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Date:         Fri, 3 Dec 1999 13:09:08 -0800
Reply-To:     Todd Francis <tbf@PACIFIER.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Todd Francis <tbf@PACIFIER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Amphibious vehicle
Comments: To: Wally Schneider <wallysch@HOTMAIL.COM>
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>>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. >>

>>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 > I dug the article out and it is in the October 1974 issue of Hot VWs. There was a association that even gave out fliers on how to build these things. They cut the tops off, filled everyting like the heater channels and tunnel with urethane foam (watching out for the cables and shifter operation) welded the doors shut and attached the prop (10") like I described earlier. the magazine said that the engine can be run wet or dry. Dry means to build a waterproof enclosure around the engine. It says that if it is run wet that all of the sheet metal should be removed and the engine should be sealed up a remote breather. I would guess that you would have to seal the crank (pulley end) also. I was wrong about the waterline. There are a couple of pictures and the waterline is about at the bottom of the headlights!! They really float pretty high and level. You can also see all of the tail light. Oh , I see the text says "The Waterbug using stock VW wheels and tires, is supposed to float in a slightly nose high attitude with the waterline at the lower end to the hood in front, and up to the lock handle in the rear." Can you picture crusing across a lake in one of these things? The address given is in Akron Ohio. Todd Francis


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