-----Original Message-----
From: Steve <sxs@concentric.net>
To: Ray Hunnam <hunnam@PNC.COM.AU>
Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 2:09
Subject: Re: I HAVE the OME shocks!!!

>Ray...if you have the time, it would be great if you could ask ARB tech.
why
>their front syncro shocks say "Monroe" on them.  The u.s. distributor does
not
>know and it's never the right time of day to call AUS...when i can due to
work.
>
>thanks
>steve

Steve, Tom and Volks

Sorry to take so long but I have been on the night shift and suffer from
brain dead for a few days after.

Ok. A.R.B.  the makers of Old Man Emu Shocks, have a web site

http//www//arb.com.au

I spoke to someone in their sales dept.  this morning.  It most probabily is
me,  but I would bet that he was more brain dead than I.  He informed me
that they do not sell shocks for VW.  However he did mentioned the word  "
Transporter " over the phone to me on more than one occasion.

Decided not to let this beat me so I rang back and spoke to a more with it
fellow called Clint.  He stated that they do not have a specific listing for
the VW because they market to  Toyota, Nissan, Land Rover, Range Rover and
other makes more popular over here.  Believe it or not there are very few
Syncro's and Vanagons down under.  He did say however that he feels some of
their existing shocks would fit the VW.  It was only a matter of researching
their range to find the ones compatable.  He even suggested that their
Americian distributors may have already done this to cover their particular
market place.  All in all a much better fellow to obtain information from.

They have a catalogue and he is sending me one.  Sorry they would not be
willing to send them over to the U.S. as he feels that would be unethical as
they have Americian Distributors and people should go through them.  I am
not game to try and scan the catalogue onto the list ( I did that with the
Subaru article and look at the mess I got myself into)   but I will post it
to someone over there like Ron or Ken or Steve or anyone else then you
blokes can copy it and spread it around.

Last but by no means least A.R.B. have no connection with Monroe, apart from
the fact that Monroe sometimes do so production work for them on certain
product lines.  Cannot explain to you Steve how come Monroe badges appear on
your shocks -  excepting that the person you obtained the shocks from did
not find a O.M.E. genuine fit so they replaced it with Monroe.  Now you
buggers I dont want to hear a lot of bull dust about getting the lawyers
into action.  I am only guessing at this as I do not know the FULL
CIRCUMSTANCES so dont charge off half cocked screaming " sue the bastards "
research it through and ask your supplier.

Ok enough of this diatribe !  That's it for now!  My  two fingers are
getting awful sore and the headache isn't improving.   I am off to bed.

Ray.

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