Greetings mailing list,

It has been many moons since my last post, but rest assured I set aside the great deal of time necessary to sort through and review the post. I have been terribly busy what with the recent move to the States, overhaul of the vanagon, and working full time to fund the latter.

The engine is nearly completed, and like the wild caribou, will be returning to familiar ground soon to breed a new litter of mechanical misadventures. The interior, having been stripped by yours truly, is back on the road to recovery. I've managed to remove all of the "misplaced marijuana" and will feel much better upon my next confrontation with the Canadian/US border.

I do have a few questions however. Has anyone in the group imported a VW or any older vehicle from Canada to the States? I also would like to know what I will have to do to install a speedometer of Imperial measurement whereas the current one only concerns itself with distances of a metric fancy. And lastly, did the vanagons come stock from the factory with wood on the floor of the passenger area?

That should hold me over for a bit. Thanks in advance for any information provided.

Good day, good night and scrub behind you're ears for god's sake.

John Tullier '80 Vanagon L 2.0L Auto

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