Date:         Fri, 7 Jan 2005 20:01:51 -0700
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: Watercooled Mexican Microbusses?
Comments: To: BA <ande@SAN.RR.COM>
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Been touched on many times including by a couple of mexican importers.  The
newer vans have never been type tested in the use for NHTSA requirements of
crash testing.  They also without changes do not meet over 20 requirement
items on the checklists to even get considered for testing.  Then the air
tests.  They do meet the minimum federal standard however that standard
wouldn¹t pass in over half of the states in the US or Canada.

Importer I used to work with used to laugh when he got calls to see if he
could bring one in.  was even approached about a reVIN for a sum of cash.
That one he didn¹t laugh about and reported it to the proper channels.

He did look into bringing in a "kit" to convert older buses but there was
way to much work to be done on the vehicles.  The "kit" approach would be
legal and does get around a lot of rules in some states if that state allows
it to be kept at its original registration.  Some do not.

jimt


On 1/7/05 7:25 PM, "BA" <ande@SAN.RR.COM> wrote:

> I'd hazard a guess that the cost of getting them into spec to pass CA
> emissions tests would wind up making them prohibitively expensive.
> Otherwise I'd be seeing them here ...
> 
> 
> B(&S)
> '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
> SoCal
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:45:38 -0500, you wrote:
> 
>> just wondering if people are bringing them into the US. Are there
>> issues? It would seem with the amount of van fans in CA someone would
>> get them into the US.
>> 
>> JFF
>> On Jan 7, 2005, at 11:18 AM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>> 
>> In a message dated 1/7/05 11:10:40 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>> Jahsurf@AOL.COM
>> writes:
>> 
>> 
>>> Does anyone know
>>> if these are actually watercooled or were those radiators for AC's?
>>> CD
>>> 
>> 
>> they made those up until a few yrs ago.. yes theyre watercooled inline
>> 4cyl.
>> 
>> chris
> 
> 

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