Date:         Tue, 2 Dec 2008 04:21:13 +0100
Reply-To:     Raimund Feussner <ray@V6BUS.DE>
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From:         Raimund Feussner <ray@V6BUS.DE>
Subject:      Re: video: Making of a Vanagon
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM>
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Okay then Andrew,
go for it!
I promise to buy one.
I will even help to update the elctrical concept (I have a prototype
wiring shop available) and the drivetrain.

If we find a hundred people buying this, investment/win could be a black
zero :-)

I suggest: Cut all technology out of a 2006 Audi A6 and we are fine.

Raimund



Am 02.12.2008 03:56, Andrew Grebneff schrieb:
>>> It's be nice if some outfit bought the rights and tooling to put the
>>> South African vans back into production...
>>>
>> VW probably wouldn't allow it because they would not want the
>> embarrasment of a 25 year old design outselling their new Caroutan-van
>> or whatever it is...
>>
>
> That WOULD be embarrassing, wouldn't it?
>
>
>> More seriously, it'd need some serious reworking to meet current crash
>> and emissions requirements.
>>
>
> I doubt that it would require updating. It's still one of the
> strongest "small" 4-wheeled vehicles made. Emissions, sure... it would
> need an entirely new drivetrain... but there are units available that
> would do the job nicely.
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin, New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut
> Temporarily in Calgary, AB, Canada
> <goose1047@gmail.com>
>
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