Well, I've gotten to the stage where I am considering loading all the
parts I have bought for my van (993 brakes, 2 SVX engines, G50/50
trans, electric window etc kits, Raintronic wipers, adaptor axles
etc) and tow it to the crusher. Don't know if I can be bothered to
pull the trans to try to sell. None of the other (never-installed)
parts will be salable here.

Why? I am totally disillusioned with the T3 community. Of the 3
members (all from TheSamba) who offered the parts I require to get
the van legal, one took my deposit and ran:

Weiler, Stephen
3828 New Sharon Church Rd
Hillsborough, NC 27278
  919-732-0876
... who has a business (mechanical?) in a nearby town

The other two offered parts but didn't answer my request for prices
and location.

NOBODY on the Vanagon.com list can be bothered to sell to someone
overseas. Thanks, friends.

As things are, thr bus will take up room in my driveway and rust. I
am not preopared to spend the thousands of dollars it is necessary to
spend to have rust removed (rust "treatment" is only a delaying
tactic; rusty metal must be REMOVED, and how do you do this in
corner-junctions in complex structural areas?).