Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:33:07 -0500
Reply-To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Old Popular Mechanics - Make Your Own Camper
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Karl, didn't mean to call you a liar. People like to have fun with
things, especially on Friday. Thought that's what you were doing.
Sorry to have offended. David
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Karl Wolz wrote:
> Dave,
>
> Read the text that goes along with the photo of the fifth wheel
> trailer on
> page 151.
>
> Did you really think I made this bit of tid? I am certain you should
> have
> read the entire article before you decided to call me a liar.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> |Dave Mcneely
> |Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 8:23 AM
> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |Subject: Re: Old Popular Mechanics - Make Your Own Camper
> |
> |Admittedly did not read the entire article, but I am certain that it
> did
> |not advocate pulling a trailer via the rain gutters of anything. I
> did
> |read enough to notice the admonition to make sure the bumper is
> properly
> |reinforced before using it for a hitch to pull a trailer. Not a good
> |idea to use a car bumper, either, though it formerly was commonly
> done
> |-- when there were bumpers.
> |
> |The article also stated that a subcompact car could tow half its
> weight,
> |a full size car up to slightly more than its weight. I think that
> |modern subcompacts and compacts, and even some larger cars are
> |recommended not to tow. I know my Honda Accord ('97) and my Prius
> ('06)
> |owner's manuals state that one should not tow with them.
> |
> |So far as the great load of work to build a van conversion DIY,
> remember
> |that the magazine is _Popular Mechanics_, devoted to DIY. Back in
> the
> |day, the magazine featured many projects that were impractical from a
> |time and effort standpoint. Sort of like owning a Vanagon, and then
> |there one has to add from a cost standpoint, too.
> |
> |For a more practical approach to DIY van conversion, one could
> consider
> |what author John Heat Moon did. See his book _Blue Highways_.
> Things
> |don't have to be complicated or difficult to be good.
> |
> |Maybe you would and maybe you wouldn't have bought a VW Camper back
> int
> |eh day. In 1972 a pickup sold for around $3000, a Toyota Corolla for
> |around $2500. A VW Camper sold for more like $16K.
> |
> |David Mc
> |On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Peter T. Owsianowski wrote:
> |
> |> It was the '70's, Karl. Not much clear thinking back then?
> |> ------Original Message------
> |> From: Karl Wolz
> |> To: Pete's Gmail
> |> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |> Subject: RE: Old Popular Mechanics - Make Your Own Camper
> |> Sent: Jan 29, 2010 09:30
> |>
> |> Can you imagine pulling a 27 foot fifth wheel trailer attached to
> the
> |> rain
> |> gutters of a Datsun 510?????
> |>
> |> That's scary.
> |>
> |> Karl Wolz
> |>
> |> |-----Original Message-----
> |> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> |> Behalf Of
> |> |Peter T. Owsianowski
> |> |Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 5:44 AM
> |> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |> |Subject: Old Popular Mechanics - Make Your Own Camper
> |> |
> |> |*Some Prhydae Phun - how to make your own poptop camper.
> |> |
> |> |Check out the cool '70's ads, too. I forgot how outdoorsy they
> made
> |> |smoking
> |> |look.
> |> |
> |> |http://tinyurl.com/cuhw9u*
> |> |
> |> |**
> |> |
> |> |
> |> |
> |> |
> |> |--
> |> |Pete
> |> |'79 Westy "Aardvark"
> |> |'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
> |> |WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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