Hi Chris, I'm still driving a baywindow bus regularly, and the parts availability is not as bad as you suggest. If anything, I would think that the aircooled vanagons could outlive the waterboxers. Sure, they're slower, but that too works in their favor: they're less likely to be driven into the ground.
Happy trails, Greg Potts Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato** LY3H 1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D (Dad has two vanagons and a bay) http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia http://www.busesofthecorn.com On 24-Oct-05, at 12:02 PM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > 10 years from now, i predict that the only vanagons still existing > will be > late model campers..a few dokas, and some specialty custom vans. > the > passenger vans will be long gone.. the aircooled vanagons will be > gone. i predict > that 99% of those vanagons still remaining in 10 years, will have > engine > conversions. they wont be "daily drivers" anymore.. their owners > having sunk so > much money into them they are afraid to drive them down the street.. > > Most of the major vendors here on the list will have gone out of > business.. > or expanded their horizons to deal with newer passenger car models.. > Go Westy will be selling groud effect kits and cold air intakes for > mk5 > jettas and golfs... and the like.. > :<) > > what are some of your predictions? > > chris > > > |
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