Date:         Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:56:52 -0600
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Crash Test
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This reinforces my faith in the body design. Anyone know of similar =
clips for T1s or T2s?

LTs... who wanted 'em? Stong, though... note how the roofs & pillars =
didn't deform in the rolovers.

Some of those Honestech videos show brilliantly just how well these vans =
corner. Sporty? You bet. So long as the dampers do their trick... some =
of the offroad videos show bobbong indicative of poor damping.

You can see why the T3 2WD is  not nearly as good offroad as a T1/T2... =
the suspension just doesn't have the travel to keep the tires on the =
surface. I bet the Syncro T3 wouldn't be able to compete with the one =
4WD T2 VW made as a testbed.

Shame there's no easy (or probably road-legal) way to convert a =
torsionbar front-end to take driven hubs!

Note how badly the Ford F150 performed in the3 crash test... don't ever be
in one of these =
in a head-on!!

The Vidmax "Worst ... Compilation" of the T3 pickup must've been =
forged... there's no way an intact T3 would collapse like that unless it =
had had its structure sabotaged big time... I seem to remember a comment =
about this on the list some time ago.


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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut
Temporarily in Calgary, AB, Canada