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Subject:convertion (the start)
From:Rob & Lrae Winterkorn
Date:Mon, 6 Mar 2000 11:20:19 -0600

I am starting Busbie 4, a 1989 Wolfsburg Vanagon that I picked up for
$80.00. The P.O. was towing it behind a 2000 sq. foot ranch on wheels
and left it in gear. I think second, he realized it a little too late
just after he clipped a landscaping rock the size of a beetle and
crunched the left rear quarter section leaving the fiberglass bumper in
a quivering heap on the street.

Other than continual use of gorilla hands to close the side door and
rear hatch, it's in good condition.
He would rather take less money than send it to the yard, (a man after
my own heart) and through a great local club in Indiana, The Hoosier
Volks, I scored it.

The new power plant for this Vanagon will be a 2.0 16V courtesy of Just
Foreign auto parts in Blue Island Il. 708 385 5596
I don't want to start a discussion on how wrong the 16V is for a
Vanagon, you can argue that one out with the people who have driven with
me in my 85 powered 1.8 16V.

For those interested I am trying to show the process of how I go about
this. Kinda like I only paid $80.00 for the van attitude.
If there are pics other than the obvious, please e-mail me with your
requests.

I will be working with Tom Carrington to get them put on his site, but I
need to know now what to take pics of, like where to hack, slash drill
ext. ext.

Thanks
Rob

Busbie 1 : http://volksweb.relitech.com/