Date:         Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:04:22 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Suspension parts wanted
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>Other side of the world, eh?  You been sniffin them bearded clams again?

No, only the smooth ones.

>Last time I looked SA was actually closer to you than LA  not by much 6650
>vs 7707 or so but still closer.

You're spoiling my fun!

>You wanna catch dogs you gotta troll weiners in the right neighborhoods.
>Now what bits and chunks was it that you needed?  LA is full of folks that
>will get you any part you want or a whole car for bargain rates.  No, they
>don't come with VINs attached but hey, bargains are bargains.  How's your
>barrio spanish?

Problem is, who in the barrios is going to see my wanted ads?

>IIRC you're putting an eg33 into a vanagon/caravelle/t3 or somesuch and need
>some exotic 2006 F1 McLaren brakes, right?  Most of the donor cars are long
>obsolete and you should be able to pick up spares an bargain basement
>prices, just give McLaren a call and ask to visit their scrap yard.
>
>Only a polite suggestion of course.

Done that. All gone already. Likewise Bugatti Veyron. That's why I
had to settle for 993.

>Scrapyards over here are stripped clean in days.  Local Kamchatka guy saw a
>new SVX in scrap yard in the late afternoon on day 1.  Went back around 10AM
>on the next day...picked to the bones...

Here they're ususlly gone before they arrive.

>So keep on herdin' them barnacles up the old milford trace/track and let us
>know how we can help you towards your vanagon nirvana.
>
>NZ "where the men are men, some of the women are men and the sheep are
>nervous

Berre'n Australia, wher the women are sheep.

>and the local scotch, 45 South, is patently awful"  -- Binx Sandahl

45 South... you're not kidding!


--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
‚ Opinions stated are mine, not those of Otago University
"There is water at the bottom of the ocean"  - Talking Heads