Yep... That was me.... Take a look at the Vanagon. Open the front door and look at the side impact beams, (also doubles as the air duct). Look at the beam in the front end that makes the dash hard to work on. Consumers report is for book worms with no brains of there own. By the way comumers report rated the 1987 Vanagon one of the worst by back them... They must be of drugs Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, rob wilke wrote: > A few weeks ago someone was bragging about his vangon taking out a > Volvo. It made me wonder how safe are these boxes of delight?? Consumers > reports had rather nasty things to say about our beloved Vanagons. so I > was wondering if the Projectzwo Bull bars would help in a major impact > or would the unibody construction render the big ass bullbars useless??? > Just curious. > > Rob Wilke > 87 Syncro > 87 Saab 900(I fel safe in this one) > 49 Chevy Pickup (Tons of steel!) > |
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