Date:         Thu, 19 Oct 1995 20:25:41 -0400 (EDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Janello <mjanello@umich.edu>
Subject:      Re: Tailgators

On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, Tim Smith wrote:

> For a brief time years back the service stations sold engine oil in plastic 
> 1 litre bags, like milk.  I _have_ seen what happens when one of those hits 
> a car windshield at speed <g>, pitched from the rear side vent window of a 
> '71 Westy by my trusty tailgunner.  Amazing I made it out of my misguided 
> youth unharmed.

The July issue of the NEATO newsletter described installing an old
windshield washer with its nozzle pointing into the carb. With the
washer filled with diesel fuel, a good squirt will send a huge
cloud of greasy black smoke into the tailgator's face.  

I kind of like the electromagnetic pulse idea too.  Maybe a
small nuclear charge?

Mark
mjanello@umich.edu
'62 Kombi