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Date:         Mon, 29 Jun 2015 20:47:11 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Doubleback Volkswagen Camper
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CAFnDXk3YwMM_dtX_prxMG=YWauY7qL=GJA3Di9eOtdsEXH3kLw@mail.gmail.com>
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It's actually nice to be able to walk into the rear of a van, not have to climb in on your hands and knees. It's handy to have two full height spaces to load things. Takes a bit of adaptation after driving a Vanagon, though. You don't sit on top of the front wheels, you are actually behind them, in most front engine vans. And parking one for the first time after the vanagon? The "nose" sticks out, at least it does on the GM Safari I have been driving lately...A lot of Sprinters around here....more than Vanagons, and the Northwest is the Vanagon Capitol of the US, I think... On Jun 29, 2015 3:12 PM, "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> I guess, but a front engine design takes up a lot of room that we take for > granted. I would want to actually use one before I bought it and was stuck > with it. > > Jim > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 5:10 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > > > Hmmm ..... . VW could start with something like the Eurovan, give it a > > little more road clearance, and make it just a bit bigger inside. It has > > less room than the Campmobile, but methinks it could be done. Isn't the > > California camper pretty close to what I want? It could be sold here. > > > > ---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > > > As in, a Volkswagen Vanagon design that would meet current standards > > with a > > > Westfalia interior as close to the original as possible. I believe > those > > > things are poly-mutually exclusive. It would either have to be a lot > > bigger > > > on the outside or smaller on the inside. What we have is as good as > it's > > > going to get. For a person of a generation like mine who thought > nothing > > of > > > no seat belts, .5 mm of vertical sheet metal to protect you from the > > > oncoming Coupe de Ville , plus a steering shaft aimed at your heart, > > > Vanagons seem relatively safe. For most of those younger than us > Vanagons > > > are terrifying airbag-less barbarians. > > > > > > And maybe they are right. But inch for inch you'll still never get more > > out > > > of any car design, ever again, than a Vanagon. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 3:36 PM Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Are these being sold, or proposed for sale, or is it just an idea? > > > > > > > > For many of the reasons that VW campers are practical, this would not > > be. > > > > It cannot really double as a vehicle for regular driving, even if one > > uses > > > > it for that only occasionally. > > > > > > > > Not interested, but I am interested in a VW camper mostly like mine, > > but > > > > that is built on a modern vehicle. > > > > > > > > mcneely > > > > > > > > ---- Michael Kimball <kimballmk@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.wideopenspaces.com/meet-doubleback-volkswagen-camper-video/?utm_source=FACEBOOK&utm_medium=CPC&utm_term=SH&utm_campaign=SH > > > > > > > > -- > > > > David McNeely > > > > > > > > -- > > David McNeely > > > > > > >


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