Bill, that makes sense. Norway or Sweden had some funny import duties too that affected the conformation of imported Vanagons. thanks alistair
On 9-Dec-10, at 10:23 PM, Bill Glenn wrote: On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 11:51:58 -0800, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: > I was thinking of the PTO nose cone for the syncro...Quite rare, but > less so in europe, and for some reason, Norway. Alastair, I seem to recall that syncros with P.T.O.s were supplied to Finland, where the presence of a P.T.O. enabled the vehicle to be registered as a tractor, thus avoiding the import duties otherwise applicable. Bill |
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