Date:         Thu, 6 Dec 2001 18:58:01 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: South African grilles
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>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