Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 19:08:53 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon trivia
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it doesn't say 'more with 1.6 TD engines than gas engines'
it says 'more 1.6TD engines than 2.1 gas engines'
and it also says more 1.9 gas engines than 2.1 gas engines.
so you really can't tell what proportioin of total production was diesel
from those statements.
or that diesel were necessarily very numerous even.
though no doubt total diesel production was pretty up there I imagine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagon trivia
> Mark:
>
> Amazing stat on the diesels - one would think we would see more of
> them here, yet they seem rare, at least in the Midwest. Any idea how
> many diesels were imported?
>
>
>
> On 8/9/08, mdrillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>> What we call Vanagons were built from May 1979 till July1992, sold as
>> 1980-1992 models.
>>
>> The VW factory called them all T3 models, including pickups and special
>> versions like fire trucks and ambulances
>>
>> More of them were built with 1.6 turbo diesel engines than with 2.1 gas
>> engines.
>>
>> Many others had 1.6 and 1.7 diesel engines without turbos
>>
>> Versions of the 1.9 gas engine were made until the very end,
>> outnumbering 2.1 models
>>
>> Syncros were all built in Austria
>>
>> 2wd were built in Germany till 1991 when they moved to Austria as
>> production wound down
>>
>> Typical annual production was roughly 150,000 units
>>
>> The last couple years much fewer numbers were made since the Austria
>> plant had lower capacity
>>
>> After European production ceased, production started up again in South
>> Africa
>>
>> T3 product in SA ran from 1995-2002, with 2000-3000 units per year
>>
>> While still very similar the bodies had differences in addition to the
>> steering wheel on the right side
>>
>> Only inline gas engines were used, from 1.8 liter 4cyls to 2.3 and 2.6
>> liter 5 cyls
>>
>>
>> The above was largely gleaned from VW sources and may not be completely
>> correct
>>
>
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