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Subject:Re: Rebuilt engine project
From:Frank Condelli
Date:Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:07:03 EDT

In a message dated 29/07/2010 1:43:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

        Well, not much i can tell  you except what you see is what we have.
 The van was recently painted by  the owner, supposed a Jeep colour.  BUT,
you will all notice how I like  that word  BUT, it was painted just on the
outside, all insides were left  in that awesome ? brown !  It's an '80 or '81
Westy air-cooled that  "someone" not me nor the current owner installed an
1.9 waterboxer !  I  just got the job of rebuilding the crappy engine and
cleaning up all the  haphazard install of the waterboxer in an air cooled van.

        Also forgot to mention that  the throttle body, distributor and
thermostat housing were COMPLETELY taken  apart and rebuilt to better than new
standards  !      Engine carriers, both have been POR-15ed,  the aluminium
moustache bar is from a 2.1 to hold the 2.1 exhaust system.   The main engine
bar had to be replaced as the one from the van sort of  disintegrated when
it went up to the sandblasted for cleaning.  Took a few  weeks of searching
around here to find a decent one.  They are ALL rusting  away our this way.
Plus EVERY fastener used everywhere in this job is  Stainless Steel !

        So would anyone want to  guess the total of the bill on this job ?

>>>>>>Tell us more about the paint scheme of the  van that it went into?
That
green sure isn't a stock Vanagon  color...  One or the other might be OK but
the two colors together  must be quite  "stunning";-)<<<<<<<<

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
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