[tcb] Re: jacked up bus

  • From: "Brian Denning" <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 15:43:46 -0500

i was really about to say something about being from arkansas and knowing the redneck way to do it and it was going to involve a "dodge outback"



From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: jacked up bus
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 13:21:52 -0700 (PDT)

just put a bay body on a 4 x 4 chevy chassis.

Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: look it up on the samba, it sounds like it could be done but would be a real bitch to do. did you know that the first prototype for a synchro came out on
a late bay. pretty crazy stuf eh.


>From: Mark Sawyer
>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: jacked up bus
>Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 13:08:03 -0700 (PDT)
>
>My opinion is to leave it at stock ride height. Like you said, they are
>already top heavy and have plenty of ground clearance. If you want a bus to >go offroading in then get a syncro. Hmmm, I wonder if there would be anyway
>to transplant a syncro drive train under a bay window???
>
>Brian Denning wrote: ok i have seen talk
>about this on the samba and on dac but i have a
>different kind of question. if i jacked up my bus let say 3" for $h!t$ and
>Giggles. how would the bus do offroad? would it be comprable to let say a
>stock beetle with a bit of a lift? or would the weight of a big girl loaded >with camper equipment just kick it's butt and cause it to get stuck in the
>muck. i ask because i have seen so many folks that have raised there bus
>but
>i am concerned with the already top heavy vehicle being raised even higher
>would cause not only handling issues but not really help it off road, i
>mean
>it's already got some awesome ground clearance.
>
>opinions anyone?
>
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