Bulley wrote: > Well, that's the first I've heard of the "911 of Vans" comment, but I know > that some of the "...this vans gotta Porch motor innit..." comments stemmed > from the 1970's sales of the Porsche 914 and 912-E here in the States, > which featured the 1.7, 1.8. and finally 2.0 air cooled type 4 VW motors. From the same reason, the VWs 411 & 412 Variants (Squarebacks) were called "Long-Porsches" since they had the same engine as the 914. I asked for some parts in several junkyards a few years ago, nobody knew the type4 name [ already forgotten :-( ] but when I called them "Long-Porsches" everybody went "AHA!" PerL 87 Syncro 112i |
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