Date:         Sun, 4 Jan 2004 09:46:17 -0700
Reply-To:     Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Sand Rail?
Comments: To: slowmachine@COX.NET
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The installer of my TIICO, Ed Rogers of Vee Dub Service in Ogden, UT, has
this same vehicle sitting in his garage. "Thing" body sitting on a Syncro
drive-werks. Not intended as a sand rail as it will be too heavy. Sandrails
always have very light front ends, actually light all over, huge paddle
tires and power to waste. My brother's Pinto produces just under 300 hp with
11.5 to 1 compression. My nephews 4 seater produces 320 hp and it's a VW
aircooled with turbo. Most of these seem to weigh between 1200 and 1800 lbs.
This is a link to my nephew's site:
http://www.majorleagueduning.com/

Bob Stevens

http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tiico

As strange as this sounds (and looks) I met a guy in San Diego last
summer that had cut the body off a Syncro and mounted a VW Thing body on
the chassis.  He had a TDI engine off to the side that was destined to
go into it.  I think the suspension would be *very* stiff with the
reduced weight of the vehicle.

Michael Snow

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