Folks, here's a story that's almost  unbelievable.  The other day,
Wednesday to be exact, I'm working on  renovating my front heater.  Dash is all
apart, heater box all over the  work bench, out comes the heater core and it
looks ugly, rotten and  disintegrating from corrosion and whatever, none in
stock here and what to  do.  I try testing it for leaks by hooking it up to my
air supply and  submerging it in a pail of water,  tiny bubbles coming from
many locations,  it's TOAST and I need a replacement soon.  So around 1 ~ 2
pm I get on the  phone and start calling all over to find one.  My OE vee
dub catalogue says  they have them.  A call to them and speaking to Greg he
says they have  them, newly made from quality brass and are rebuildable, how
much and can you  get it to me soon ?, yes he says, try FedEx and go for $100
or less for the  shipping. OK.  Well, Thursday around noon the FedEx truck
pulls in my drive  and delivers that heater core !  I cannot believe it.
Upon examination  it sure looks like quality stuff, a "REAL" heater core from
days gone by.   From an early Wednesday afternoon phone call to OE vee dub in
Colorado to  a delivered in my hands package in Almonte, Ontario the next
day !  WoW  !  So what did all that cost may be your question ?, well, the
heater  core was $325.00 USD, and $75.78 USD S&H by FedEx.  Not too bad  and
by the end of the afternoon yesterday I had that heater back together and in
the van.  Dash not fully re-installed yet, today's job.  So, if you  need
parts see OE vee dub, _www.oeveedub.com_ (http://www.oeveedub.com) ,
800-369-4979 or  719-748-5240.  They ARE the good guys !  And I was ready to bolt
back  the steering wheel so I could get the van out of the garage to work on
other customers vans, no need for that now !

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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