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Date:         Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:25:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Joe Federici <joefederici@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joe Federici <joefederici@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: 1998 SA Vanagon on eBay UK
In-Reply-To:  <E1AiauF-0009pr-Mm@mk-webmail-2.b2b.uk.tiscali.com>
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sweet van for sure but if were going to look at all the stuff over the pond we don't get here this would take a back seat. All and all I think we do alright in the US.

JFF

>I thought you North American guys might like to drool over this van, which >is a camper conversion on a 1998 South African Microbus (Vanagon): > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2453849758 > >Note the 2.6 liter 5-cylinder Audi motor, the 15 inch OEM alloy wheels with >205/65 R15 tires and A/C. Also note the deeper side windows and smoother >profile - the post-1991 SA Vanagons had distinctive, smoother body sides >that were never seen on German-made models. This one has only 31,000 >recorded miles - and is priced accordingly! > >My new Vanagon is also South African; it's a white 1995 Caravelle with the >same 2.6i engine and the same alloy wheels. I will receive it three weeks >from now. It will replace my 1985 Transporter 1.9 WBX with Reimo camper >conversion. Thankfully, it cost me much less than half the price of the one >on eBay, but it has covered 90,000 miles - including an overland trip from >Cape Town to the UK! > >I haven't yet decided which UK conversion company will convert my new van, >but it will be a day van with a bed rather then a full camper. It will have >neither an elevating nor fixed high top because I like to be able to park in >multi-story parking lots across the UK, most of which have a 2.0 meter >height limit (6'6"). > >Tony


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