Date:         Mon, 23 Mar 1998 17:36:48 -0800
Reply-To:     David Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Mexican Connection
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com

>| Does anybody know if we can order parts from Mexico to do this conversion?
>| This vehicle should have a bellhousing that bolts up to a vanagon trans.
>| Mexico is a whole lot closer than SA.

        The baywindow engine bay is quite a bit taller than the vanagon
engine bay. Thus one can mount a VW inline 4 at either 0 degree or a
golf/jetta stock tilt of 15 degrees. Assuming that the Mexcian bus uses the
stock 15 degree tilt, the deck lid would need to modified on a vanagon.

dave

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