Date:         Sat, 25 Dec 1999 17:01:58 -0800
Reply-To:     tim vb-o'brien <vbob@PRIMENET.COM>
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From:         tim vb-o'brien <vbob@PRIMENET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon futures?
Comments: To: JordanVw@AOL.COM
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The last lists I were on before buying vanagons (the Alpine and Tiger
lists) dealt with cars that hadn't been sold since 1967. 32 years now.
The parts were hard to get but nowhere near impossible. There were a
number of vendors who had parts remanufactured at various times for the
needs of us crazy to own old English sports cars. And just think... the
volume of cars actually made of those two cars (70,000 and something
like 14,000) was so low compared to Vanagons. There will be people for a
long time coming who make a living off us. Right vendors?

tim (Merry x-mas to all)

Keep the x in x-mas!



JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> In a message dated 12/24/99 2:10:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> coyote@ANDROMEDIA.COM writes:
>
> << Since it's Friday, has anyone else been thinking about how we're going to
>  keep our Vanagons in the far future?
>
>  I often fantasize about retrofitting my Vanagon with a fuel cell engine, or
>  perhaps with a "Mr. Fusion".  Sometimes I think about how my Vanagon would
>  look with anti-grav modifications, floating about 4' above the ground.
>
>  I fantasize about this because I *don't* want to be driving the only
>  poluting vehicle on the planet, but I also *don't* want to give up my baby.
>  Anyone else think about these things?
>  >>
>
> i think the die hard vw fans who are still driving their vans 10-15 years
> from now, will be probably running the inline 4 conversion in them by that
> time. After VW discontinues all the OEM factory parts, there probably wont be
> enough demand by aftermarket companies to keep stocking waterboxer parts,
> like the demand is for aircooled parts.  but who knows..
>
> chris