Date:         Mon, 3 Jan 2000 17:17:32 -0800
Reply-To:     Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
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From:         Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject:      Re: Archives
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the archives are at:
http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html
have fun,
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Harold Jaynes <HJaynes1@AOL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, January 03, 2000 1:27 PM
Subject: Archives


>Happy New Year to everyone on the list and thanks to those that have
>responded to my previous questions.  Due to a nice computer crash, my saved
>messages regarding how to post/subscribe/unsubscribe et.al. is now history.
>Is there a website with all archived messages from this newsgroup and is
>there a search function there of different topics so I won't have to ask
>questions that have been asked before.  Can you upload pictures of one's
>Vanagon or Westy at this site? I posed a question a few weeks ago about
>transporting a Vanagon cross country.  My brother is head of freight for
>Union Pacific in Houston, TX and is trying to find out if you can ship
>directly through UP or any other rail service instead of through
>transportation brokers. Hard to justify spending 800-950 for rail transport
>or well over a thousand dollars for truck transport.  If I hear something
>positive, I will post it to the group. My one question would be: Have any
>members of the group done a successful VR6 transplant into a Vanagon. I
have
>the VR6 in a Passat and I love the engine. What were the main problems of
the
>swap? I assume a brakcet for the engine mount would be necessary in
addition
>to different exhaust, et.al.  If I had an aircooled engine, I'd probably
just
>have mine rebuilt. But since I have a watercooled, I'm thinking it might
not
>be such a bad idea. If there is an article on this in the archived section,
>if this exists, if you could redirect me to this, it would be greatly
>appreciated.
>
>Harold Jaynes
>84 "Whale"
>