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On Sat, 31 May 1997, Carl Hansen wrote:

>  BatSubject:     Statz?? and Syncro front shocks????    5/30/97    12:21 PM
> Ok, I don't know about you, but I can't read the Statz for beans.  It's the
> part about "where you all tell me you are".  I think it's standard
> abreviations for states and countries, but the alphabetic order seems hosed,
> or do we just have a lot of canadian listees???? (Where the heck is
> CAN.ON.OTT, CAN.BC.VAN etc. etc..., anyway??)
> 
> ACTUALLY - I'm hoping there are lots of Canadian vanogoners, in fact, I hope
> most of them have Syncro's.  And do we have anyone in South Africa?? and how
> about the members in Europe/England/the Nordic countries etc???
> 
> I'd like to ask you to call your local or not so local favorite
> dealer/aftermarketer/shop/whatever and track down what the correct front
> Bilstein shock is for a SYNCRO Vanagon, vintage '84 or so on to '91.  I'm
> getting some info here in the states, but so far no confirmation that such and
> such a Bilstein is the correct one for the SYNCRO front.
>  
> The front shock for the SYNCRO is different because it has a spring perch on
> it.  The standard Vanagon front shock does not.
> 
> Let's see if we can nail this one down for the archives.  I know I can buy
> OEM, several places have offered, but I want the better Bilstein.
> 
> Lacking the above requested info, I am talking to Bilstein about the
> situation, and may be able to identify a shock that is close.  If that ends up
> the way of it, I'll let the list know what I came up with.  Bilstein offered
> that if I measured diam, length, spring perch diam, etc, he might be able to
> adapt an existing unit for me.
> 
> If I get correct info for the front Bilstein, I'll pass that on to both the
> aftermarketers and the list as well.
> 
> Ch
> '89 Syncro  "Beast"
> 
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