Date:         Fri, 13 Mar 1998 07:45:47 -0500
Reply-To:     Alan Pickersgill <pick@ISTAR.CA>
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From:         Alan Pickersgill <pick@ISTAR.CA>
Subject:      Re: EuroVan syncro TDI / sharan url
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I  should have made it clear that there is no picture of the
diesel/Transporter/non-pop-top/camper on the Owasco site, but there is some
interesting stuff including rear hatch mounting racks with pictures.

>>     I would love to have a diesel EV Camper.  What I would really, really
>>     love is the long wheelbase Winnebago EV Camper with a TDI.  Being a
>>     4X4 would be an extra added feature.  Unfortunately I don't think
>>     diesel EVs will ever be sold in the USA.  But, I wonder...
>>
>>     Diesels are real popular in Canada.  I wonder if any EV diesel campers
>>     are available in Canada.  Since Canadian vehicle requirements are very
>>     similar to those in the USA, having a vehicle available in Canada
>>     would mean that VW had satisfied the vehicle requirements for North
>>     America.  It should be possible to import such a Canadian vehicle into
>>     the USA.
>>
>>     Considering the German EV TDI, I wonder if air conditioning is an
>>     option?  Hopefully, the TDI would have enough power for air
>>     conditioning.
>
>I exchanged e-mails with a large VW dealer and EV Winnebago dealer in
>Whitby Ontario (near Toronto)  who has converted a long wheelbase diesel to
>a camper. But has no  pop top. Price was $29,000 Canadian. Company  is
>called Owasco,  http://www.owasco-canada.com/index.html
>
>
>Also there is a company in Vancouver called GTRV that does pop top
>conversions and interiors. I think he said the cost was for a new
>Transporter ~ $22,000 +  $15,000 for pop top, windows and interior. It
>looks good in the brochure but they have no web site. At $37,000 Canadian
>it compares favourably with the Winnebago @ $50,000 + but I don't know how
>it compares for features and quality.
>
>Alan Pickersgill
>Ottawa, Ontario
>Canada
>'85 Transporter (modified as camper) 183,000km
>