X-OldHeader: From edscott@best.com-DeleteThis.com Fri Oct 12 14:13:13 2001 Return-Path: <edscott@best.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id OAA09903 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:13:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [192.168.148.33]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id OAA29482 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:13:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-out2.apple.com (mail-out2.apple.com [17.254.0.51]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 074681967 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 15:13:12 -0600 (MDT) Received: from mailgate1.apple.com (A17-128-100-225.apple.com [17.128.100.225]) by mail-out2.apple.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f9CLDB121059 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:13:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scv1.apple.com (scv1.apple.com) by mailgate1.apple.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.2.1) with ESMTP id <T568dab0b1d118064e13fc@mailgate1.apple.com-DeleteThis.com> for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:13:04 -0700 Received: from [17.193.12.114] (scoted.apple.com [17.193.12.114]) by scv1.apple.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f9CLD5A00084 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:13:10 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:12:26 -0700 Subject: Re: vans From: Ed Scott <edscott@best.com-DeleteThis.com> To: <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> Message-ID: <B7ECAACA.7BE1%edscott@best.com-DeleteThis.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIDCELJGAEHOEMJIDEEOKDLAA.bart@stanfordalumni.org-DeleteThis.com>
on 10/12/01 1:12 PM, Bart Balocki at bart@stanfordalumni.org-DeleteThis.com wrote:
> Great thread on vans lately. I am considering setting up a 1987 Plymouth
> Voyager/Dodge Caravan (not the long Grand version) as a windsurfing mobile
> and was wondering if anyone has any experience/advice on ways to set it up.
> (It has less than 40K miles, so I'm going to give it a shot if it seems like
> something that will work for windsurfing). I don't have the van in front of
> me, so first off I'm wondering how much room I have to work with and what
> length boards I will be able to transport inside. Does anyone have the
> measurements for a 1987 body style? Next, I'm wondering about set ups.
> What setups have people found to work well: decks or PVC racks or something
> else???
My guess is that you're going to need to remove all except the front seats
and put boards 8' and above on their sides between the front seats. I think
even masts will have to go there as well. I think only the Grand models
will allow boards behind the front seats, and even then, it's a stretch. I
had a '95 Grand model for awhile (similar to '87 body style), and my 8'6"
had to go diagonally to fit behind the front seats. I think sails and stuff
can go behind the front seats, but you won't need a PVC rack for that.
The Grand of any model year is infinitely superior for a windsurf mobile,
but there's a few standard lengths out there. Serge (pre-'96 model, same
body style as yours, more or less), and Claude (2000 model?) at Third have
standard wheel base models.
-Ed (no firsthand knowledge, but I've seen them set up)
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