Heather Sponsel wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am a student who just moved up in Dallas and I just found out that
> my dad in San Antonio was driving my lovely orange high-roofed camper
> bus around and didn't notice the oil leak had gotten worse and blew up
> the engine. He had it towed to a mechanic who said he would charge
> $2900 to replace the engine.

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One last possibility:
The '73 will run quite nicely with a 1600cc Beetle engine.
The tranny is geared the same as '71 when that was the
only engine available.

There is *some* "rigging" required, but if cost is the
determinant this could be a way to salvage the situation.

Speedy Jim
http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/