I admit it.. I do not know if you are refering to the Vanagon engines here, or the new Skoda engines. Although I have not yet heard that Skoda is known for strange engine defects... my guess is that they would come up with the ultimate engine for this theoretical dream machine... maybe indeed a subaru engine. See ya RSF <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ Robert S. Fish Salzburg, Austria 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender 1987 Golf Cabriolet 1991 Golf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Nutter" <eanutter@postoffice.pacbell.net> To: "Robert Steven Fish" <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:59 PM Subject: Re: Looking for a CA smog legal conversion/extremists
> As long as they do NOT use a 2 valve pushrod engine with headbolts going > through the water jacket. Better they subcontract the engine to Subaru. > > Robert Steven Fish wrote: > > >I still cannot believe they discontinued it. > > > >I had a brilliant idea a few months ago... which is just too perfect. > > > >As you may not know... VW has purchased not only SEAT (of Spain) but also > >SKODA (of Czech Republic) within the past few years. > > > >They have developed the SKODA product line here, in Europe, rather > >brilliantly. Thenew SKODAs are basically VWs with a lower price tag... and > >they have offered a SKODA kombi (station wagon) with AWD and a souped up > >suspension... looks just like the AUDI off-road thing... it is a beast, and > >affordable! > > > >Anyway... my idea was that VW re-release a limited edition of Vanagon-style > >busses, now, in the SKODA product line. This new SKODAgon would look > >exactly the same as the 86-91 Vanagons, and maybe be a standard AWD > >creature, with full pop-top and camping outfitting... automatic everything! > > > >The death-blow to the Eurovan is was that they cost about the same as a > >Ferrari... but this SKODA version, would be able to benefit from the Czech > >(or hell... even Mexican) labor wages, and offer the vehicle at a > >substantial savings. > > > >VW already re-released the Vanagon once here in Europe, with the Blue-Star, > >White-Star, and Red-Star, Limited Edition Vanagons...... it was a major > >success (but too small... only 2000 of them were produced). I vote that > >they do it again! > > > >RSF > > > ><º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ > > > >Robert S. Fish > >Salzburg, Austria > >1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender > >1987 Golf Cabriolet > >1991 Golf > >[snip] > > > > > |
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