> It appears that the avp-worldwide site is gone. Unless I am
> way out of it, they are/were suppliers of rebuilt air and
> water cooled engines, with a good reputation?
> Anyone know anything about them being out of business,
> moved, suffering from a virus? :-)
>
> I just ordered a 2.1 waterbox engine from Erin yesterday.  I,
> too, noticed that the website was down, but I'm not
> concerned.  As for the air-cooled version, I bought a 2.0
> liter air-cooled rebuild from AVP in 1997 and put over
> 150,000 trouble-free miles on it.

We sell AVP's engines and deal with the company everyday. Their website
seems to be hit-or miss; it goes down relatively often, so I guess
they're not using the most reliable hosting service. I get the feeling
that it's somewhat of an afterthought to them, certainly not their
primary channel of business.

Their engines are listed on BusDepot.com, though, so you can order them
from our website if you'd like, and your engine will still ship directly
from AVP. (Or of course you can order by phone, either from us or
directly from them.) The link for their engines on our site is below;
every engine listed there except for the Bug engine is an AVP.

http://busdepot.com/busdepot/view.jsp?category=15&group=8&prodgroup=1056

I have had AVP engines in two of my own Vanagons, and have hundreds of
customers with them. Their failure rate has been next to nonexistent,
and in the very rare cases where there has been a defect they have stood
behind it 150%. In fact, in terms of commitment to quality and customer
service they are one of the best vendors I've dealt with. I strongly
recommended them, and would not for a moment hesitate to put another AVP
engine in my own van.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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