> A VW bus? Heheh. I sure hope I never have to drive one of those.

Don't knock it -- they're fun to drive. I had a '65 with a 50 hp engine. It was 1.5 liters, I think. Very underpowered and it wouldn't go straight unless you kept correcting all the time. It had a four speed shift. It looked top-heavy, but wasn't. In fact it handled very well and had great traction. I drove it places only a Jeep should go. Cross winds drove it nuts. I learned to draft up behind a truck and slingshot around it. It was the only way I could get by. The difference between a head wind and a tail wind could be 10 miles per gallon. I blew the engine up on Roosevelt Mountain in Tennessee and again at Rabbit Ears Pass in Colorado. Yeah, it was fun, but I don't want another one.
Howard