Date:         Tue, 29 Aug 2000 16:24:51 PDT
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: South African bumpers fit 84?
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I'd like to have a better idea what these bumpers look like - there
different than the Carat bumpers aren't they.....

Don't think those brakes for 15 inch wheels will fit unless you have 15 inch
wheels. I have heard that the side rear glass windows of SA vanagons are
different - that they won't fit german made vanagons - which is a pity
because they can open theirs (good for the heat.... - now I always think of
Africa as being hot - but SA is closer to the south pole than the Sahara -
so I don't know....).

What I'd like to know is can the blinker covers of the German made vanagons
fit the wrap around lower grill of the SA vanagons.....? I would put
projectzwo clear blinker covers in them....

So the SA bumpers are plastic??? The Carat where fiberglass.


>From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
>
>Will wraparound plastic South African bumpers fit an 84, does anybody know?
>
>My 84 Caravelle has a stainless rear bumper with the small black plastic
>break-off endcaps; I want to remove the aluminum bullbar, which will leave
>me bumperless at the front.
>
>I have the opportunity to get new RSA bumpers at very low freight cost, and
>need to know ASAP whether they will be possible to fit without major
>modification. I assume that I would need the RSA mounts; will these fit the
>German fittings? Will the bumpers match the body shape?
>
>I know there are body differences between the German and RSA T3s, but the
>only one I know specifically is that in the RSA vans the rear air intake
>grills are part of the stamped quarterpanels, unlike the screw-in plastic
>grills on the Germans. Someone said that the side windows are deeper in the
>RSA vans, but perusal of photographs doesn't lend me to agree.
>
>At the same time I just might go for 15" front discs and stubs (if I can
>get my contact to procure used items...he's very reluctant to do this), and
>definitely the grills!
>
>Andrew

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