you have 6 forward gears in your fine vanagon Roger ??? on 'floor hump'...........are you refering to the plastic ducting, which forms a raised floor between the front seats ? and provides an outlet right onto the rear floor . some vans have it, some don't. scott newer Rolls Royce's have VW engines....... or is it BMW engines go in Rolls, and VW engiens go in Bentleys ?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Whittaker" <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 11:00 AM Subject: Re: Vanagon trivia
> dear all body syncro /vanagon > > reading the string of posts detailing the journey and creation of syncro > and > 2wd bodies- > well- > this explains why my recently imported > 1989 type 3 california model 6 speed diesel vanagon westfalia > has the hump in the floor at the gear shift boot > and why my SO is always saying ... our van looks like a syncro > she has a better eye than i for such nuances > it looks like cause it may have been designated that first out of the box- > why does my Studebaker's have a chevy engine ... lol ;) > why does my jaguar have a chevy engine > hey whats this vw engine doing in my dodge > i did have high hopes for the rolls royce people to put the rolls engine > in > vanagon > yours > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Christoph Boltze <C.Boltze@gmx.de> wrote: > >> >What we call Vanagons were built from May 1979 till July1992, sold as >> >1980-1992 models. >> >> I think we call the South African Busses Vanagons too, they were built >> until >> 2003. >> >> >Syncros were all built in Austria >> >> 300 syncros were made for South Africa; the rest was converted with parts >> from 2WD to syncro afterwards. >> >> At the End of the production in Europe, Volkswagen made a Limited Last >> Edition "LLE"; 2500 busses only in Tornado Red or Orlyblue metal, each >> with >> a number and a certificate. >> >> 45478 syncros were buildt. 2138 16" , 43340 14" >> > > > > -- > roger w > There are two kinds of jobs in the world: > Picking up garbage and telling people things. > Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw) > ----------------------------------------------------------- > View the growing list of video work at: > http://revver.com/find/video/?query=LastonLastof&search_on=owners > and ... older work at > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7135104650374818257 > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259745150182742364 |
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