Date:         Mon, 6 Jun 2011 12:45:56 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: [LVC] Suggestions for the taller gentleman?
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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Vanagons do all right in that department.
One way to get more front interior driver room is take the driver's seat
swivel out of a Westy ,.
which is seldom used anyway ..
and it just wobbly dead weight anyway ..
then your thinner 'was on a swivel' stock seat gives a seating position
almost two inches lower.

but ...
what ? ..a chevy ?
what other cool camping rigs are there besides vanagaon ?
Take ..say, a Toyata Chinook type camper ..
jus tain't the same baby.
Not the same cachet.

There's a Syncro Westy here locally for sale.
Now there's a fancy rig for ya.
The price on this one is not bad either ...asking $ 21K ..it's pretty stock.
I haven't seen it for a year or so.
the guy might have me pull the trans for rebuilding ..
the owner isn't quite 6', 4" ..but he's 6 feet.
Just remove that undeed driver's seat swivel and you have a nice amount more
room.

scott
www.turbovans.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 8:36 AM
Subject: [LVC] Suggestions for the taller gentleman?


> Mrs Squirrel and I have a friend in his 60's who asked me if I had any
> recommendations for a camping vehicle along the lines of a Westy, but
> better suited for someone who is 6' 4'' (1.9 m).
>
> P-mail if appropriate.
>
> --
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel (Jack Elliott)
> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
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