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Date:         Wed, 13 Sep 1995 12:17:24 -0700
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From:         ehintz@mail.utexas.edu (Edmund A. Hintz)
Subject:      Re: Diesels

Steve Writes: >Splitties have great points, and I'd never cut them down in all seriousness. >Personally, I like driver's and passengers' windows that roll down, and >rear wheels that stay vertical regardless of load. I DON'T like having to >have a special (busmount) engine case, and not being able to mount many >of the aftermarket oil coolers/filters because the engine hanger gets in >the way. >

And in a picky moment I say: Seems to me we're talkin' different genres here. Pre-'68 busses don't require rearmounts, and the special case. It's only '68-71 that work that way. So splitties are saved from that purgatory that we in the early breadloaves must endure. You do have a point about the windows that roll down, but IMHO this is offset by the wonderful option of safari windows-almost as good as a bike! Ok, I'll shut up.

Eddie, who desperately wants a pre-'68 westy. I know, dream on...

Peace, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edmund A. "Eddie" Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Voice Major, UT Austin * | * But I'm not the only one... (512) 416-7980 * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, <ehintz@mail.utexas.edu> */ | \* And the world will live as one. '70 Primered Transporter ***** Imagine." ------------------------------------------------------------------------


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