Date:         Fri, 7 Jan 2005 21:44:50 -0600
Reply-To:     Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
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From:         Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Watercooled Mexican Microbusses?
Comments: To: BA <ande@SAN.RR.COM>
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Easier to pass EPA (smog) than DOT (crash) tests, I'd bet. Precious
little deformable structure in the front of a bay-window bus. Still, I'd
bet a few get crashed in this country and end up in junkyards.
My hope would be that  maybe we could find a good shop south of the
border and drive my 69 doublecab down there, cut it at the rocker panels
and the dash to keep all the 1969 vin numbers and lower it onto the
similar parts from a Mexibus. Wouldn't that fly? 2nd key thing would be
GOOD shop. It is my belief that there are a great many skilled craftsmen
in Mexico, but how to find one interested in doing the work?
Al Brase

BA 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 ...
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>B(&S)
>'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
>SoCal
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>On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:45:38 -0500, you wrote:
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>>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.
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>>JFF
>>On Jan 7, 2005, at 11:18 AM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
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>>In a message dated 1/7/05 11:10:40 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>>Jahsurf@AOL.COM
>>writes:
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>>>Does anyone know
>>>if these are actually watercooled or were those radiators for AC's?
>>>CD
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>>they made those up until a few yrs ago.. yes theyre watercooled inline
>>4cyl.
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>>chris
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