Bill,

that makes sense. Norway or Sweden had some funny import duties too
that affected the conformation of imported Vanagons.

thanks
alistair

On 9-Dec-10, at 10:23 PM, Bill Glenn wrote:

On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 11:51:58 -0800, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:

> I was thinking of the PTO nose cone for the syncro...Quite rare, but
> less so in europe, and for some reason, Norway.

Alastair,
I seem to recall that syncros with P.T.O.s were supplied to Finland,
where
the presence of a P.T.O. enabled the vehicle to be registered as a
tractor,
thus avoiding the import duties otherwise applicable.

Bill