Three Italian nuns die and go to heaven, where they are met at the Pearly
Gates by St. Peter.
He says, "Ladies, you all led such wonderful lives that i'm granting you
six months to go back to earth and be anyone you want to be."
The first nun says, "I want to be Sophia Loren;" and *poof* she's gone.

The second says, "I want to be Madonna;" and *poof* she's gone.

The third says, "I want to be Sara Pipalini." St. Peter looks
perplexed.'Who?." he says. "Sara Pipalini;" replies the nun.
St. Peter shakes his head and says; "I'm sorry, but that name just doesn't
ring a bell." The nun then takes a newspaper out of her habit and hands it
to St. Peter.

He reads the paper and starts laughing. He hands it back to her and
says.... "No sister, this says 'Sahara Pipeline' was laid by 1,900 men in 6
months."

Bit off topic, but which gearbox are you using with your 1800 VW?

It was Victoria Pipalini when I heard it .

Chris,
using the lada box, hoping it will stand up to the horses ok, lets see. using an adapter plate which i luckily found off the shelf as a conversion for the Lada 4x4 (Riva?) to 1.8 VW power, maintaing the lada running gear.