Date:         Fri, 9 Oct 1998 13:09:25 -0400
Reply-To:     David Higginbotham <72764.214@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Higginbotham <72764.214@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject:      parts are parts?
Comments: To: Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
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Are Vanagons still being built anywhere on the planet? I vaguely remember

some stuff about South Africa blowing through the list from time to time
but did not pay a whole lot of attention at the time. If so is it possible
that parts are still available from there, and if so, Why can't a VW
dealer, or anyone for that matter, get parts from there? What piqued my
interest is a comment from another air-cooled owner who posted requesting

an exhaust crossover pipe, the same part I had problems finding for our 82.
I know the Bus Depot can get it, and I know the Stebro folks are developing
one for these model year Vanagons. I know that when you can find the part

it is very expensive. It just seems to me that if they are still building

these things we should have a readily available supply.
TGIF,
David Higginbotham
82 Westfalia
Raleigh, NC