That '82 Westy is the real thing. = Happy Holy-days for you on the southern hemisphere where there if more summer = than spring.

Buy a Westy for us listees there and we = will use it for our vacations there. You and I two already. Only need a = few more to be cheap per person.

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Sent: Saturday, December 23, = 2000 9:30 AM

Subject: merry xmas from = brazil

merry xmas everyone!

for those who have been following my engine progress, i have turn = up successful on my first rebuilt instal in my 90 gl. thanks again = to jason yasment who froze with me while pulling the old and implanting the = new. boston bobs beautiful piece of machinery will bring me many miles of love! the only initial start up problems were distributor timing = way off but quickly remedied. the other problem was a bad oil pressure = sensor wire connection causing the buzzing about 2500 rpm. i replaced = the wire and have enjoyed 25 buzz free miles. i have since left to spend = the holidays in brazil, what a shame!, and made arrangements to have a = mechanic double check my work and makes sure everything is set properly like = throttle switch etc...

here in brazil kombis are everywhere. i counted 87 from the = airport to my girlfriends parents house about a ten minute drive! for = those unaware, they are still made here with the old style kombi body but = they are liquid cooled, some are still aircooled. colors are mostly white = and they are used primarily as work vans. not a noticeable bus = following here like in america. in fact, my girlfriend says the busses are = not desirable cars for people to own, only the poor and blue collar = workers used as delivery vans. her family finds it amusing that i am so = impressed with these vans here and i am always wacthing them. i would love = to drive one here and check out the engine. does anyone know the = main differences in the way these are manufactured? oh yeah, prices on them = new here are about 7,000+ Reals which amounts to about $3500 = american.

again thanks for all the group support with my engine = install!

happy holidays everyone and feliz natal!