Date:         Fri, 07 Feb 1997 08:17:42 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Martha Feddersen <martfed@televar.com>
Subject:      Re: End of the Mexican Beetles

Philip R. Hanlon wrote:
> 
> Listmembers:
> 
>         It WAS too good to be true :(
> 
> Little cars are going back to Mexico due to govt. saftey standards, feds
> did
> the bust, a nurse at Thomas husband works for importation and she heard
> you
> and I talking about them and told her husband, there are 23 loose in the
> US
> and the feds mean to track 'um down and capture them, if we had bought
> them
> too bad.  But I loved the idea of a NEW Beetle.  The ones due here in 98
> will
> be water cooled front engines and not really the same at all.  I might buy
> myself a restored one, now I've got the fever.  LaterSemi-New Beetles : it's my understanding that there is a place in 
seattle and vancouver BC that will build (repair) you a brand new bug on 
an old chassi (yours) for around $7000. maybe someone out there has more 
info on this. seattle  i heard somewhere, but vancouver i read in 
magazine archives at library, if anyone wants to research it.          	
    marti   91 gl not syncro