>> It's be nice if some outfit bought the rights and tooling to put the >> South African vans back into production... > > VW probably wouldn't allow it because they would not want the > embarrasment of a 25 year old design outselling their new Caroutan-van > or whatever it is... That WOULD be embarrassing, wouldn't it? > More seriously, it'd need some serious reworking to meet current crash > and emissions requirements. I doubt that it would require updating. It's still one of the strongest "small" 4-wheeled vehicles made. Emissions, sure... it would need an entirely new drivetrain... but there are units available that would do the job nicely. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand Fossil preparator Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut Temporarily in Calgary, AB, Canada <goose1047@gmail.com> ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON + in the body of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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