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Date:         06 Feb 97 12:28:59 EST
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Turner,Ronald L." <102660.66@CompuServe.COM>
Subject:      SA Quad light grille UPDATE

Hi, All -

I'm currently sifting thru the feedback, looks positive.

here's another website you can punch up with a pic of a brand new SA "Microbus" ( I know - thats sacreliege to call a Vanagon a "Microbus"!!, but hey - I didn't name it)

So, as you know - any reference to "Microbus" "Kombi" "Caravelle" "Volksiebus" etc. is all referring to the current Vanagon bodied 5 cyl rear engined Vans that are still being made there. (this was forwarded to me by a someone in SA - he thought the name "Vanagon" sounded strange...) I don't blame him :<)

Anyway - here it is: ( "R" is the South African monetary unit, the Rand) I must tell you - the pics take a long time to load, and there was a bunch of "schrapnel" on the finished image... -Notice how the lower rad. grille goes all the way to the turn sigs.... and the bumpers are different too, and I believe those are the European version of the Carat alloy wheel.... try it out.

>Check out a pic of a current Microbus with the new-style dual round >headlight grille at: >http://www.mg.co.za/mg/oldvolks/newmicro.jpg > >If you're on the vanagon (awful name!) list you might want to point them at >it as I gather there is some interest in the Audi-engined SA Micros. Just >to update you, VWSA still builds the old rear-engined Microbuses (as you >know) with a choice of engines: 1,8l carb-fed Golf engine, 2,3l FI Audi and >2,6l FI Audi. They come in Panelvan (1,8 only), Volksiebus (1,8 and 2,3), >Microbus (2,6) and Caravelle (2,6) guises. The Volksiebus version is the >equivalent of the old Kombi, tho nowhere near as spartan. They are also not >cheap -- the 1,8l Volksiebus costs over R80 000 (R4,50 to the dollar) with >the Caravelle starting at nearly R150 000.

chris


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