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05-04-2009, 05:43 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Winthrop Harbor
Posts: 1,831
M.O.C. #8160
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new tow vehicle & fifth wheel modifications
Please check out this link to see what was done in order to combat the high price of gasoline. I worked for VW for 32 years and never saw anything like this. It's a hoot!!!!!!!!!!!!
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05-04-2009, 09:14 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Weeki Wachee
Posts: 814
M.O.C. #7219
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Now that's going back to the basics!!!!
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05-05-2009, 04:34 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: San Jose
Posts: 389
M.O.C. #2277
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Life expectancy of drip rails? - a couple of weeks. With rust, 20 minutes.
Life expectancy of VW engine with impaired airflow? a couple thousand miles.
Life expectancy of driver on long downhill? Nill VW drum brakes suck bigtime.
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05-05-2009, 04:46 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Winthrop Harbor
Posts: 1,831
M.O.C. #8160
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It's unique and humerous MuddyPaws. Glad you enjoyed it.
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05-06-2009, 06:15 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Manhattan
Posts: 1,144
M.O.C. #1846
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I was looking for another post that was on here some time back but can't find it -- as I recall, similiar concept but they used an old buick or such station wagon as the tow vehicle. Also had a little larger trailer. If anyone finds it, please post it again. Who knows what will be the next big seller  .
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05-06-2009, 06:46 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: South Shore
Posts: 6,009
M.O.C. #7110
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That would certainly be an eye opener at an RV park wouldn’t it? Seems very practicable wonder why it didn’t catch on.
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05-11-2009, 06:08 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Murrieta
Posts: 5,816
M.O.C. #9257
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That was hilarious!
It wouldn't catch on because you couldn't carry passengers or cargo. Remember all the discussions on GVWR? I owned a VW a while ago. You put 4 people in there with some bits of cargo and it rode like a pig. 1 or 2 people and it was a lot of fun. But if you notice the video, that's what the second buggie was for, the other people.
Could airflow be solved with scoops? Brake problems - convert to disc? Drip rails, move to Arizona where it doesn't rain and nothing rusts. Or just use a nice, strong Porsche, lol.
It would be fun to back (or forward) the unit into a camping space if you could see.
May as well get a VW camper/bus but then you'd need a toad.
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