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Subject:Re: Buick V6 powered Vanagon
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Sun, 4 May 2008 02:48:48 +1200

>I think we discussed your V6 Chevy Powered Vanagon a few years back. I
>think the conclusion was that your conversion would have made a pretty
>good overall upgrade had you not been a bit  heavy on the pedal and
>tough on the metal. I don't recall - but did you have to modify the the
>engine hatch?

My Holden conversion had a raised lid. It was a stock plastic lid
attached to a 150mm rolled-steel wall, painted with typrwriter-finish
paint; looked professional. It used extended stainless stock-type
fasteners. I still have this, though I won't need it with the EG33
conversion.
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
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