If anyone has an Air Cooled engine they're concerned about they can always
buy enough new parts and build one or several complete spare engines and
possibly go into the year 2100 on plug and play engine spares.
The type IV engines easily last 150K if they're cared for and not abused.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Potts" <Greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: in the year 2015......

> Hi Chris,
>
> I'm still driving a baywindow bus regularly, and the parts
> availability is not as bad as you suggest. If anything, I would think
> that the aircooled vanagons could outlive the waterboxers.
>
> Sure, they're slower, but that too works in their favor: they're less
> likely to be driven into the ground.
>
>
> Happy trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
> 1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
> 1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
> (Dad has two vanagons and a bay)
> http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
> http://www.busesofthecorn.com
>
> On 24-Oct-05, at 12:02 PM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> > 10 years from now, i predict that the only vanagons still existing
> > will  be
> > late model campers..a few dokas, and some specialty custom vans.
> > the
> > passenger vans will be long gone..  the aircooled vanagons will be
> > gone.  i predict
> > that 99% of those vanagons still remaining in 10 years, will have
> > engine
> > conversions.  they wont be "daily drivers" anymore.. their owners
> > having sunk so
> > much money into them they are afraid to drive them down the street..
> >
> > Most of the major vendors here on the list will have gone out of
> > business..
> > or expanded their horizons to deal with newer passenger car models..
> > Go Westy will be selling groud effect kits and cold air intakes for
> > mk5
> > jettas and golfs...  and the like..
> > :<)
> >
> > what are some of your predictions?
> >
> > chris
> >
> >
> >