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Subject:Re: Subaru conversion
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Tue, 9 Dec 2003 18:40:22 +1300

>Since my Westy is an air-cooled van, do I have access to the same options?
>Will I expect to pay more or less?  The Westy is currently at Meyer's
>Service in Vegas going on two weeks now.  I expect any day to get the call
>that a rebuild of some catastrophic scope is in order.  The van only has 80K
>miles and is otherwise in great shape, but tossing several thousand dollars
>at it is out of the question.  Maybe it's some relay or vacuum leak, but I'd
>love to know what the options for an air-cooled van is before they ask me if
>I'm sitting down.

I seem to remember others saying that the aircooled T3s have all the
cutouts, mounting points etc for the water cooling system.

Just cut the appropriate hole in the lower front panel and fit a grill.
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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