>>Anyway, it is my understanding that the first VW engines (the original >>Beetle Engines during the war) were in fact already existing aircraft >>engines converted for the Beetle. > >Nope. It was an original VW design. No German aircraft used boxer >engines, to my knowledge. Yep you are correct Andrew. Just got done reading "The Battle for the Beetle". The boxer-4 was Porsche's pet design and he used it over and over until he got it "just right" and applied it in the Beetle. Seems like I remember reading that some of his early prototypes (not necessarily the Beetle project) even tried radial engines... Good book!
Chris M. <"Busbodger" of "TEAM SLOWPOKE"> Cookeville, Tennessee ICQ# 5944649 busbodger@earthlink.net '78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power) - Dharma '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon 1972 Hodaka Wombat 125cc moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion wife, kiddo, dog, and various slightly used cats |
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