I think its cute!

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:

> Hi Doug,
>
> Abuse thine eyes with the monstrosity here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brazilian_Kombi_Diesel.jpg
>
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
> 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
> www.busesofthecorn.com
> www.pottsfamily.ca
>
> Doug Alcock wrote:
>
>> Anyone got a pic of the front mounted rad -- I've never seen one.........
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Doug
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi John,
>>>
>>> The Mexican buses went out of production in the 90's. There are
>>> watercooled buses in production today in Brazil.
>>>
>>> I am currently in the gathering stages of converting my aircooled
>>> westfakia to an inline 4 using a Mexican transmission and a
>>> front-mounted rad. I don't plan to use the (IMO) ugly plastic Mexican
>>> radiator, instead I will covertly place the rad in a faux spare tire.
>>>
>>> Benny Boy currently has custody of the Mexi-trans, and there's a 1.6TD
>>> engine allocated to the project once it comes out of the donor vehicle.
>>>
>>> I expect it may be on the road in 2010.
>>>
>>> A crafty exporter could probably come up with a Brazilian conversion kit
>>> using all new parts, but AFAIK so far no-one has.
>>>
>>>
>>> Happy Trails,
>>>
>>> Greg Potts
>>> 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
>>> 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
>>> www.busesofthecorn.com
>>> www.pottsfamily.ca
>>>
>>
>
> --
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"

Crescent Beach, BC

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