Not really. There were not that many to begin with and not many left. 5 years ago, yes. All of the various 80s diesel VWs are mostly gone, vans or not. The ones that remain mostly sell for shockingly high prices. By the way, the diesel Vanagon engines were rated at 48 hp. Mark 82 diesel Westy 83 diesel passenger 83 diesel stretch
Don Hanson wrote: > One can likely find plenty of diesel donor vans to transplant a gas four > into. I don't want to piss anyone off, but in order to be content driving a > 60-some hp 4000-lb vehicle, (diesel Westy) you would have to be very > especially patient.. > ............... |
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