>What about importing transmissions and/or bell-housings??? Is it the >same tranny with a new bell-housing or a completely different transaxle? I'm sure the parts are easy to import, once you find a source and confirm they bolt up to older bus frames. Complete vehicles?, that's a different story (although they only have to be 15 years old to import to Canada without hassles). But be careful of 15 year old Mexican VW buses, a lot are used as "colectivos" (community passenger buses) and have had the s*** driven out of them.... >Coming up with our own inline4 and cooling system would be easy if >there was a plug-and-play transmission solution available. I4 engine? easy to find...radiator, plumbing etc? a little more challenging, but hey, Greg likes a challenge aka his Westfakia... http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia/ BTW, here's what late model Mexibus looks like for those who have not seen one; http://www.pauldottrip.com/puerto_vallarta/pages/DSCN0771.htm |
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