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Date:         Fri, 10 Oct 1997 11:03:59 +0100
Reply-To:     "Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld." <zeidler@NTCCSC01DU.NTC.NOKIA.COM>
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From:         "Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld." <zeidler@NTCCSC01DU.NTC.NOKIA.COM>
Organization: Nokia Telecommunications GmbH
Subject:      Re: 1995 Eurobago
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>What I fault Winnebago for is their failure to plan for light weight
>construction.  It is almost unconscienable for them to put 3/4"
>plywood throughout.  The cabinets, everything, are made out of this
>heavy duty stuff.  They could of, and should of, designed using
>aluminum and plastics.


This is a bad chapter for mainly all conversion factories I know
in Germany. They all make the furniture out of cheap but heavy
chipboards instead of using light poplar plywood. But a few learned
from the Caravan factories and I hope they all will change their
mind sometimes.


Helmut
'80 Camper (most interior changed to plywood during the time)
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