At 02:42 PM 19/11/1999 -0500, Bulley wrote:
>Couple questions who have seen these things up close.
>
>1) Can you bring them into these Beloved, Blessed United States? If YES,
>continue. If NO, you are done.

I have no idea on how easy one would be to import to the USA.  There are
Canadian made Iltis down there so I would have to say it is possible.

>2) Are they basically an A1 Chassis Rabbit on serious drugs? It looks that
>way from the pictures.

More of an Audi Fox Chassis on steriods.  Same motor mounts, exhaust
manifold etc, the transmission is 1970s Audi 100 that is modified for
driving the rear wheels.

>3) Do they handle pretty well?

According to the people who I have spoken with yes, but then they drive
these for a living!

>4) Do the TD ones have decent pick-up or are they geared to pull stumps?

Don't know how much power the TDs have and if the gearing is different.  TD
ones are almost twice as expensive.

>5) What's the interior/dash like?

Bare, bare and more bare.  One gauge, a Beetle speedometer with a gas
gauge.  Remember they are an Army vechicle!

>I am sort of thinking about whether I could convince Suzanne that we need a
>durable all-terrain runabout for the days after Y2K when the earth will be
>a barren wasteland, and lawless vagabonds will rule the earth in a
>desperate search for gasoline...I think she could be convinced, as long as
>I can repair it...and since it's a VW, I might succeed!

The parts guys I have been talking to are saying that 90% of the mechanical
parts are Fox and Rabbit.  The remainder are available as they are still
being used by the Canadian Armed Forces today and they order their parts
from VW.
>
>G. Matthew Bulley
>Director
>Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
>www.bulley-hewlett.com
>Cary, NC USA
>888.468.4880 tollfree
>
>

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