Date:         Sat, 8 Mar 2003 19:38:50 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: engine conversion
Comments: To: EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
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I ran into a German couple in Whitehorse Canada who had flown to Mexico
City to begin a tour of North America, The began their journey by buying
one of the Mexican Transporters with the little watercooled inline
4-banger in it. They Drove it through the west and on up into canada ant
thats when I saw them, in Whitehorse. Their rig was a white panel van,
body was circa 1978 and had a bif bulbous radiator mounted on the front,
and a slanted engine in the rear. 15 degree slant as I recall. The guy
was cleaned his filter while I was there so I got to see the engine, but
it has been so long ago now that I don't remember much about it.  But I
do remember that the air filter was HUGE.The had modified it for camping
and traveled as far north as they had time for. Whitehorse was it. Their
next major destination regionwise  was the East Coast. They really like
the little van and  it's performance. It was a bit spartan, but perfomed
well. Can't get the vans registered in the US. And that is to bad. I
wouldn't mind having one of them.

John Rodgers
88 GL driver

EMZ wrote:

>All inline 4 cyl. Vw engines will fit, if you use the Diesel parts,
>just like the tiico does.
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>            Eric                   86-VW4x4
>            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
>            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
>                                   92-Jetta GWC
>            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm
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>On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Michel Bertin wrote:
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>>Is there any engine other than tiico and subaru that will fit the vanagon without modification to the lid?
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>>Thanks,
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>>Michel Bertin
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