Hi everyone! The comments from are Afred Bagdan, proves his imaginary mentality! His way out fantasy land concepts, based on a loony toon imaginings. I wonder if he watches allot of cartoons! I'm sure he is ready for Halloween tonight!
I actually do drive an amphibious vehicle. Will be designing and building an amphibious ad-on kit on a modern SUV vehicle. Buying the Vanagon Sycro for this purpose was a mistake. Even though it would have made an excellent amphibious vehicle. If I do design and build a rack system holding pontoons and drive system it will have to be designed and built for the most common Sport Utility Vehicles of today. I guess I'll be putting my 87 Vanagon up for sale soon and cash in on it's value! Sincerely John
Alfred Bagdan wrote: > It must be Halloween > > How about suping the van up with big wheels and all, and > entering it in the Monster Truck Circuit. > Also, mount a couple of jet engines and enter drag races in > the Funny Van category. > Put wings on it and a couple of booster tanks, and go to > outer space, the Moon, and even Mars. Make sure to take > plenty of food and lighting instructions for the fridge. > That would make you an Astronaut. > Don't tell NASA about this. > > Have a nice day > > Alfred Bagdan > 85 Vanagon > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > One comment on my Syncro. What a weird vehicle! Only the > Germans can > > design such > > a weird vehicle and sustain a high level of quality! > > > > Also what is the biggest off road tires that can be > installed on the 14" > > rims? > > > > I bought the Vanagon to make it amphibious as a catamaran > using pontoons > > that > > store on the roof and ride a track coming down the sides. > When one goes > > onto the > > water the vehicle would sit low in the water and then the > winch driven > > tracked > > pontoons assembly would lift the vehicle totally out of > the water. There > > are > > milestones to accomplish like making the pontoons light > enough so the > > vehicle > > does not become too top heavy. That's a trick!. 300 lbs > per pontoon is > > acceptable. so there will be 600 lbs on an aluminum track > assembly > > encircling > > the van. I wanted to put in a 3.6 Ford V6 engine with > aluminum head and > > manifolds to get 200+ hp in the Vanagon so I can ski > behind it on the > > water. > > Also was considering super charging the watervoxer engine > with a blower > > to get > > 150 hp. > > > > I would sincerely like to thank everyone who responds, in > advance! > > > > > > > > John |
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