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Old 05-28-2013, 07:32 PM   #78 (permalink)
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No question that a Cortez is pretty cool. I would be as concerned about rust as about wiring in a half-century old vehicle..(and the body is very well made in the first pace),
I'm used to German steel. It's not German steel. An oaken geodesic dome would bounce like a basketball.

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...a fold-away tail...
Do you mean like this:


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A motorhome pulling either a car or trailer with local transportation vehicles is okay for a group. Still won't match a car/trailer combo for overall lowest initial costs or operational costs.
I see the design proposal addressing the inanity of a vehicle pulling a trailer with another (water) vehicle on it.

My weekly driver is a VW Beetle with McPherson struts in the front. There is room to sit in the trunk with the hood up (I'm not small). The shotgun & rear seats are in storage and there is an L-shaped bench 6' long instead. The left rear seat belt, an aluminum pack frame and a folded tarp make up the +1 seat. I'm adding a 200w amp w/ speakers and a Koolatron fridge this week, and I'm adding 110v AC as soon as I source a deep-cycle battery and latching relay.

The mileage isn't that great. It's sort of a bug-out vehicle that won't clear some speed bumps.
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