[Vwdiesel] Green Striped Engine

[Chuck Carnohan]

I know what you are speaking to on the GSA stuff Hagar!  I too take
advantage of the inordinate waste of our Federal operations.  From
vehicles to furniture, ag equipment to camping gear!  It is really
pretty interesting.  

These "Striper" engines remain a mystery to me as the green stripe is
the exact same color as the VW engine color that most of us know and
love.

The one on Ebay is one of a lot of several that MOFOCO purchased in
Canada from a dealership- so trail goes cold there.  I don't have the
records for where my engine my have come from.  It was in an '84 Rabbit
and I have 10 years worth of records but not the first 10 years.  I'll
look to see if it has the stamping???  


-----Original Message-----
From: H.Hagar [mailto:h_hagar at prcn.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 10:13 AM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Green Striped Engine 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: H.Hagar 
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com 
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 9:03 AM
Subject: Green Striped Engine 


Getting interesting ------  this is the first time  , for me.

I have seen many uses of color spray cans for marking material for
disposal --or --- part of a QC program .

Green may mean dispose of by auction .    -----say a major change was
made at VW
like all new blocks must have spray hole bosses on the castings. (for
turbo)

I noticed that the picture I saw of one had no stamping where the engine
type is 
normally stamped.  ----- I would consider a block like the one on
picture a good deal at 1000 US dollars.

The world is awash in surplus material ----look at the planes in the US
desert.

VW pulled the pin on US production ---and surplus was disposed of by
auction , Some of the stuff wound up in Canada. (I am guessing a bit)

Some years ago brand new engine blocks wound up in the dumpster here for
no reason but to make room in a warehouse.      --- strange world
indeed.

This computer I got on auction , the digital camera I got on auction
------ 

The land I sit on I got on auction.------all well below normal price.

Military disposal is Mad Hatter stuff all the way.------about that some
other time.

Hagar.
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