Date:         Tue, 30 Nov 2004 23:58:36 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Brazil new buses. was Re: Buying a VW and picking it up at
              the              factory in Germany:
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>what a beauty! looks like the top is taller/higher than the old van, almost
>like it's fiberglass and added on? notice that?
>bob

Funny, I thought the T2 had been replaced by the T4 in Brasil.

Steel roof. I hope they don't have kingpin front stubs like the
Mexican T2s, which have the same body/roof and are imported into
Britain.

>There is a company in england using a loophole in their laws to bring them
>in to there.  I am told that the price is very high and the paperwork is
>very tricky.

They are freely available there, and advertised in VolksWorld magazine.

>I spent a couple weeks in and around Rio and the east coast beaches abt 5
>yrs ago and never saw a Vanagon at all...Not a one...Just a whole bunch of
>old White 70's busses...Drum brakes, upright engines in either PU or 7 pass
style...

The T1 was in Brasilian production until at least 1977, to be
replaced by the Bay which was produced in the 80s (and imported to
NZ)... these Bays had the 50s small tailgate (with big window added),
hinged 60s-type cargobay doors and 60s-type small side-windows; they
also had drum front brakes and the ancient large stud-pattern... bet
they had kingpins too.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut