Re: Extra interesting junk ..(US SPEC?)

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

If it was a neat looking car, it can't have been a Lada!  Most of them are 
based on 60's Fiats and are about as appealing as a dog turd


>From: "Zach Vrooman" <zach@discover-net.net>
>To: "Kareem" <6keb1@qlink.queensu.ca>
>CC: "Scirocco Mailing List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Extra interesting junk ..(US SPEC?)
>Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 21:26:34 -0500
>
>My guess is that someone from Canada was driving in your area, blew up the
>car, and junked it there and flew back, or something. There was a  Lada, or
>something like that, in a junkyard in my neck of the woods, and I know they
>weren't sold here. Too bad, it was a neat looking little car.
>
>Zach
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Kareem <6keb1@qlink.queensu.ca>
>Cc: Scirocco Mailing List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 8:45 PM
>Subject: Re: Extra interesting junk ..(US SPEC?)
>
>
> > Nate,
> > Next time just check the door jamb info which will have
> > some indication of the country of origin (e.g. 'meets DOT
> > standards', etc.) It most likely had laden/unladen weights
> > also listed in kilograms, tipping you off that it wasn't originally
> > US spec. Canadian cars are metric-equipped BTW, so it coulda been one
> > of ours.
> >
> > Kareem
> > '81 S
> > '88 16v
> >
> > On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Nate Mellom wrote:
> >
> > > I didn't grab the Thules (yet, they were just the bars), 'cause I 
>didn't
> > > have time or the tools (they were locked on the car, and I'd have to
> > > study them to get them off).  As for the US spec, I guess I just
> > > assumed.  The engine/tranny and wheels were all gone, but maybe I'll 
>get
> > > the VIN and see what it comes up with.  It was a Wolfsburg.....
> > > Nate
> > >
> > >
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