Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:39:42 -0500
Reply-To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Doubleback Volkswagen Camper
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Too big. BIL and Sister have a Mercedes, same vehicle. Too big.
---- szpejankowski@gmail.com wrote:
> Dodge Sprinter :-)
>
> Wysłane z iPhone'a
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> Dnia 29 cze 2015 o godz. 18:10 Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> napisał(a):
>
> > 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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