Perhaps a more flattering view here:  http://tinyurl.com/crc4c9

--
Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
WWW.Busesbythebeach.com

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think its cute!
>
> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:
>
> > Hi Doug,
> >
> > Abuse thine eyes with the monstrosity here:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brazilian_Kombi_Diesel.jpg
> >
> >
> > Happy Trails,
> >
> > Greg Potts
> > 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
> > 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
> > www.busesofthecorn.com
> > www.pottsfamily.ca
> >
> > Doug Alcock wrote:
> >
> >> Anyone got a pic of the front mounted rad -- I've never seen
> one.........
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Doug
> >>
> >> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>  Hi John,
> >>>
> >>> The Mexican buses went out of production in the 90's. There are
> >>> watercooled buses in production today in Brazil.
> >>>
> >>> I am currently in the gathering stages of converting my aircooled
> >>> westfakia to an inline 4 using a Mexican transmission and a
> >>> front-mounted rad. I don't plan to use the (IMO) ugly plastic Mexican
> >>> radiator, instead I will covertly place the rad in a faux spare tire.
> >>>
> >>> Benny Boy currently has custody of the Mexi-trans, and there's a 1.6TD
> >>> engine allocated to the project once it comes out of the donor vehicle.
> >>>
> >>> I expect it may be on the road in 2010.
> >>>
> >>> A crafty exporter could probably come up with a Brazilian conversion
> kit
> >>> using all new parts, but AFAIK so far no-one has.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Happy Trails,
> >>>
> >>> Greg Potts
> >>> 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
> >>> 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
> >>> www.busesofthecorn.com
> >>> www.pottsfamily.ca
> >>>
> >>
> >
> > --
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>