Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:05:27 -0400
Reply-To: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Subject: Re: Inside a Subi engine EJ22
Robert, like i am trying to show everyone as hard as i can...
Up north, here, i have to deal with stuff like that each day:
http://www.benplace.com/maritime2007/odd_dead2.jpg
Here you see an injector, but imagine the rest of that van!!!
many parts for 1.9L are discontinued, crucial parts! ok, for now, i have
good frinds in southern states that help me with good used parts... but for
how long will that last??? lately, Worldpac/Carquest (one one the biggest
part suplier in NA) as many Vanagon parts NLA (no longer available), Even
Altrom/NAPA also. So for me, it's getting harder and harder AND MORE
EXPENSIVE THAN EVER!!!
So yes, i agree, but not in 10 years, sorry to say... here where i live, in
Westy wonderland, Vanagon camper that not so long ago were selling fast and
hight... are NOT selling good this year, people are going for Eurovan,
Eurovan have drop considerably under 20K, even 15K. So hight end Vanagon may
have a market because they are roomier and more charming but things are
changing, i can feel it. For me, the Eurovan is an horrible van mechanicaly,
men ho men, removing an engine is quite something.
This as nothing to do with conversions. it's just a fact about Wasser engine
and the van itself! Same goes for Air-cool Vanagon and most type2 Westy
(72-79), i had to wait 2 weeks lately for a 79 exhaust part.
Ben
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:45:03 -0700, Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM> wrote:
>I have to wonder if the real question isn't whether there will be any real
>choice in say, 10 years. It's apparent that more and more people that intend
>to have their vans that long are opting for a conversion. As this continues
>to happen and the group of active WBXs continues to dwindle there will come
>a time when it is no longer economically feasible for WBXer parts makers to
>do so, and so those who still have the engine will be competing for an
>ever-shrinking pool of parts, used or otherwise (not to mention capable
>mechanics and so on). At some point anything resembling a realistic support
>structure for the WBX will collapse.
>By then it'll be down to those that'll be buried in their vans... and
>everyone else. : )
>
>Cya,
>Robert
>
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