sweet van for sure but if were going to look at all the stuff over
the pond we don't get here this would take a back seat. All and all I
think we do alright in the US.

JFF

>I thought you North American guys might like to drool over this van, which
>is a camper conversion on a 1998 South African Microbus (Vanagon):
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2453849758
>
>Note the 2.6 liter 5-cylinder Audi motor, the 15 inch OEM alloy wheels with
>205/65 R15 tires and A/C.  Also note the deeper side windows and smoother
>profile - the post-1991 SA Vanagons had distinctive, smoother body sides
>that were never seen on German-made models.  This one has only 31,000
>recorded miles - and is priced accordingly!
>
>My new Vanagon is also South African; it's a white 1995 Caravelle with the
>same 2.6i engine and the same alloy wheels.  I will receive it three weeks
>from now.  It will replace my 1985 Transporter 1.9 WBX with Reimo camper
>conversion.  Thankfully, it cost me much less than half the price of the one
>on eBay, but it has covered 90,000 miles - including an overland trip from
>Cape Town to the UK!
>
>I haven't yet decided which UK conversion company will convert my new van,
>but it will be a day van with a bed rather then a full camper.  It will have
>neither an elevating nor fixed high top because I like to be able to park in
>multi-story parking lots across the UK, most of which have a 2.0 meter
>height limit (6'6").
>
>Tony