Strange... the ones I get are bare and do not look like they came from the same casting as the AMC heads. The next time I get some in, I'll compare them side by side with the AMC. Cheers, Jeff www.vanagonparts.com
-----Original Message----- From: The Bus Depot [mailto:vanagon@busdepot.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:37 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Cc: jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM Subject: RE: Good Price on 1.9l heads? - Not just AMC...
> Actually, the "majority" of WBX'er cylinder heads sold in the > USA are AMC. Over the last year or so, I've sold several sets > of German built Kolbenschmidt cylinder heads.
Actually, despite the labeling, the Kolbenschmidts are made in Spain for Kolbschmidt by AMC. It's an AMC head with Kolbenschmidt stampings. They are not German, no matter what the box says. However they were fully assembled by AMC, not shipped bare to the U.S., so they are the same as my AMC heads (and do not have the suspect valve guides). I haven't seen the Kolbenschmidt-branded ones for a while, though. There were a bunch of them around a couple of years ago (many of which actually came right from the AMC factory). - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot.com (215) 234-VWVW _____________________________________________ Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT |
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