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Subject:Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? wasRe: 85 Westfalia beeping
From:andrewbell
Date:Thu, 31 May 2001 05:10:24 -0500

I think one thing we can all agree on is keeping these fine vehicles out of
bone yards and on the road.

AB

Stan Wilder wrote:

> Sounds like someone should search out the Subaru List and see what their
> gripes are about their engines and transmissions.
> I'm still driving a really nice 83 Aircooled but I keep seeing these
> great looking Waserboxers waiting to be crushed because of dead engines.
> Stands to reason you could make a salvage yard a package offer to get
> everything you need to put a Waserboxer back on the road with a Subaru
> engine and come out cheaper than the VW rebuild route.
>
> On Wed, 30 May 2001 10:37:55 EDT JordanVw@AOL.COM writes:
> > In a message dated 5/30/01 9:50:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > ChrisS@INFORMS.COM writes:
> >
> >
> > > Why on earth would I want to put a Subaru engine in my Vanagon?  I
> > can have
> > > everything it offers, and so much more, by using VW parts.
> > >
> > > It's a rhetorical question.  No need to answer.
> > >
> >
> > why?  hmmm   reliability?     what does the leaky vw wasserpisser
> > offer?
> > headaches and a empty wallet...and so much more (headaches)  :<)
> > it is rhetorical.. the subaru engine is a smarter choice..   if you
> > can do
> > the conversion, its well worth it.    no need to answer :<)
> > chris
> >
>
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