>> Incidentally one of the VW hoses that I recently bought was marked
"Avon,
>> England", so everything that goes into a VW is not German.
>>
>Very true, check this one out:  One of the bigger shockers I've noticed
>on several VWs of 80's vintage is the a/c condensor (the a/c 'radiator'
>that sits in front of the regular radiator) on my Vanagon and both my
>Quantums were made in Japan!!  Isn't there a law against that?  Perhaps
>even a law of nature??
>
I just got a new Bosch fuel filter - made in SPAIN.