Date:         Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:45:34 -0700
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: Sprinter Camper
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On 2/10/05 9:18 AM, "Aaron Pearson" <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM> wrote:

> i have trouble getting excited about any front-engined van.  i like
> sitting way up in front, with a giant window in front of me.  are the
> highway safety laws in this country such that we'll never again be able
> to buy a van where the driver sits in front of the front wheels?  you
> can buy commercial vehicles like that.
> 
> aaron
> '87 syncro gl
> 
Yes you can still get them if a mfr will build them.  The laws do not
restrict where the engine is.  The main reason most are up there is the
crash test covering damage to the pax compartment and what is permitted.  By
the time they get all that figured out you can drop the engine into that
space and still have the same front nose.

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jimt
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