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"LaFrancois, John" wrote: > Not wanting to invest in the machine tools necessary to make the change for > the Mexican market???? I've heard that the swing set-up is a sturdier set > up, and may be better suited to South American road conditions???? Just a > thought, OK two :) Did the one you see have the chassis of an IRS later > model??? With the mounts for the trailing arms??? The common practice is > to rechassis a late model beetle, (90's) on a ball joint 66 up chassis. And > then the car is reregistered with the VIN from the rebuilt old model > chassis, as a 66 up. Strange but it's a way around the current import laws, > that don't allow the registering of the late model Mexican Beetles here in > the USA. Check out http://www.mexibeetle.com You can get a NEW 2001 Beetle for around $12.000! If only I could afford that.... PerL 73 Variant L ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org