Sorry for the form of this, but I get the list in digest format and replies are a PITA > From: Eric Oster <ekoman@u.washington.edu> > Subject: Re: vw dealers refuse (conspiracy) > > first. :)) I ALWAYS stop to help all aircooled VW's, (still can't > tell the difference between a jetta and cabriolet.) No problem, Eric: if it has a soft top, it's a Cabriolet (Kabriolett). Those Rabbit convertible thingies :-) are mere second-genration Cabbies; VW didn't label the bug ones as such after the early-mid fifties. [Pet Peeve: "ragtops"=cloth sunroofs, not 'verts. A ragtop's a 'vert, man.] > From: jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu (John Gladu) > Subject: minivan opinions from HONDA-L > > > >Not exactly. The steering wheel doesn't come straight up through your > >knees on the Chrysler or the Honda; you don't have to hunch over to > >shift gears; your arms aren't spread out wider than your chest when > >you make a turn; you don't have to move the pedals at an arc opposite > >the normal travel of your feet; the suspension has more travel than > >the seat springs.... > > > Are these fightin' words, or what? What's the point? All this guy is saying is that Chrysler and Honda screwed up a perfectly workable design. :-) (Ever beaned the front seat passenger in the eye with your elbow while parallel parking?) > From: michael.heron@utoronto.ca (Michael Heron) > Subject: Re: Junkyard adventures (was Re: Westy _curtain changes_, > > Pat Walsh- 78' Westy manual > Joe Clark- 68'-72' Westy Manual mine's a parts catalog, not an owner's manual (choost being precise!) > Michael Heron- 1967 Westy Manual (approx. 40 pages tres detailed) > > could help but agree wholeheartedly with your assessment of original old VW > curtains. Dig that checkered yellow and brown material. Right On!!!!!! > That stuff is hard to find in good shape. The sun rotted most of those > curtains out years ago! > More than once I saw a nice looking set of checkered curtains from a distance that crumbled in my hands once I got to the hulk. I finally scrounged a pretty complete set, but the only one I used was the windshield one for camping. A previous owner had made a decent set of replacements (they were tan :-(. joeclark@freenet.scri.fsu.edu Where there's no sense, Tallahassee, Fla. there's no feeling. Florida info, original fiction, VW stuff, IVD & kids' links: <a href="http://freenet3.scri.fsu.edu:81/users/joeclark/index.html">Me</a>
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