One question, will the engines fit in the engine box w/o any deck mods?

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From: KENWILFY@AOL.COM <KENWILFY@AOL.COM>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 4:45 AM
Subject: South African Secrets Revealed (Ken comes clean!)

>OK just wanted to finally let the list in on what I have been aluding to
for
>the past few months and what some of you have already guessed.  I have been
>working to get together a fairly complete conversion kit to put the
5-cylinder
>Audi/VW motor into a Vanagon (the stock setup for the current Caravelle in
>South Africa).  The deal is ready to go through and I will be importing 5
kits
>as a beta test to see if there is real interest in this project.  Three of
the
>kits are already spoken for so two are up for grabs.  These kits will allow
>you to put a 5-cylinder motor into a manual transmission Vanagon (syncro or
>2wd) only.  They never did the Automatic thing in SA so the parts for that
>conversion are not available there (though I am working on getting an
adapter
>setup to do this as well from another source.)
>So the kits will include most of the parts that you will need to do a nice,
>stock looking, installation.
>Email me privately and I will give you a list of the parts.
>The kits will cost around $1500.
>You will need (in addition to the kit) a complete motor with wiring
harness,
>motor mounts and starter.  And you will need to have the last part of the
>exhaust system custom made for you at a muffler shop (decided that this was
>the best way to go as the stock system is restrictive, won't fit on
campers,
>and getting this last bit made is not very expensive).
>So if you are interested in getting a kit please email me.
>Now if you are interested in getting some other parts from South Africa I
am
>sure that we could work this out for you as well.
>Other parts you would be interested in:
>20 gal fuel tank
>Vented larger front disk brake setup
>SA round headlight grille
>SA lower full width grille (mount some hellas in it and make your own
>Projektwzo grille!)
>I can get these parts for you.  I would need money in advance for them as
most
>of my cash flow is going to be tied up with bringing the kits over.
>So if you are interested in these items as well please contact we soon.  I
am
>shipping the kits (and other stuff) in the next couple of weeks.
>Thanks
>Ken Wilford
>Van-Again
>John 3:16
>