Before I threw rocks at it I'd get an engine built by a good rebuilder.
Replace bunches of parts that you have questions about.
Wait about 6 months and buy Larry Chase's Gold version of a Westfalia.

Stan Wilder (Gold version of an Air Cooled Westfalia)

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:09:41 -0700 SyncroWesty <SyncroWesty@ATTBI.COM>
writes:
> Stan,
>
> Out of curiosity what would you recommend as a replacement for my
> 1991
> Syncro Westfalia?  I need it to be able to haul 5 people, go
> offroad, be
> unaffected by snow, sleep 4, make ommletts, allow me to stand up
> straight
> (6'3") while making said ommletts, move a laundry machine, and  park
> in a
> standard parking space.
>
> As far as I can see there are no replacements this side of $70,000.
> If at
> all.
>
> But the one and only vehicle that meets my needs (Syncro Westfalia)
> has an
> engine that is underpowered and unreliable.  I can't change vehicle
> since
> there is nothing out there like it.  But I can switch engines:-)
> And then I
> have it all!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cory
>
> > The soultion to Bad Engines isn't an engine conversion.
> > It is get a car you don't complain about.
> >
> > Stan
>
>

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