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Date:         Fri, 13 May 2016 17:52:17 +0000
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Friday: So, where's the Westfalia version of this thing,
              komrade?
Comments: To: David Bohannan <fjazzbass@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <363340CF-0405-4146-86B7-872B69CAACD2@gmail.com>
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Obviously a town car. But I like it that they assumed very little in the design. Never mind how everyone else gets in a car. Where's the most useful place for the door? Like an Isetta turned around.

Jim

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 12:38 PM David Bohannan <fjazzbass@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure this was designed for anything other than maybe a short > distance runaround... > > I do love the modular externalities however and have wondered for years > why someone else hadn't designed a shell with multi purpose components!? > > Dave > > > On May 13, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > Water, microwave, top bunk. It could be a nice way to travel for very > > casual camping. > > > > Jim > > > > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 11:33 AM David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> A camper version would be really confined, methinks. Bed up top? Or > two > >> narrow beds along the sides, with some sort of fold up system? No > kitchen, > >> but a built in ice chest under a seat perhaps. I don't see a vehicle > this > >> small being converted to a full camper. > >> > >> So far as the comment on the web site suggesting the luggage (or > whatever > >> is being carried) flying around in sharp turns (or more seriously, in an > >> accident), provision could be made for latching it down. Most hatch > backs > >> don't really provide for cargo security, and whether they should or not, > >> lots of people haul loose cargo in people space in sedans. Many people > >> probably haul things in Vanagons (or other vans) without securing it. > Not > >> wise, perhaps, but it is done. > >> > >>> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > http://www.gizmag.com/mirrow-provocator-city-car/43303/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=dbcf8943f0-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-dbcf8943f0-92378833 > >>> > >>> Jim > >> > >> >


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