In a message dated 12/24/99 2:10:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
coyote@ANDROMEDIA.COM writes:

<< Since it's Friday, has anyone else been thinking about how we're going to
 keep our Vanagons in the far future?

 I often fantasize about retrofitting my Vanagon with a fuel cell engine, or
 perhaps with a "Mr. Fusion".  Sometimes I think about how my Vanagon would
 look with anti-grav modifications, floating about 4' above the ground.

 I fantasize about this because I *don't* want to be driving the only
 poluting vehicle on the planet, but I also *don't* want to give up my baby.
 Anyone else think about these things?
 >>

i think the die hard vw fans who are still driving their vans 10-15 years
from now, will be probably running the inline 4 conversion in them by that
time. After VW discontinues all the OEM factory parts, there probably wont be
enough demand by aftermarket companies to keep stocking waterboxer parts,
like the demand is for aircooled parts.  but who knows..

chris