Someone gave me a site that had the numbers of various VW models brought into the US but I crashed a drive and lost my favorites list. I'd almost bet that the metal vents collect more air than the plastic vents (reasoning; I bought an 81 from a heavy smoker and it had disassembled cigarette filters clogging up the fan and burnt filter fibers throughout the hot spots in the cylinder area. The engine was also coated with an engine oil and cigarette ash mix.) Seems that 81 was a good year for Vanagons. Wonder what happened. I see very few 82 or 83 aircooled Vanagons or Westies. Possibly 81/82/83 was when the domestic Mini-Van got into high gear. I know one thing for a fact. If you try to run a type IV engine set to the lean settings required to pass state inspections your engine will self destruct from lean burn detonation and overheating that causes your valve seats to drop out. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westy On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 12:41:26 -0500 Karl Ploessl <ploessl@SUNMAC.SPECT.UPENN.EDU> writes: > Jenny is a '81 full westy with metal body color vents, but > still no > rear > wiper, factory speakers (?) but positioned lower than later models, > more in > the foot wall (maybe not factory after all?), VanDyck cloth > (blue-brown-beige stripes) and ivory over ivory exterior (the > dealer > brochure for the 1981 shows metal vents). > > Karl. > > P.S. seems like a lot of '81 out there. > > Karl > '81 Westy "Jenny" > Wilmington, DE > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. |
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