Why on earth would you want an air cooled Vanagon in Alaska to pull
ski machines?

Even if it's free, you'd be better off with a water cooled Vanagon
where at least you can have HEAT.

Driving an air cooled vanagon after summer in Alaska would be brutal,
not as bad an an old VW bus, but pretty close.

Why not find a water cooled Vanagon with blown engine, add a Subie
(for power to pull trailer etc) then ship it up north?

>http://anchorage.craigslist.org/car/336738922.htmlHi Saviours.... I
>have a niece/nephew-in-law who live in Anchorage and are interested
>in that van. They will be replacing the motor with something much
>more powerful .. they'll be hauling a trailer with ski machines on
>it, for example.
>
>Any comments/suggestions you have that you think they should be
>heads-up about, I'll forward them. I've given them some motor
>options and that they may have to do tranny work on this ... it's
>2wd aircooled and any conversion, aside from Porsche, will require
>plumbing mods. Then there's the rust issues and I've sent them a
>bunch of info about that, including removing the "kitchen" and
>"doing" that wall.