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Subject:Re: Bruce's Syncro Update
From:Eric Caron
Date:Mon, 18 Jul 2022 11:30:20 -0400

Awesome
,

        Bruce,  This sounds amazing.  I hope you get it back sooner rather then later. 

One question.  What is the furnace you are adding?  It is one I have not heard of.  What is the fuel, location and such. 

Just curious.

Eric 

> On Jul 18, 2022, at 11:09 AM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I have been wanting to get my van restored for at least seven years and I
> am finally seeing the results trickle in.  The van is being restored by
> Vivid Vans who reside on Vancouver Island in a town between Victoria and
> Nanaimo called Duncan.  http://www.vividvans.com/
> 
> I dropped the van off this past January and then took a float plane ride
> back home to Vancouver.  Vivid began working on project "Green Day" mid
> March. The pictures are in the order of deconstruction - with the
> intact picture of the van taken the day I left it behind and the skeletal
> shots taken in May.  I am waiting for an update as I understand the panels
> are being tacked on and so something should be coming soon.
> 
> I'll be adding a big brake kit, oil cooler, new suspension, new bushings,
> clutch, 16" MB wheels, new brake and steering lines, starter, fuel
> tank kit, new tent, solar, a Webasto furnace...plus a few other odds and
> ends.
> 
> Anyway I figured I would clean up the platform otherwise it would have
> slowly disintegrated on me -  before considering an engine upgrade.  There
> is still some life left in the 2.1 boxer and hoping the oil cooler will
> extend it a little further.
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/t/mY0PCrtTBCX2XdQF
> 
> Hopefully the link works.
> 
> Bruce