Zoltan Kuthy wrote:

> I was in South Africa last year and drove one of these and looked at the
> engine a little.
> Yes the engine is bigger.  But they have about four or five different
> sizes.  From 2.0 up to 3.0 liter.  Like 2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 2.8 and 3.0

Actually, according to the web site, that is 1.8, 2.3, and 2.6
Of course, other engines (WBXs for instance) may have been available.

> You can
> see them all over and they are very popular.  Also very common to see them
> with large crash bars in front, some made of stainless steel.

YOu can see the crash bars on http://www.autotrader.co.za
Just search your way to the Microbus or Caravelle.

>
> But you should see the Toyota vans there...
> use them for taxis and they fit in up to twenty guys sometime.  They are
> twelve seaters, little extra long,

The VW Bus is available as 15 seaters there, I have a scan of part of a sales
brochure with the seat arrangement on my HDD. Those seats are pretty thin, just
tubing with a bit of padded canvas, it seems. I'll send it off to anyone if
there's interest, but if it's too many, I'll slap it up on my web site, and
you'll get it yourself.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i