

| Subject: | Re: [WetWesties] Correction-VWoA dealer engine conversion |
| From: | Matthew Pollard |
| Date: | Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:23:35 -0700 |
So how much does the dealer charge on-top of the tiico 3900$ (37+2 for shipping) -M Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" University of Idaho www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 harald_nancy@email.msn.com wrote: > I stopped by my local vw dealer to confirm the news about > vanagon I-4 engine conversions, and to take a look at > the bulletin, as they called it, with my own eyes. > As it turns out, they are selling Tiico conversions which > they are buying from Tiico, and installing in their shop, > with 12 12 warranty. Here's the Tiico website: > http://www.tiico.com/prod04.htm > The downside is there is no nationwide VWoA dealer support yet. > However, our local vw dealer does back up the Tiico conversion. > > Had a conversation with the parts manager, and he said VWoA > can't get enough good waterboxer cores, and they don't want > to retool to produce new waterboxer engines. > So VWoA will not be building any rebuilt or new waterboxer engines > in the future. Some vw dealers still have some in stock. > So as an individual vw dealer, Hanson Motors, (360) 943-2120, > in Olympia, Washington decided to sell and install Tiico engines. > They said they have a lot of customers with vanagons that need > new engines, and they had to do something for them. > Sorry for any misunderstandings. > Harald > '90 westy > > > > ********************************************************************************************* > To help support WetWesties, please buy your books through the WetWesties Bookstore. > Just follow this link: > <http://www.clubvw.corvallis.or.us/wetwesties/books.html> > ********************************************************************************************* > To change your settings, goto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wetwesties > To leave the list, send an empty message to mailto:wetwesties-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > ********************************************************************************************* > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
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