Jeanne,
Have you thought about
instead of taking spare parts for your vanagon,
you can drive a 70's bus, and almost all parts should be available
in South America.
It's a well-known fact that the vanagon is a unique vehicle,
which was never introduced in South America.
If I were to go, I would drive a good late 70's bus converted
to a 1600 upright Brazilian engine, and then I'd take a good
backpack and be emotionally and financially prepared to
abandon the vehicle and travel on.
Just my 2 cents.
Harald
'90 westy
----------
> From: Jeanne Maly <traveller57@CABLEONE.NET>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Spare Parts in Brazil
> Date: Friday, April 21, 2000 9:21 PM
>
> Can someone tell me which VWs were (or are) made in Brazil and some idea
of
> which spare parts would be available there?  In general terms, I mean.
Like,
> for instance, are oil drain plugs the same on vanagons as aircooled and
are they
> also the same as bugs?
>
> More importantly, which big, heavy parts could we assume would be
available?
> e.g., bearings, springs, etc.?
>
> Jeanne
> '87 Syncro Westy