Date:         Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:19:38 +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: Dash mounts for fancy gadgets?... jumping
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>  > Let me know if you ever find a good no-drill attachment solution.
>I drilled
>>  several holes in a westy
>>  that I owned some years earlier.  I always regretted doing that and now I am
>>  more careful about
>>  doing things that are not reversible.   On the other hand, I have
>>friends who
>>  drive their Vanagons
>>  basically as 'beaters' and really don't care about dents or holes or trim or
>>  hubcaps, etc.

I eventually regretted drilling holes etc all over my 57 Panel, but
eventually it was sold minus engine to someone who said he'd restore
it... I bet it no longer exists. I loved that bus and wish I hadn't
sold it...

>In fact,
>>  three friends this weekend went on an off-road foray with a splitty, a bay,
>>  and a Vanagon and all three
>>  claim to have left the ground over one dirt ramp and they were
>>grinning ear to
>>  ear.  Different strokes
>>  for different folks!
>>
>>  Warren Lail
>>  88 Westy "Billy Bones"
>>
>Just because my vanagon doesn't say syncro on the rear don't mean I am going
>to keep it on the normally paved surfaces.

Hear hear! And if I happen to find a hump on any road, I'm quite
happy to give the tires a brief rest... do this occasionally, last
time in my Bay at 80mph. Make sure you land STRAIGHT though...


>Inner  wear on right tire and outer wear on the left tire.  Weird...

Sounds like your rear alignment may be out... if so, the vehicle will
crab along the road... this may well be visible from a following
vehicle. I see lots of this, even in late-models.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut