

| Subject: | Re: Importing some VW Iltis and Caravelles - any interest? |
| From: | David Marshall |
| Date: | Fri, 19 Nov 1999 18:43:20 -0800 |
I have all sorts of pics here, but you can see some Bombardier Iltis pics at http://www.volkswagen.org in the VW Show 98 section. At 08:48 AM 19/11/1999 -0500, Bulley wrote: >Does someone have a picture of an Iltis? Is it a Vanagon/truck body or a rabbit body? Might be interested in one of these... > >G. Matthew Bulley >Director >Bulley-Hewlett & Associates >www.bulley-hewlett.com >Cary, NC USA >888.468.4880 tollfree > > >-----Original Message----- >From: David Marshall [SMTP:vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG] >Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 3:10 AM >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Importing some VW Iltis and Caravelles - any interest? > >Seeing how the cold war is now over NATO is getting rid of a lot of their >vehicles that have lead really pampered lives. > >I have been working with a company to get some Volkswagen Iltis and some >Caravelles (Vanagons) over to Canada that were former Germany Army vehicles. > >Landed price of the Iltis ready to drive away in Vancouver will be aprox >$13,500 CAD assuming that the tires on it are DOT spec. Each Iltis are >1980 models with a 1.7L gasoline engine (same as Rabbit), 4WD pre-quattro >drive train, canvas canopy and white, olive drab or cammo paint. Average >odometer is 30,000 km and the bodys and tops are in excellent condition >with no rust as they spent their time mostly in a heater bomb shelter. >Spare parts are obtainable thru select VW dealers in Canada as the Canadian >Military uses the Bombaridier Iltis which is essentually a Volkswagen with >a few refinements such as the wiring and some of dash components. Most >parts are either Audi Fox, Beetle and Rabbit (in order of most to least). > >Vanagons will vary a lot more in condition and pricing. They will all be >pre 86 models as importing a car newer than 15 years old into Canada is a >*lot* more complicated. So, this rules out a lot of the "cool" stuff like >Syncros for a few more years. Some Double Cabs and lot of 7 Passangers are >available in both Diesel and gas models. > >I am going to be focusing on the Iltis more than the Vanagon for the first >containers, but this doesn't rule out Vanagons, if you are interested, even >semi-interested, please p-mail me. > > > >-- David Marshall - - Quesnel, BC, Canada -- >-- 78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW Westie, 85 VW Cabriolet -- >-- 87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab -- >-- David's Volkswagen Home Page http://www.volkswagen.org -- >-- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning http://www.fastforward.ca -- >-- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) -- > > -- David Marshall - - Quesnel, BC, Canada -- -- 78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW Westie, 85 VW Cabriolet -- -- 87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab -- -- David's Volkswagen Home Page http://www.volkswagen.org -- -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning http://www.fastforward.ca -- -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) --
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