Re: [Amc-list] Selling my Eagle.
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Re: [Amc-list] Selling my Eagle.



Yeah, we got lifetime plates on the Pontoon trailer too!
Gotta love'm... $30 one time and forget about it till you get rid of the trailer!

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Russell Neyhart <rtneyhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> The same type of cargo trailer I just got on the road here in Pa. was 
> much easier in Va. in '99 - just bring in the Cert. of Origin to the 
> DMV, pay the titling fee and $50 for a lifetime (!) registration and 
> that was it.  Same day compared to three months.
> 
> Russ (from Pa.)
> 
> Sandwich Maker wrote:
> > " From: " Russell T. Neyhart" <rtneyhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > " 
> > " 
> > " What I'd really like to do is convert it to diesel with a VM setup like
> > " Jeep did,
> >
> > why the vm, other than jeep's use?  imho if you want an auto tranny
> > you'd be better off with a toyota 1kz or 1kd [3L, 125 and 175 hp] and
> > a340 [toyota name for aw4], or a 5-cyl volvo.  penta sells it here,
> > but volvo puts the 160hp ver in their rwd cars in europe and they also
> > used the aw4.  [look for the penta d3-160 if you're curious]
> >
> > if you want a stick, toyota again, backed with an ax15/r150 - or...
> > the mercedes 6sp used in the rubicon, with the 5cyl sprinter [175hp]
> > or 6cyl e320cdi [200hp] motors.  afaik merc has the only modern small
> > 6s out there.
> >
> > i know penske sells vm here, but probably even volvo penta has a
> > bigger dealer/service network.
> >
> > " but I am again faced with the facility problem, not that much
> > " time, and Pennsylvania's draconian laws for "specially constructed
> > " vehicles".  It took over two months to get my registration plate, sticker,
> > " and card, and a VIN plate that I had to affix to the tongue of the trailer
> > " I built.  Sheesh.  I can't imagine what a PITA it would be with a
> > " 20-year-old car with a much newer engine using a different fuel would be.
> >
> > most places let you do it if the engine conforms to the emission rules
> > of the year it came from, but pa...
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