The side view on the 50th anniversary poster shows the raised roof and the little bulge of the rad housing. http://www.vw.com.br/kombi50anos/ 80 hp at 4800 rpm on alcohol, 2200 pound load capacity, top speed ~78 mph - its funny they don't mention mileage. On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Peter T. Owsianowski < pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote: > > Perhaps a more flattering view here: http://tinyurl.com/crc4c9 > > -- > Pete > '79 Westy "Aardvark" > '87 Westy "Joe's Van" > WWW.Busesbythebeach.com > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Jake de Villiers < > crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think its cute! >> >> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote: >> >> > Hi Doug, >> > >> > Abuse thine eyes with the monstrosity here: >> > >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brazilian_Kombi_Diesel.jpg >> > >> > >> > Happy Trails, >> > >> > Greg Potts >> > 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" >> > 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop >> > www.busesofthecorn.com >> > www.pottsfamily.ca >> > >> > Doug Alcock wrote: >> > >> >> Anyone got a pic of the front mounted rad -- I've never seen >> one......... >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Doug >> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi John, >> >>> >> >>> The Mexican buses went out of production in the 90's. There are >> >>> watercooled buses in production today in Brazil. >> >>> >> >>> I am currently in the gathering stages of converting my aircooled >> >>> westfakia to an inline 4 using a Mexican transmission and a >> >>> front-mounted rad. I don't plan to use the (IMO) ugly plastic Mexican >> >>> radiator, instead I will covertly place the rad in a faux spare tire. >> >>> >> >>> Benny Boy currently has custody of the Mexi-trans, and there's a 1.6TD >> >>> engine allocated to the project once it comes out of the donor >> vehicle. >> >>> >> >>> I expect it may be on the road in 2010. >> >>> >> >>> A crafty exporter could probably come up with a Brazilian conversion >> kit >> >>> using all new parts, but AFAIK so far no-one has. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Happy Trails, >> >>> >> >>> Greg Potts >> >>> 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" >> >>> 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop >> >>> www.busesofthecorn.com >> >>> www.pottsfamily.ca >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Jake >> >> 1984 Vanagon GL >> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" >> >> Crescent Beach, BC >> >> www.crescentbeachguitar.com >> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 >> > > > > >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 |
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