In a message dated 8/24/99 11:13:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
thefladge@YAHOO.COM writes:

<< Why don't we all just convert to 1600 type one engines and end the
 problem completely?
  >>

how would that end the problem?  those engines only last @50-75k between
rebuilds, and do you think a little 1600 could move a vanagon? ( i know there
were some early vanagon transporters offered in europe w/ the 1600dp w/ hyd
lifters, but they were rare, and were road slugs..)

chris