>OH yea---this is really the way to go---
>If you think parts availability is bad for a stock Vanagon, go and find
>yourself a Frankenstein morphodite----

So Subaru parts are hard to find? Methinks not. And since when is a
huge improvement (power, reliability, maintenance) a Frankenstein
morphodite (I'm surprised you could spell that!).

>This automatically means that the parts prices drop in half--immediately
>for all the stuff you might ever need for the rest of the van--

Utter CRAP. There are people out there LOOKING for Subaru-repowered
VW vans. They will pay MORE for one than a VW-"powered" one.

>Availability of parts?
>
>No problem---you can pick them all up at your local 7-11, or a
>Wal-Mart---

In some parts of the world. here I have to send to other countries
for parts. Like bumpers.

>What does a heart transplant have to do with prices, and
>availability---?

It removes the biggest bugbear of these vans... the dreaded VW
wasserboxer engine. So (once it's fitted) you don't have to SPEND ANY
MONEY on the engine.

>This is the root of the original question Andrew----
>
>Not how can he screw up a Van in one easy lesson---

*VW* screwed up the vans. Fitting a Subaru engine corrects this. A
whole list of owners of Subaru-powered vans will tell you so. Don't
keep displaying your unfounded bias and ignorance.

>And since when are Suburu engine parts cheap--?
>
>NOT--!!!!

Maybe not, but you wouldn't NEED them. They don't break or wear out.