Guys, Thanks for the input...My thoughts are pretty much the same. I think the the big auto store retailers have looked at how many they sold in the past few years and went...."nah...we don't want to stock them any more cause there is no money in it." It was Autozone and O'reilly..that didn't have them.
I haven't tried NAPA yet, and do have the ngk equivalent to try. I'll call NAPA on Monday and see what they say. Thanks to all! 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? On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, Anil Nair wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
