At 02:29 PM 13/05/99 -0700, you wrote:
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At 2:11 PM 5/13/99, KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:
>>I thought about importing SA Vanagons too.
>>Two problems though:
>>1.  Doesn't meet safety standards for the years that I would want to import
>>it (92-99).
>>2.  These things are expensive to buy over in SA.  I checked out a website
>>where they advertise South African Vanagons and did the conversion from Rand
>>to Dollars.  Most of the vans were well over $10,000.  I guess that is why
>>they are considered luxury vehicles over there.
>
>        Since the Aussies drive on the wrong side of the road, too, I'm
>        a bit surprised that there isn't a market for the SA Vanagons
>        in Australia.
>
>        Or is it a VW market territory issue?
>
>        Anyone care to comment?

 Ari,

 I'd be the same situation here in Oz too.If that model van was not marketed
 here in that year,I think ADR (Aust.Design Rules) requirements would not be
 complied with and therefore - no go.
 The last T3s to be sold here was at the end of '92 (some are referred to as
 '93s as that is when they were first registered)
 There are SA vans here that have been private imports but they are ones that
 are of year models that were also maketed here even though there are often
 slight variations in their manufacture.
 I really doubt that '99 SA T3 would be considered (by ADR rules -not me!)
 to be of the equivalent safety standard of the current T4 models available
here.

 Steve O.
 Blue Mountains,NSW Aus
 '92 Transporter WBX
 '76 Crew Cab
 '68 Beetle