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Date:         Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:40:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Doug in Calif <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Doug in Calif <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
Subject:      Re: Longer range gas tank?
Comments: To: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
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Seems like a "dis-service" to the majority of the vanagon community who could likely purchase lots and lots of stuff if the prices were not monopolized by only one distributor.

Doug

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Longer range gas tank?

> BenT, > > There is only one official Winkler dealer in the USA. Vanagon Projekt over > in Livermore. Funny thing is that he mostly imports Winkler's Audi stuff. > > I had an in-depth conversion with Herr Winkler last time I was in Germany > about importing his T3 items into the USA. He informed me that he was > unable to sell to anyone in the USA due to his agreement with the Vanagon > Projekt. Apparently, the guy at Vanagon Projekt is a long time friend and > they've been doing business for over 20 years. > > I did figure out a way to order Winkler items without compromising his > exclusive deal but have yet to place any significant orders. > > Cheers, > > Jeff > www.vanagonparts.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > Of BenT > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 4:18 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Longer range gas tank? > > > Brien, > > IIRC Winkler, a German company (aka Das Kraftwerk) still makes the > larger tank. Pricey though. They knocked-off lots of Oettinger parts > for the T3 (aka Vanagon). > > Check listee Ken Wilford's site at vanagain.com. He is a Winkler dealer. > > BenT > http://members.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html > > > On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:13:56 -0400, Brien K Dews <briendews@charter.net> > wrote: > > With all this gas tank talk...is there a larger after market gas tank for > > the Vanagon? Looking to increase my distance between fillups on longer > > trips. > > Thanks, > > > > Brien K Dews CC > > www.busesbythebeach.com > > (84' Westy) > > www.allgoodtime.com > > 616-863-8463


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