Date:         Tue, 29 May 2012 10:16:39 -0500
Reply-To:     Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski <kupcinski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski <kupcinski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bostig Engine Installation 85 Vanagon
Comments: cc: Jon Durham <jon_durham@KNOLOGY.NET>
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Jon, 

On May 28, 2012, at 5:15 PM, Jon Durham wrote:
> 
> I am not mechanically inclined.  Jim Akiba at Bostig in Boston said the
> Seattle shop is the one to use. I got the impression they are affiliated.



It's closer than Seattle (but probably nowhere near where you want to be) but you'd be welcome to pull up in my driveway in Texas and we'd work through it together. I'll be putting a Bostig in my '89 this summer, and would love to have an extra pair of hands and eyes while I go through it myself. Plus, I'd daresay that after a Bostig install, you wouldn't be able to claim you're not "mechanically inclined."

Personally, the fact that the Bostig conversion is designed with the DIY'er in mind is part of what sold me. I am relatively mechanically inclined, and probably could put in a TDI (which is what I would love). But because there's no kit for it, I'd be doing a lot of figgerin' it out myself, which is not something I want to do. So the Bostig does all the mental legwork for me, and all I have to do is buy the parts and turn a wrench. 

-Jarrett
89 Westy