Mathew You only use watercooled vanagons fro the conversion! Cheers Wally 84 Westy
>From: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> >Reply-To: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: Amphibious vehicle >Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 12:14:06 -0500 > >Crazy! > >Did the article go into any depth (pun) about how they kept the alternator >& cooling tin from soaking/sucking water? I can see it would be easy to >protect the carburetor intake, and the exhaust with a snorkels like the old >military jeeps had, but I can't figure how they would do the cooling fan >stuff. > >G. Matthew Bulley >Bulley-Hewlett >Corporate Communications Counselors >www.bulley-hewlett.com >Cary, NC USA >888.468.4880 tollfree > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >---------------------- >Get your FREE semi-private E-mail account, use your computer at work. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Todd Francis [SMTP:tbf@PACIFIER.COM] >Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 12:08 PM >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: Amphibious vehicle > >Date: Friday, December 03, 1999 7:01 AM > >There is nothing new or innovative about an amphibious vehicle. Back in > >the 60's there was a car called the Amphicar based on a British Triumph > > > > >I have a Hot VW mag form 1975 that shows a bunch of guys that cut the top >off of bugs and welded cv joints to the lower engine pulley and hooked up a >prop to that. They had races with these things. The water line on these >cars >was at about the door handle. Todd ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.