Dave, The last few sets I bought were made in Brazil... I should think they are still being made, I don't think Bosch will give up such a big market, but maybe the economies of scale do not warrant import into the US. Probably the usual VW vendors will stock them.
Anil On 3/6/08, Bill May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > clean-regap-reinstall every 10,000 miles . i usually get 40,000 out of > mine > at minmum. get them from boneyard if no other outlet. i use to use ngk in > my > 56 race beetle. do not install platinum plugs in aircooled vw. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave C. Bolen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:27 AM > Subject: [vintagvw] bosch plugs gone? > > > > > > Bill, I know you used to work for Bosch so I thought you might be able > to > > help. > > > > I used the last of my Bosch W8AC(7502) on a bug last weekend and stopped > > by to pick up another couple of sets....they didn't even know what a > w8ac > > was, so I gave them the 7502 number. > > > > Same deal...don't have any 7502's and can't get any... > > So, I had them look up by application...67 bug ...plenty of Champion and > > other to fit it ,b ut *no* Bosch! > > > > Called another parts store this morning and got the same answer. > > I see a bunch of places on line that seem to have them, but not the > > two major parts stores I usually deal with(at least here in the south). > > > > Anyone else having that problem? Got a cross reference and it shows an > > NGK plug I can use, but what the hell's up with Bosch???? > > > > Cheers, dave > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Enough sunlight reaches the Earth *every* hour to meet the world's > > energy demand for an entire year.....so, what do we do with it? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > vintagvw site list > > vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu > > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw