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Date:         Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:11:51 -0400
Reply-To:     Scarlett Semko <damosem@MAIL.MCO.BELLSOUTH.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scarlett Semko <damosem@MAIL.MCO.BELLSOUTH.NET>
Organization: Pre-installed Company
Subject:      Re: Group Purchase of diesel Vanagons from Germany?
Comments: To: KENWILFY@AOL.COM
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Ken,

What kind of hassels would we run into when trying to register, and insure what I will refer to as a "grey" market vehicle. I don't know and I'm not trying to throw water on the idea. In fact I'm a prety good candidate for one myself, if the above issues are resolved,

Thanks Ron Semko Orlando, Florida 1984 Vanagon with 200,000 plus miles

KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:

> Talked to Detlev today and he said he made a cool find in Germany. He went > to a yard where they had 66 Vanagons there that are all high top conversions. > These vans range from '85-'91 models and are all diesels. The vans are > yellow and the high top is a factory installation. There is enough room to > stand up inside the van with no problem and the sliding door even has an > extension on the top of it to allow you to stand up in the door way! The > diesel engines are all 1.7l Normally Aspirated and many are 5-speeds. These > vans were used by the postal system over in Germany to carry packages. They > have the front windows but are like a panel van in the rear. > The 1.7l engine is basically a 1.9l with smaller pistons. So they could be > bored out and 1.9l pistons put in their place giving you more power (around > 70-something hp) at around 30 mpg. > > Detlev says if we wanted to we could do a group purchase of these vans that > would cut down on the individual shipping costs and hassles with customs. > The vans range in price from $1200-2800 each and we might even get a better > price if we bought all of them at once! Also shipping costs would only be > around $500-800 each if we brought over a good group of these and then > customs is alot easier as well when dealing with larger numbers of cars > coming in at once rather than just one vehicle. > Detlev says that he would be interested in doing the negotiating on the > purchase of these vans for a small fee (a couple hundred per van). > So I wanted to ask the list what they thought. If we get enough people > together to buy these vans we could get some really nice diesel vans or > candiates for the I-4 swap. The hightop makes them really good candidates > for camper conversions as well. > Any folks interested in this please email me or call me here at > (609)-327-0027 today or tonight at (609)-765-1583. I need to get this > together pretty quickly though so let me know asap. > Thanks > Ken Wilford > Van-Again > John 3:16


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