I was pleased to see
> that I
> could actually hold my position in interstate traffic without being
> passed by everyone.
> With the ridges they cut into Texas highways and temperatures in the
> low
> 30s those Agilis 61s were singing a song I'd never heard before.
> Short trip buy the pup loved it.
>
> Stan Wilder
> 83 Air Cooled Westfalia
>
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