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Date:         Wed, 15 Jul 1998 18:38:23 -0400
Reply-To:     "Robert A. Alexander" <satcong@VOL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Robert A. Alexander" <satcong@VOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: six cylinder vanagons
Comments: To: "William R. Kennedy" <kennedy@FDU.EDU>
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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William,
        Have you, uh, priced a rebuild on a Porsche 6cyl lately?  The
dentist up the road from my clinic had one of the late-'80s
funky-looking 911s and the engine was going sour.  He tells me after the
rebuild "crept" up to the $12,000.00 mark he finally gave in to old
wisdom and bailed out, cutting his losses!


        The only engine swap that would make sense to me would be a
300ci Ford fi 6cylinder, a C-6 AT and a corvette rear suspension.
That's only for "reliability's" sake, though.  Actually, I view VW vans
much like Harleys - nothing beats the original sounds.


BOB - WA4RRN
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