Date:         Mon, 6 Jun 2005 13:59:13 EDT
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From:         George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: to rebuild or not, 89 vanagon
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In a message dated 6/6/05 11:49:46 AM, ahurley@VIEWIT.COM writes:

<< What ever happened to the good old days when you just rebuilt the engine
for a couple thousand. Does that still happen? >>

How young you must be.  In the TGOD (Truly Good Ol' Days), engines were
rebuilt for a few hundred and that included the R&R.  Before the TGOD, engines were
rebuilt with bailing and sheet tin metal while on the side of the road.  Read
"The Grapes of Wrath" for instructions.

George

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