In Mexicali, just south of Calexico, CA, there are heaps of these VW buses on the road and doing their thing. Mostly as delivery vans for florists, bread companies, part suppliers etc. The VW dealer on the main street (Avenita Independecia??) usually has a couple new ones on the lot. Cool to see. G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett & Associates www.bulley-hewlett.com Cary, NC USA 888.468.4880 tollfree
-----Original Message----- From: Stephen Arbaugh [SMTP:sneakers@OZ.NET] Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 11:13 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: vw diesel engine in old type 2 My brother has been flying helicoptors in Mexico off and on for a while, and he stopped by a VW dealer and picked up a brochure on the transporters. They use 1.8liter motors, but I can't tell you at this time what kind of injection or power they have (I've forgotten almost all my spanish). I've already got the pages scanned, I just need to get them up on my website. As soon as I do, I'll let the list know. The other thing my brother said regarding the busses in Mexico: seems most of them are missing their sliding doors. He said he saw very few of them intact. Most had sheet metal screwed in place or just wide open. Maybe he just saw working busses around airports, etc.... steve '85 westy ('72 280 SEL 4.5, 280,000+ mi) kent, wa At 06:10 PM 5/7/99 -0400, you wrote: >Martin, > >Do you know what engine they use? > >Thanks in advance >Ron Semko >Orlando Fl. >1984 Vanagon with 200,000 plus miles >1978 300D with 300,000 plus miles > |
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