Date:         Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:38:39 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: vanagon conversions
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The comment is not invalid - eurospec was not a conversion imported from SA,
though they (overland) may have tried to lead you to believe it was - there
are listees who have posted who live in SA who believe that the kit we're
talking about here is the same conversion that is offered in SA. Yeah the
bus in SA has some differences but no one has ever posted that those
differences have limited their ability to put in any given engine or
transmission. Any problems have been inherent with the kit itself, not the
differences between SA vanagons and US/European vanagons - and yes, I'm very
glad I did not buy the Eurospec kit - think I'll be happy if I never buy
anything from Overland Parts.

>From: =David-M= <dmc@CYBURBAN.COM>
>
> >I have had the opportunity to work on both types of conversions, and
> >just
> >this week finished a Tiico 2.0 conversion for a customer. In my >opinion,
>the
> >Subaru conversion, while the parts can be had for less, is going to
> >cause
> >lots of headaches to 'get everything right', while the inline >conversion
> >(ala Tiico) is well thought out and complete,
> >
>I heard the same words here written about the Eurospec kit.
>
> >mainly because this is the way
> >they are done by VW South Africa,
>
>Isn't the SA Vanagon a different vehicle with many differenet parts and
>dimensions to our US buses? So the above comment is invalid.

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