Sorry for the delay; been out of town for a couple of days.  In answer to
your question, I specified a VWC (Volkswagen of Canada) rebuild when I
placed the order with my local VW dealer.  Their rebuilds are pretty
unmistakably identifiable: Air Distributor and Air Deflectors installed;
Simtest computer test report incl., Oil Flow @ Pressure, Torque, &
Compression (avg & /cyl); installation guide & policy statement incl., phone
support #'s (800/387-0009 or Metro Toronto 416/288-3001 ext 215.  I found
them to be quite forthcoming over the phone, at one point transfering me to
the shop floor for more expertise.  I found the pre tax price of $2053 US
incl., freight to be surprisingly reasonable particularly for a major dealer
supplied item.  I would use them again without question but for the
temptation to go with one of the conversions that are being discussed;
hopefully, that decision is down the road a piece.

----- Original Message -----
From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no>
To: Joe Knight <jknight%qwestinternet.net@qwestinternet.net>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: VW rebuilds junk?

> I've noticed that every major rebuilder gets the thumbs down from some
listees,
> while they might get some thumbs up form others. Now is the time to
discuss the
> VW rebuilds, or are they VW rebuilds? Does any of you listees know where
these
> engines come from? I know VW has a factory in germany for rebuilding
engines,
> trannys and other components, but are the engines the US dealers offer
rebuilt
> in Germany? I for one, does not know. Since I don't know this, the thought
that
> crossed my mind was, is there a possibility that the engines VWoA supplies
have
> been rebuilt by AVP, FGA, GEX or Boston Bob? Or are they imported from
Germany?
> This would be best answered by those who have engines supplied by VWoA.
What are
> the lists experiences?
>
> PerL
> 88 Syncro (probably stock engine w/180k kms)
>
>