>Anyone know if there are reasonably priced (read: cheap) sources for >the South African grilles out there? I think that they really make >the Vanagon look quite nice, but not worth half the price I paid for >the van to get one. > >Brian Atkins >1985 Vanagon GL >1973 Beetle Only if you can get someone in RSA to send you some. I did, cost me $205US including $20 for the guy's time, surface mail shipping for both grills and the inner lights/mounts. No grill emblem. The listee who sent them hasn't responded to inquiries as to whether he's willing to do this for others, so I can only assume that the answer is no. Unfortunate. The upper grill is extremely thin plastic, so flimsy-seeming thet it's actually floppy. But must be much more impact-absorbing than the German (styrene?) ones. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 EvansSt, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Ph: 0064 (3) 473-8863 fax: 0064 (3) 479-7527 1986 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE80 diesel sedan 1989 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE96 diesel van 1989 Toyota Corona 2.0D Select CT170 diesel sedan 1992 Toyota Estima Lucida 2.2 turbodiesel MPV (=narrow "Previa") 1984 VW Caravelle GL (to be fitted with 260hp Subaru SVX flat-6 & Porsche G50 trans) Seashell, Macintosh, VW & Toyota van nut |
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